<VV> Dead Corvair Story

[Taruffi57 at aol.com]

Actually 2 stories:
 
(1)  I had a red Greenbriar automatic in Orlando, Fl.  Right in  town one 
day, I rounded a turn and the thing went into neutral.  No  Go. !!!!!!!!    
This was the second time this happened with that  ride. Never found out if it 
was the diff or trans.  I got out of it  & walked to a pay ph. and called a 
Corvair buddy and offered it to him for  $50.  I either hitch-hiked or 
called someone to pick me up and never saw it  again.  I think I felt good that 
day about showing it that I wasn't going  to take it anymore.
 
(2)  In 1972, I had a white '61 500 - or was it a 700?  4  dr.  T-boned it 
into about a '62 big Plymouth because the woman ran a stale  left turn arrow 
in front of me.  No seatbelt, and my face & body ate  the steering wheel 
and right knee ate the heater controls.  Messed me up to  this day with 
deviated septum and massive sinus malfunctions.  As I  remember,  the Corvair 
crushed linearly across it's front and shortened the  car maybe 15 inches.  I 
only saw it once more in the wrecking yard when I  went to get my stuff out of 
it.
 
More:
As some of you know, I had a Roofing Contracting business in  Orlando for 
many yrs.  I had a yellow '65 Monza 4 dr. when I first started  my business 
(couldn't yet afford any trucks) that I had no choice but to load  down with 
all my re-roofing tools.  Ladder strapped to roof, 5 gal. tar  buckets in 
back seat, spades/shovels etc. in front seat.  Since the car had  a black 
interior, the many tar marks all over it were actually not out of  place.  Can't 
remember it's ultimate fate, but I doubt anyone was able to  clean it up.
 
Joe Dunlap
Cen. Fl.
2 Corvairs