<VV> Snow Removal, Neighbors and Corvair content, too!

[peter koehler]

So now that I'm retired and its too cold to play in the 
garage, I spend some of my free time shoveling snow off my 
driveway. When done with my drive I usually walk next door 
and shovel my 81 year old neighbor's drive as well. John 
has a little trouble walking with his arthritis, but his 
memory is clear and he always comments on how much fun he 
had driving his early model Corvair sedan in the snow back 
in the day. We chatted this morning and the same story 
came up. "You don't need chains with a Corvair!", John 
told me (again!).

Since my neighbor across the street hadn't fired up the 
tractor and snow blower I wondered why someone was 
shoveling around her Honda. So I went over and found that 
"Grandma" is watching the kids for a few days while my 
neighbors are off on a short vacation. And they picked the 
week with tandem snow storms to leave her there with the 
kiddies and no snow blower training. After introductions 
she commented that I was the guy "with all the cars". 
Oooops! My cover is blown! She appreciated the help and 
did comment that she loved the Corvair that she had when 
she was a teenager. Yeah, so did I! She also told me that 
those Corvairs were always loosing fan belts. That never 
happened, did it?

Anyway, kinda neat that Corvair memories are still on 
peoples' minds even 50 years after their introduction. 
Musta been a pretty neat car, huh? - Caveman Pete