<VV> Falcon restoration, was: New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?

[airvair at earthlink.net]

All two of them? LOL

In case you missed my point, I really am not that serious with that thread. I'm having fun with it. After all, I've always said that in it's day, the Falcon was the world's best beater. What it did, it did well (merely get you from point A to point B). But it was STILL a beater, the original throwaway car. And all that in the spirit of the great F**d/Chevy rivalry. So lighten up. Life's so much better when you laugh.

-Mark (still pulling your leg...)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robby 
To: airvair at earthlink.net
Cc: Charles Lee; Sethracer at aol.com; rbuckridge at comcast.net; virtualvairs at corvair.org; jvhroberts at aol.com
Sent: 2/15/2010 5:06:56 PM 
Subject: Re: Falcon restoration, was: New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?


What would be wrong with restoring a Falcon?  The Falcon folks probably wonder why anyone would restore a Corvair!!!!  As the owner of both, they are both worth it in my view.  Maybe this is the reason there is waning interest in Corvairs - folks like you are so narrow minded that you run off would be enthusaists !!!  Corvairs are not the only cars worth owning just in case you didn't realize this.

Robby


On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM, airvair at earthlink.net <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

Why would anyone in their right mind restore a Falcon? Next thing you know,
somebody probably will have restored a Toyopet. LOL

In all seriousness, though, I could see preserving an original, just
because it has survived. Or maybe restoring a Falcon Sprint with buckets
and a 289 (the pre-Mustang competition to the Corvair Spyder). But short of
that, it still begs the question, WHY?

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: Charles Lee <Chaz at ProperProPer.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - "She's real fine, my four twenty eight" ?
>
> So we need to be PC to Mustangs, so as not to hurt their little feelings,
> now ?
>
> They probably think the Beach Boys should have sung "She's real fine, my
> four twenty eight" ?
>
> We have "Tough Little Buggy" but no one ever wrote "Tough Little Bird of
> Prey" did they ? No, they didn't.
>
> I saw a nicely restored 1965 Falcon yesterday, and thought it looked
nice,
> but only because it was old, no other reason.
>
> A nice 1965 Corvair is just plain beautiful, and the engineering
underneath
> is amazing.
>
> The Falcon has no such claim to fame, and its stepchild Mustang still has
> little of the sophistication that went so under appreciated then as now.
>
> I see see people "appreciate" and nice old Corvair, not for its
engineering,
> but simply because it's "old" which is the only thing the Falcon has in
> common.
>
> Alas !  People still don't understand what made the Corvair unique and
few
> ever will  ...
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jvhroberts at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> New slogan - caution!
>
> >
> > Say 4 point 9 to the Mustnag guys, and they'll have a fit! LOL
> >
> > John Roberts
> >


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