<VV> Researching your own Corvair history

[Kent Sullivan]

We don't actually know what happened to the U.S. records. I personally think
they were either destroyed ("what you don't know, can't hurt you" being GM's
corp legal motto) or they are buried in one of the massive records archives
that GM maintains.

You can get vehicle records if you are a U.S. Pontiac owner because those
records were held onto by a forward-looking person or too. That's the reason
why the Canadian records exist today as well--one guy snatched them as they
were about to be tossed and made a business case that it would be useful to
offer copies of the records to owners, mostly as a goodwill gesture.

Chris, you can contact me offline if you want. I have researched a few
vehicles and had success sometimes. There are lots of situational factors
that can help or hinder being able to do research outside of GM's records.

--Kent
-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Western Canada CORSA
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:50 PM
To: 'Matt Nall'; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: RE: <VV> Researching your own Corvair history

Unless of course you are privledged enough to own a Canadian made Corvair,
in which case a build sheet is available from the Oshawa Plant....

Regards,
Joel

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Matt Nall
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:25 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Researching your own Corvair history


Not to my knowledge...  All records were lost in a fire at GM's archive 
center decades ago..

You can only hope to find  paperwork, etc. in the car, if the previous owner

didn't already have it...

We can tell you where  / when and with what options it was  assembled..


Matt Nall
All Vairs!
http://members.aol.com/patiomatt
Lots of Corvair Technical info!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Mann" <cfmann at yahoo.com>

> Are there any resources available to CORSA members as to where their
> Corvair was sent upon being built and shipped from the factory to the 
> dealer(s)?