<VV> 3-speed Corsas

[monza67 at aol.com]

I?recently bought?a '66 Corsa convertible with less than 23k miles that has a 3 speed that was original to the car. When I bought it the guy hadn't ever driven the car and said he didn't know if it was a 3 speed or 4 speed. It wouldn't shift into the 4 speed reverse position, so I thought the linkage was probably out of adjustment. The car wasn't ready to run, so I checked the bottom of the trannny and found it to be a 3 speed...pretty rare I'd think, to have a 3 speed Corsa. 
Chuck Prosise




-----Original Message-----
From: FrankCB at aol.com
To: rgubser at zoomtown.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 3:11 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> 3-speed Corsas



 
Doesn't surprise me.  Reminds me that  I had to go to SIX GM dealers to find 
TWO who knew what they were  doing in getting me all the options possible when 
I wanted to order the 1995  Chev/Pontiac/Olds (APV/TransSport/Silhouette) 
minivan.  I don't expect the  salesman to KNOW all the data, but I do expect him 

to be able to FIND it for  me.  Too many of them wanted to give me just a 
total price "on the  back of an old envelope" that they told me "included 
everything you want".   How many GM dealer salesmen knew you could order a 
factory 
block heater for  only $19?
    Fortunately, now we can do our OWN  research on the Internet to find out 
what's available, especially the option  PACKAGES, for the various models we 
are considering purchasing.
    Frank "fussy with my money" Burkhard
 
In a message dated 6/3/2008 7:51:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
rgubser at zoomtown.com writes:

A man I  worked with ordered a '65 turbo Corsa that was delivered with a 
3-speed. He  had assumed the 4-speed was standard and the salesman didn't tell 
him 
 otherwise.  He must not have minded the 3-speed too much as he kept the  car 
for over 20 years.

--
rgubser
e-mail:  rgubser at zoomtown.com







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