<VV> Chevy dealer's widow reminisces

[Frank DuVal]

Keep up with this Bill. We had a similar dealership near Richmond. We 
got Dave Newell to meet with the owner and get into the atic. The story 
was recently published in Corsa.

Frank DuVal

Wrsssatty at aol.com wrote:

>When I have non-Corvair specific work to be done on one of my Corvairs I  
>take it to an independent garage where a good friend works as a mechanic.   The 
>garage was a Chevy dealership from the '30s through the late '70s.  The  late 
>dealer's widow still owns the building and is the landlady.  I had my  '63 
>Monza coupe there today for front wheel bearings, an idler arm and rear  brake 
>cylinders.  After doing the work, my friend road tested the car and  then parked 
>it in front.  While we were going over the bill a  little old lady walked in.  
>It was the late Chevy dealer's widow.  She  happened to be driving by, saw 
>the car and wanted to stop in and ask about  it.  She reminisced about the many 
>Corvair demonstrators she drove back in  the day, how much she liked them and 
>how misinformed a certain famous person was  about the car.  As she left I, of 
>course, told her that if she ever comes  across any Corvair memorabilia from 
>the dealership....  She replied that  she had a lot of "trash" in the attic to 
>go through.  I reminded her that  one woman's trash is another man's treasure!
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>~Bill Stanley
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