<VV> Childhood Corvair Memories from New Jersey in the 1970s

[Karl Haakonsen]

Being that I have been away from Corvairs for a long time, restarting 
this project has caused me to reflect on my first interest in Corvairs 
which dates back to the early 1970s in my pre-teen years. I can't recall 
exactly when I was first aware of Corvairs, but my interest in them was 
in full bloom by around 1974 at age 12. At that time, my family lived in 
northern New Jersey and I have a few distinct memories that I was 
curious as to whether anyone here was around to recall. One in 
particular was a person in Hibernia, NJ on Green Pond Road, sort of 
across the street from the library that used to be a church (or at least 
in the stretch between the library and a convenience store).... this 
person had a driveway full of Corvairs. I used to daydream that I would 
approach him (or her) to see if they wanted to sell one that I could fix 
up in time for when I got my driver's license. My family moved away 
before that happened, so it was just an adolescent fantasy.

During that time, my family lived in Mountain Lakes and I used to ride 
my bike to school and I had a few choices of which route to take, but I 
usually chose the route that would take me on Lake Drive right at the 
start where it meets Morris Ave, because there was a LM Corvair coupe 
sitting on the edge of some woods on the property, not far from the 
street... another car I fantasized about asking if it was for sale.

Anyway, the Mountain Lakes Corvair was probably just a random car, one 
of many that could be found sitting around at that time. But I was 
curious whether anyone on VV knows who that was in Hibernia with the 
driveway full of Corvairs.

Karl in Boston
1966 Monza Convertible 110/PG with powertrain safely sitting in basement 
awaiting overhaul