<VV> Daring the Darien Epitath

[J R Read_HML]

Mr. Koehler, Sir!

Thank you for that recollection.

Since you are a CCE member - emeritus? - I'm sure you must be right on!

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140

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From: "peter koehler" <pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net>
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Subject: <VV> Daring the Darien Epitath


> As most of you know, the 1961 trip through the jungle was
> the sequel to the previous year's trip from the US down
> through Mexico and to the then-end of the Pan American
> Highway. The cars used were three red 1960 Caveman
> Corvairs. At the end of the trip the cars were not brought
> back to the States and I remember hearing that they may
> have been used for Taxi service in Mexico.
>
> The Darien trip used three red 1961 Corvairs. These cars
> took a real beating and were not fit for use after the
> trip. I have heard previously that they were left behind
> in the jungle even though they had less than a couple of
> thousand miles on each of them. There was a report a while
> back that someone on an expedition in the area where the
> trip ended found some of the remains still rotting away.
>
> Another sad note to this story is that the Chevy dealer
> from Dundee, IL that made the trip possible (Dick Doane -
> noted Corvette racer and a real "gearhead") contracted a
> jungle disease while on that trip and died a few years
> later after returning to his dealership in the Chicago
> suburbs.
>
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