<VV> No-option cars and trucks

[Wildman, Kenneth]

My first new car was a '65 Corvair 500.  Not a stripper but it would
qualify as "unusually optioned".  I convinced my wife that the 110
engine and 4 speed transmission was a "safety issue" <grin> and she
insisted on the fold down rear seat for a place to put the baby bed (way
before all of the child protection legislation for autos) .  We also had
the rare radio-delete option, no seat belts, and single speed wipers.  

Those wipers caused many travel delays since we would have a tropical
deluge around 3:00pm every day in Tallahassee.  I had to stop and wait
for the rain to slow enough for the wipers to be effective.

We managed to keep our monthly payments under $50 a month -- serious
money for us when Penny's take-home from her job with the Florida
Employment Commission was $150/month and my graduate research assistant
stipend was $200 a month.

Door jam switches?  We deen't need no steenking door jam switches.  :) 

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of J R Read_HML
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:01 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; Tony Underwood
Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars and trucks

So, I guess my rampside is a "stripper".  No door jam switches (like
500s), 
bench seat (one less than 500s) <GRIN>, two speed wiper (500s?), no
washer 
(500s?), no arm rests (I think 500s, not sure), no interior door panels 
(less than a 500 would have), visor only on driver side (500s had two I 
think), no BU lights, other stuff that escapes me just now.  BUT, it IS
a 
truck and does everything a truck should do.  It DOES have a 4 speed
tranny 
and a "stump puller" gear in first.  Think - shift to 2nd half way
through 
the intersection!  Oh, no seat belts when built.

I doubt that there is an answer to the question about how many
"strippers" 
were built.

Later, JR

CCE CORSA CORVANANTICS SCG member
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
"Keep the Love Alive"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Underwood" <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> No-option cars, was: Wierd combos on earlies...


> At 09:22 AM 6/14/2010, Mike Stillwell wrote:
>
>>  One of my favorite customer cars was a '65 500 coupe Tuxedo Black
>> with a teal interior. It had no options, except a spare tire lock.
>> It was a radio delete car and had no exterior mirrors, until some
>> were added years later. Bench seat with no seats belts, but with
>> the 95/3 it was fun to drive.
>
>
>
>
> I've noted that the blue '67 coupe here is a total stripper,
> 95/3sp.   No radio, no nuthin.   It doesn't even have door jamb
> domelite switches.
>
>
> The question is:
>
> Just how many total strippers were built, percentage-wise?   One
> doesn't often see even taxi-cab 'Vairs that don't even have a
> radio.   Was it customary for 500s in '67 to have no domelite jamb
> switches?
>
>
>
> tony..

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