<VV> 1966 Turbo vert roster

[Marc Sheridan]

My guess on the three most popular colors are white, black and red. These
are sports car colors. Yellow is a sports car color too, but Crocus Yellow
just doesn't fit the bill.

Marc

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Corsa <corsa at comcast.net> wrote:

> I've been rereading my 1969 Fingertip facts, and was looking at the tables
> in the back. The tables list having specifications on 962 cars which is 16%
> of production. The 1966 Turbo vert roster now has 76 cars on it, 75 still
> surviving. That gives a survival percentage of 12.8%. Pretty good for a 40+
> year old car. Anyway, I figure I can break down paint and interior color on
> the cars in the roster just like they did on the 69 vairs in the fingertip
> facts book. Although 12.8% is not as high as the 16% used in the 69 book to
> break down paint and interior numbers, it seems high enough . I'll be
> working on the numbers and put them in the roster. So any owners of a 66
> Turbo vert who want an updated roster, please send me an email. I should
> have it done by the weekend. Anyone who has a 66 Turbo vert who is not on
> the roster, please email me, and I'll add you in. Lastly anyone who may be
> interested in getting a 66 Turbo vert in the future or was a former owner,
> send me an email and I
>  'll send you a copy
>
> A few quick factoids I found:
>
> 1. Although 15 paint colors were available in 1966, over 57% of the cars on
> the roster were one of three colors. Care to guess what the three most
> popular colors on the roster are?
>
> 2. All the colors are represented in the roster, but three colors were so
> unpopular that there are one example of each. Care to guess what the three
> most unpopular colors are?
>
> 3. Headrests were first available as an option in 1966. It proved to be
> very rare with only 1.15% of 1966 Corvairs having them. The roster shows
> that the Turbo verts appear to be far more likely to have headrests than a
> typical 66 Corvair. LA Turbo verts seem to have a significantly higher
> percentage of headrest seats than 1.15%. Care to guess how much higher?
>
> I'll post the answers some time tomorrow. Curious to see what others may
> guess.
>
> Bigwave Dave
>
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