<VV> The "rest of the story"/Corvair on Ohio map

[Joe Robbins]

Very cool , thanks for sharing.

Joe Robbins


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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Steve Oxford
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Subject: <VV> The "rest of the story"/Corvair on Ohio map

Here's the scoop on how a Corvair came to be on the cover of the new Ohio
road map:/Steve Oxford
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My name is Bruce Hull and I work for ODOT as a graphic designer.
My14-year-old daughter Ashley and I both like antique and classic cars.To
our surprise, my wife suggested we buy one. So we began looking fora project
car that we could tinker around with. After looking forseveral months and at
a handful of different types of cars, we found a1965 Chevrolet Corvair
convertible painted Evening Orchid with 25,000original miles. It had been
owned by a doctor in Pennsylvania who hadpassed away. He had had it in
storage for 30 years. I have always likedCorvairs because of their unique
and attractive design. The car belongsto my daughter and me. She loves it!
She enjoys working on it andriding around in it as much as I do. 

As the designer of Ohio's State Transportation map, I try to develop atheme
that encourages people to see some of the things that Ohio has tooffer. The
theme for this map was Ohio's Scenic Byways. For the cover Iwanted to show
how peaceful and relaxing a drive down one of Ohio'sscenic byways would be.
Since most people who own antique and classiccars do most of their driving
on scenic, country roads, it didn't takemuch effort to decide what car to
use on the cover. It was only naturalthat I include my family in the car. It
is a great car, fun to driveand everyone who stops and talks to us about it
used to own one or hadone in the family. 

Bruce Hull
Ohio Department of Transportation
Office of Communications
1980 W. Broad St.
Columbus, Ohio 43223
614.644.8654 
<Bruce.Hull at dot.state.oh.us>
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