<VV> Corvair with 50 miles

[Mel Francis]

BUT, this 500 has a quality that I can appreciate, in that it is unmolested.

The best Corvair I ever owned was a '65, plain-Jane 4-speed Monza
coupe that I purchased in '74, at the Chicago national convention, with
only 29,000 miles. It was very unmolested, not a dent on it! It had never
even thrown its fan belt during those miles, having been well-maintained
and driven by the lady who sold it to me. It never leaked oil from the
pushrod tubes, the entire time that I owned it.

It turned out to be more reliable than most of the other higher performance
Corvairs I owned, which were rusty and had many problems, due to
previous hard use and poor maintenance. I drove that car cross-country a
couple of times and it never missed a beat.

This car will give someone an excellent starting point, no matter which
direction they go in, simply because of its high-content, original-condition
body assembly. Whatever is paid for this car, will be cheaper and more
original than anything that could be built up, in a full-body restoration
these days.

Mel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: "Vairtec Corporation" <Vairtec at optonline.net>; "virtualvairs" <>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair with 50 miles


> Yea, I tell people that 500's are only good for three things. 1) as a
> concours show car, or 2) a custom car starting point, or 3) an everyday
> beater. Other than that, NObody wants them. Heck, they usually don't even
> make very good parts cars. Most are usually low-content cars, with few if
> any options (let alone desirable ones), and what usable parts they DO have
> are usually ones that everyone's got a barn-full of anyway.
>
> So face reality. Most people want the high-line Monza, Spyder, and Corsa
> models. Just a matter of fact.....
>
> -Mark
>