<VV> Early 1960 700 interior decor

[Alan and Clare Wesson]

Hi Guus (nice to hear from you after such a long time, too!)

If they did, the only ones they got were the 'fat, grumpy and ugly' ones! 
(;-)))

Cheers

Alan

P.S. Have you heard from Thomas Stingl lately? He doesn't seem to be doing 
the list?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guus de Haan" <guusdehaan at wanadoo.nl>
To: "Alan and Clare Wesson" <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; "peter koehler" <pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Early 1960 700 interior decor


> 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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