<VV> Earliest Corvair found - again!

[peter koehler]

There was some chatter here on VV a little while back 
about the black 1960 Corvair sedan #375 that was up on 
eBay a year and a half ago. Some speculated that the 
reason why we hadn't heard anything about it after the 
auction(s) was because the car may have been sold again on 
another auction venue. I found out today that is not true.

I tried to call the man who owned the used car lot and ran 
the eBay auction back in 2008. I found his name and phone 
number after a Google search on the Internet. When that 
number turned up out of service I used Mapquest to locate 
businesses in town close to the used car lot. I found out 
that Terry Schultz, the guy selling #375 had died of a 
heart attack last year! I spoke to his dad and asked about 
the black Corvair. He said that they still had it!

When Terry passed he left behind a rather large, eclectic 
collection of collector cars. When I was in Indiana 
looking at #375 he gave me the grand tour of the barn and 
other out buildings. Cool stuff! Now his dad is going to 
have to sell off the cars to settle the estate. He has the 
power to do just that, so I left an offer for #375. I also 
offered to help him find buyers for the other Corvairs in 
the collection. As I recall, he has a 1969 Monza 
convertible, another late model, a deluxe Rampside 
(rusty!) and a drive-able Greenbrier. There were at least 
50-60 other cars under cover as well. Bob Schultz said 
that his son wasn't the best at documentation so he is not 
sure what Terry paid for most of the cars and trucks.

If anybody has an interest in any of the Schultz Corvairs 
please contact me off-list and I will try to help you 
arrange a meeting. If #375 is to be sold I guess I am 
ready to tackle that project. Back in 2008 I backed away 
because I had just purchased Tom Fader's miles better 
white '60 500 sedan for half of what Terry wanted for the 
black car. Now that I have restored the Fader '60 and it 
turned out so nice I really would like to restore #375; 
the Oldest known surviving Corvair on the planet. - 
Caveman Pete