<VV> Dealer ordered options

[James Davis]

I bought my 65 Corsa Convert, Danube blue, from Gallas in Albuquerque 
.  It was a floor model forced by Chevy on the dealer. The only 
options were: 4-sp, push button AM radio, Positraction, seat belt 
retractors, and rear radio antenna.
Jim Davis

At 08:27 PM 6/6/2008, Dave Thompson wrote:
>My dad was a regional sales exec for Chevrolet in the early 60's. We have
>never discussed Corvair sales in particular. However, I do remember him
>saying that he had some dealerships that would order more "fully loaded"
>cars than "strippers". Others ordered just the opposite. He also said that
>the rural dealerships were usually the "stripper" orders. Some dealerships
>encouraged "customer ordered vehicles" and others discouraged it in order to
>sell what was in stock. He said that Chevy had many options that had
>"required numbers ordered" in order for a dealership to get the vehicles
>that they really wanted. If there is more interest, I'll get my dad involved
>with this discussion.
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>Dave Thompson