<VV> Early 1960 700 interior decor

[Guus de Haan]

Alan,

That makes me wonder if your mom and dad also ordered special options  
for their newborn....<BG>

Guus de Haan
The Netherlands
'65 Corsa Turbo-Charged Cvt


Op 6 jan 2009, om 15:43 heeft Alan and Clare Wesson het volgende  
geschreven:

>> even when new the earliest 700's didn't have a very
>> "deluxe" appearance in the interior department.
>
> For me, that's the whole attraction. Basic, basic transport at its  
> best.
> Grey cardboard door trims and tiny hubcaps. If this one weren't such  
> a shed
> I would be saving up to buy it myself.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan, longing for the days when you had to pay extra for a second  
> sunvisor,
> an interior light (which of course didn't open when you opened the  
> doors),
> opening vent windows, genuine rubber mats on the floor, a trunk lock  
> etc.
> (those are all things that actually were extra on my 56 English  
> Ford!).
>
> These things are in my opinion what the Corvair was originally about  
> - it
> was conceived around the time of the Eisenhower mini-recession in 58  
> (in
> fact funnily enough, so was I!), and like me, it's in that form that  
> it is
> most true to its time.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan
>
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