<VV> Looking for late coupe in NC, VA, SC

[Bruce Schug]

I recently exchanged e-mails with an old friend who is finishing up his 
degree at Virginia Tech. Here's some of his e-mail:  "My name is 
Michael Whitley, and I am Rodney Whitley’s oldest son.  He was a member 
of this chapter and president for a while during the 80s and early 90s. 
In short, I am finishing up my Masters at Virginia Tech and have really 
gotten the Corvair itch, I suppose it was hereditary (or could have 
been from being slung around at such a young age in Dad’s ’63 Spyder 
during quite a few autocrosses down that way)."

The Whitleys moved to North Carolina several years ago. Michael was 
just a little boy when they lived here, but he grew up around Corvairs 
and now he wants one. He went on to say. "If you all know of any 
Corvairs (preferably a late model coupe) that are trying to find a new 
home, please let me know at this e-mail account.  Currently, I am in 
Blacksburg, VA, but I wanted to make sure that I asked the folks who 
knew me from way back when before I really looked all that much 
elsewhere."

"As far as the Corvair goes, I would really like to find a late model, 
four-speed that is in decent shape.  I'd really like to use it as a 
daily driver that I can spend some occasional time on to take care of 
mechanical maintenance and possibly teach myself a little about body 
work.  Preferably, I would like to find something that is not in any 
dire need of an overhaul."

When Rod lived here, he and some other guys rented one of those big 
metal buildings where they stored and worked on Corvairs. It was always 
simply referred to as, "the building." Michael added, "I can guarantee 
you that I really miss the days when I spent hours hanging around that 
shop in Piedmont propped up on Dad's rampside to his '61 pickup 
drinking Root Beer.  Now days, it is much more often me cramped up in 
my lab analyzing data until I feel like I can barely see."

So there you are. We're always talking about getting more young people 
involved, here's our chance. If you have something that might interest 
Michael, e-mail him at: mwhitley at vt.edu





Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer, CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group Member
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"