<VV> protecting Corvair worth

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

Mark,

Once again, you are painting the world with your own opinion.  You seem 
fond of telling people what they should and shouldn't do with their assets and 
now you state .... 

"Corvette- type people who hold the "factory-only" ideology are, in the 
long run, actually doing more harm than good, and not getting the full 
enjoyment from their vehicles in the bargain."

You feel that people with a "factory only ideology are doing more harm than 
good."  Then you go on to proclaim that they are "not getting the full 
enjoyment from their vehicles."  How arrogant is that?  How can a thinking 
person say that a "factory only" ideology is harmful?  That's just silly.  Maybe 
more important, how can you determine how people should enjoy their cars?  
You proclaim that you have a right to your own opinion and you do.  However, 
so do those Corvette people that you have determined to be crazy because 
they choose to enjoy the collector car hobby in a different way than you.  Is 
it that there is some jealousy sneaking in?  I would suspect that even if I 
didn't own a Vette.

Why do people think that they are the only ones entitled to their own 
opinion?  It is a small step to trying to enforce your opinion on others.

Doc
1960 Corvette; 1961 Rampside; 1962 Rampside; 1964 Spyder coupe; 1965 
Greenbrier; 1966 Corsa turbo coupe; 1967 Nova SS; 1968 Camaro ragtop
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In a message dated 2/26/2010 12:06:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:


> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:06:28 -0500
> From: "airvair at earthlink.net" <airvair at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> protecting Corvair worth
> To: "Eric S. Eberhard" <flash at vicsmba.com>, virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> 
> I'm sure everyone has some kind of opinion on this subject. Here's my take
> on it.
> 
> First, Corvettes benefit from having the (in)famous gas tank sheet, which
> tells what the car had on it from the factory. They also have (as I
> understand) other information sources, all of which makes most Corvettes
> easy to tell what an individual car had from the factory. 
> 
> By contrast, all the factory records on US-destined Corvairs are gone. The
> only thing even resembling a list of options is the body tag info, which
> Kent Sullivan and others have been working on for years. Even then, the
> '68-9 cars don't have that info on them. Add to this the fact that you can
> get new body tags made to order via vendors who regularly advertise in
> places like Hemmings. The net result is that only partial information is
> decipherable, and even then, that isn't a sure thing. This is one reason
> why I (and most of the Corvair world) don't get off on this kind of thing.
> 
> Second, consider this. What if you had a strictly parts car with a
> super-rare option. For an example, I'm going to use my own '67 Monza 4door
> and the stereo tape system. There were only 125 cars built with this
> option, just about the rarest option for that year. I have two identical
> cars, one a parts car (actually my project car, but that's a long story in
> itself) and the other a very original, low miles car. The parts car has 
> the
> tape player in it, the original doesn't. I can do one of three things:
> 
> Senerio 1) Scrap the parts car WITH the tape player, because  there are
> simply no other cars around that need their tape players replaced or
> upgraded. Thus the tape system is junk.
> 
> Senerio 2) Salvage the tape system, and sit it on the shelf, but for the
> same reasons as #1.
> 
> Senerio 3) Install it in my original car, in the same manner (as best I 
> can
> duplicate) as the factory did.
> 
> Note that in #1 not only is the tape player system is lost, but the method
> of installation AND its usage as a functioning 3-D example of this system
> is lost as well.
> 
> In #2, the system is saved, only to become a dust collector on a shelf. 
> The
> method of installation and its usage is still lost.
> 
> Only in #3 is not only the system saved, but also its installation AND
> usage as well.
> 
> Now consider who is really preserving automotive history. The Corvette 
> guy,
> who can only do #1 or #2, or me, who does #3.
> 
> To me, it's obvious. The first two actually DESTROY history. So THAT is 
> why
> I chose to do #3 on my original car. It and the parts car have the same
> interior color and body style, so I was able to move the speakers and rear
> riser without even applying a single drop of paint. I will point out that
> even though my car has the original window sticker still on it, I have
> salvaged the tape system BECAUSE it's a super-rare option, and it is as 
> the
> factory would have done. The car is, in my words, an "enhanced original,"
> preserving not only the original car, but also some very original and RARE
> options. History is preserved!
> 
> Corvette- type people who hold the "factory-only" ideology are, in the 
> long
> run, actually doing more harm than good, and not getting the full 
> enjoyment
> from their vehicles in the bargain. In my opinion they have missed the 
> boat.
> 
> -Mark