<VV> 2 or 4 door Corvairs ?

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One thing I've noted, being into '67's, is that (at least in '67) for every
9 Monza 2doors produced, the factory produced three 4door Monzas and two
convertables. The 3:1 ratio for hardtops also held for the 500 line.

The other thing is that the attrition rate for 4doors is greater than for
2doors or possibly even convertables. This despite the fact that
convertables traditionally have a high attrition rate because they are a
"fragile" body style. Everybody saves convertables. But I think that the
over-concentration on 2doors is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Everybody saves
them because everybody assumes that everyone else wants them. And this
despite the fact that the factory produced them in abundance.

The result is that if you look in Hemmings, any section, you'd swear that
about the only thing car makers have ever built were either 2door
sedans/hardtops or convertables. It's so rare that a 4door or wagon shows
up. And just look at the set decoration of any "retro" movie. You'd think
that 4doors were rare beasts, not to mention that most cars were also
loaded up with options, to boot.

All I can say is, bazarre.......

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: Arlette Carl <arlettecarl at hotmail.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 5/14/2009 6:28:34 PM
> Subject: <VV> 2 or 4 door Corvairs ?
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I read with interest the comments about how many doors a Corvair should
have.
>
> It's my observation that the rarest style of collector car in the future
will very likely be the four (4) door pillar less hardtop or Sport Sedan.
Why do I believe this? 
>
> Consider the following:'
>
> 1. Chevrolet built 4 door hardtops for only twenty (20) years. From 1956
to 1976.
>
> 2. Almost every country in the world that ever built cars, at some stage
or another offered a 2 door hardtop, but few outside the USA offered 4 door
Hardtops. The Japanese offered a four door hardtop in the mid 1980s. The
Germans offered a 4 door hardtop Mercedes Benz for a couple of years in the
early 1960s. But that's the extent of it.
>
> 3. Their are even still one or two genuine 2 hardtops offered in current
model cars. Take a lot look at a new Bentley coupe for example, but 4
hardtops sadly are unlikely to return which in time will make them unique.
>
> 4. Most car shows display line after line of restored 2 door hardtops,
but few 4 door hardtops.
>
> 5. Many 4 doors hardtops have been broken up and used to restore yet
another 2 door hardtop.
>
> 6. 1965-1967 Corvair 4 door hardtops are even more interesting in that
they are quite probably the smallest 4 door hardtops ever offered.
>
> In my view a late model Corvair 4 door hardtop in a desirable colour
combination with lots of rare and correct options is very likely to become
as collectable as a Corsa 180 hp 4 speed coupe .
>
> Don't under value any 4 door hardtop.  
>
> Regards
>
> Carl L. Kelsen
>
> RHD 1965 MONZA CONVERTIBLE
>
> MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
>