<VV> Local Corvair - now driver's test

[J R Read_HML]

Corvairs were still in the "invention" stage when I took the driver test, 
but I DID deliver my daughter to her wedding in one!

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ChiefTAM at aol.com>
To: <rodneyspooner at corvairgarage.com>; <dpleau at wavecable.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Local Corvair - now driver's test


> Speaking of that, I wonder how many on the VV list actually took their
> drivers test in a Corvair?  Kind of the original Corvair lovers  (nuts?) 
> maybe?
> I took my driver's test in 1971 in my dad's 1969  LeMans Blue Monza
> Convertible, 140 hp, 3-speed.   Even then, I  remember the examiner saying 
> he
> liked the car and his commenting that most kids  didn't take there tests 
> in
> manual transmissioned cars.  I would guess it is  even rarer today.  So 
> how many
> of us are there?
>
> Todd in TX (for now)
>