<VV> Quote : "most cars begin life as a ..."

[Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez]

I have to agree with the heater core comment, those things are really buried 
in many cars.

The fact that I can do nearly everything myself on the Corvair is a big part 
of how I justify the expense of the hobby on my meager income.  Between the 
fact that my cars don't really depreciate and the fact that I rarely if ever 
have to pay a mechanic anything but a state inspection fee....  well that 
pretty much makes it worth driving an antique car as my daily driver.

Any Vair' nut who isn't ready to tackle nearly any repair himself has one of 
two problems... not enough time (understandable), or your Corvairs are all 
too nice!  Get a nice junker that will break a lot (or better yet needs a 
full resto) and learn the way I did!  After the 5 year long (long periods of 
inactivity) amateur restoration  project on my 65' Corsa I'm ready to do 
ANYTHING my other Corvairs need done.

Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA
CORSA member
66' Corsa 140/4 coupe
65' Corsa 140/4 coupe (under construction and almost done!)
63' Monza PG coupe (under construction- quickie driver build)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: "shortle" <shortle556 at earthlink.net>; "Jim Houston" 
<jhouston001 at cfl.rr.com>
Cc: "vv" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 2:55 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Quote : "most cars begin life as a ..."


> Maybe Corvairs are, to some degree, but OBD has put an end to the 
> shade-tree
> mechanic, for the most part. although it's still cheaper to screw it up
> yourself, instead of paying someone else to screw it up.
>
> And what do you learn paying someone else, except to be more and more
> dependent on them, because you haven't learned anything !
> The Flat-Rate Manual is the best fiction I ever read !
>
> My favorite "restoration" article was by a guy (CORSA member in CQ) who 
> was
> restoring a Corvair, and it was full of "find a good upholstery shop for 
> the
> interior" and "find a good engine rebuilder" and "find a good body shop" 
> and
> he did nothing himself !!!!
>
> It's always easier to buy this or that, but fixing it yourself just plain
> feels better, never mind putting another $100 dollar bill in your wallet 
> for
> each hour you don't pay someone else !
>
> Sure, there are some things we can't do but I'm sure there are some guys
> (and gals) here who would disagree even with that ?
>
> Charlie