<VV> Reply... Subject: 64 Wagon
jvhroberts at aol.com
jvhroberts at aol.com
Sat Nov 28 13:08:24 EST 2009
The difference between a 69 Corsa and an LM wagon is huge. For a 69 Corsa, there's not a lot to imagine or guess at. Given that there's precious little difference between a 66 Monza and a 69 Monza, just figure a 66 Corsa and a 69 Corsa would be equally different, which ain't much!
The wagon, however, has no other basis to work from, so, FAR more imagination and creation will be involved.
And heck, NASCAR cars in the 60s vs their stock counterparts were FAR closer than a modern NASCAR car and its stock counterpart. Last I checked, Tauruses don't have pushrod V8s driving the rear wheels!
John Roberts
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From: AeroNed at aol.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2009 9:53 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> Reply... Subject: 64 Wagon
I'm sure Mark's LM wagon will be just as "stock" as his '69 Corsa. Just
like the cars in NASCAR are stock cars. Seriously, I don't see how anyone can
consider any of those cars as anything more than 100% customs, not that
there's anything wrong with that.
Ned
In a message dated 11/27/2009 4:03:24 P.M. Central Standard Time,
airvair at earthlink.net writes:
Well Bill, you could also say that I had a '69 Corsa. But then, the purists
have had a hissy fit over that one for decades. The difference is that my
'69 Corsa was pure stock. No custom paint job, no custom upholstery, no
aftermarket fender skirts (and fender skirts were ALWAYS aftermarket on a
Corvair - never "factory stock" by any means.) It was as pure stock as you
could get, even down to the laquer paint color.
While the factory DID offer tutone paint, they NEVER broke it up like
what's on Smitty's car, and without a doubt wouldn't ever have done so
(unless maybe you were buying a phone company car, or the like.) Nor did
they offer upholstery on Corvairs that matched the kind of fabric and
assembly variation that Smitty's car has. Regardless, any way you slice it,
is certainly more gaudy than any Corvair the factory ever built in any
large quantity. And it looks like the custom car that it is. You of anyone
should know that it isn't "stock" enough to be called that.
And in the vein of the '69 Corsa, my LM wagon will be closer to stock than
Smitty's car, guaranteed. It'll have the stock paint layout, stock
upholstery pattern, even a more stock overall look. So the fact that they
didn't build that body style that year is irrelevant. What IS the point is
that sooner or later one WILL exist. It exists now, just that the bodywork
isn't completed yet. Would you say a car that hasn't had the restoration
bodywork completed doesn't exist?
And in case you doubt that I don't admire Smitty for his efforts at a
custom EM, think again. Anyone who has rebuilt/restored a car has my
admiration. He's done a great job, and I especially admire his driving it
all over creation. But I'm calling a spade a spade, and calling Smitty's
car exactly what it is, a custom car. No disrespect intended whatsoever.
Get over it.
-Mark
> [Original Message]
> From: Bill Hubbell <whubbell at cox.net>
> Subject: RE: <VV> Reply... Subject: 64 Wagon
>
> Mark is making an absurd argument. First of all, no matter what Mark
does
> to "imagineer" a Late Model station wagon, it will always be a more
> fictional vehicle than Smitty's "64" wagon for the following reasons:
>
> 1. GM actually did make EM wagons and Smitty's wagon body is pure stock
in
> that regard; Mark's won't be by any stretch.
>
> 2. GM actually did offer two-tone paint for EM vehicles, and, although
> Smitty's colors are not Factory Stock, who is to say that they would not
> have been if a '64 wagon had been made? It was also possible to get
> 'custom' paint jobs from the factory, and I suspect that had wagons been
> available in 1964 this would have been a probable choice.
>
> 3. There actually were some EM Corvairs (1961) that came with cloth/vinyl
> seats (much like Smitty's wagon, although, again, not in that color).
>
> 4. Wheel skirts were already an option for EM sedans and coupes. It is
> probable that they would have been available for wagons had they been
made
> beyond 1962, so the fact that a '64 wagon would have them is perfectly
> plausible.
>
> Bottom line, Mark, Smitty's '64 wagon IS a reality (and has been ever
since
> it was built in 1989). For 20 years it has been plying the highways and
> byways of this great country, logging over 300,000 miles (most of which
> pulling a trailer or some other such thing) and generally showing the
world
> exactly how BIG a mistake GM made by NOT making more of them. It has
been
> an ambassador of Goodwill for ALL Corvairs for longer than many VV
readers
> have even OWNED a Corvair. It's value to our Corvair community has been
> validated by awards too many to count, including Senior Class Concours,
> numerous 1st place Autocross awards, etc. It has earned our RESPECT and
> ADMIRATION.
>
> Live with it.
>
> Bill
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