<VV> RE: My first Corvair

[Mark Corbin]

But do you still have it?

-Mark


> [Original Message]
> From: Craig Nicol <nicolcs at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> RE: My first Corvair
>
> Well, that would take us back to about 1971.  I was smitten by the sight
of
> a red '66 convertible on a lot in Redondo Beach, CA.  I went back with my
> Dad to check it out the next day.  It was a Red/Black '66 Corsa 140
convert,
> pretty much stock with 42k and a bad clutch.  We got them to knock the
price
> down $50 ($499 became $450).  It had this funny little badge on the back
> that I didn't really understand. It read S P R I N T.  It wasn't until I
> went to my first club meeting and watched the reactions.  Koni shocks:
> Check.  Aeon rubber springs: check.  Steering damper: check.  Flame
> throwers: check.  Flash to pass: check.  Trombones, individual air
cleaners,
> revised throttle linkage, black painted cove, rockers& headlight trim:  It
> was all there.  It wasn't until later that I realized what I really had. 
>