<VV> Fifty Years Ago: GM Announced the Corvair on May 22, 1959 in Wilmingto n, Delaware. The Corvair was there today!

[Carole & Dave Thomson]

Thanks for the great story and photos in the Communique.  That is what makes
our club magazine so neat are the folks who have so many facts and data and
photos to put it all in place.
Well Done.
Dave, Calgary
68 Kelmark
66 Corsa 140-4 Vert
70 Camaro Zed28 (one owner).

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Subject: <VV> Fifty Years Ago: GM Announced the Corvair on May 22, 1959 in
Wilmingto n, Delaware. The Corvair was there today!

Fifty years ago today, General Motors announced that it would build a new
small car called the Corvair. GM Chairman of the Board Fred Donner made the
announcement at the 1959 GM Shareholder's Meeting on May 22, which was held
at GM's Wilmington, Delaware Assembly Plant.
Today, exactly 50 years to the date, CORSA member Herb Brown and his 1960
500 Sedan were welcomed at the Wilmington plant by GM officials for
commemorative photographs on the front lawn. Herb contacted me after seeing
my article in the May Communique about the Corvair's announcement on May
22nd. Would you believe that he only lives ten miles from the plant? When
events and people come together so perfectly, well, they're just meant to
happen.
Herb's 1960 is a First in Class winning, 47,500 mile Delaware car that he
bought from the original owner in 1978. Not only was his car perfectly
suited for the occasion, but Herb was too. He retired from the Wilmington
plant in '78 as an Inspector after working there for 31 years.
Joining Herb for the photographs were his wife Nancy, son Herb Jr. and First
State Corvair Club members Dave Ziegler, Michael Slotwinski and Bob Gregg.
Sincere thanks from the Corvair Preservation Foundation go out to General
Motors and everyone who helped mark this important Corvair Anniversary date.
The photos and full story will be in the July Communique! 
 
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