<VV> RN Corvair Parts----

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

VV'ers---Larry read over what I had written from our conversation and 
sent it back to me with the time stamp you see below.  Let's respect his 
wishes and his candor regarding his businesses.  Thanks HANK

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Subject: Re: Post to VV
Date: 10/20/10 1:44:23 PM
From: "Larry Shapiro"
To: kaczmarek at charter.net
Cc: "larry Shapiro"

  Larry Shapiro has spent 38 years as a Corvair enthusiast, and has 
spent much of his time running his Corvair service and parts supply 
businesses.  As most of us know, Larry has also had his collector coin 
business going at the same time.   He didn’t get into the Corvair 
business for the money, more of just an extension of the hobby that we 
all share.  Anyone who pulls a Corvair concours car from CA to Virginia 
and get best in show is not the run of the mill enthusiast.
If you know a Corvair vendor, anyone who has run a Corvair restoration 
business, or similar like a hot rod shop----you have heard the nightmare 
stories that they can tell.  Larry has his share as well, with 
suppliers, potential competitors, customers, former employees (John 
Sweet is not one of THOSE former employees), local gang bangers in LA, 
etc.
Larry knows because he’s done it.  Like any small  business person, if 
you have the ability and dedication to work 12-18 hours a day, and 
plenty of 7 day weeks, you can make a healthy income from a business, 
but that doesn’t come without a set of constant challenges.
After  years in the Corvair  Business, Larry “just wants out”.   He has 
a broker trying to sell his business to someone who would keep it a 
going concern, as he fears that if    his business is just liquidated, 
that a lot of Corvairs will end up being    scrapped instead of saved.
Larry didn’t know what RN Corvair Parts was until last  night, turns out 
it was something his real estate broker did which he didn’t authorize. 
He didn’t even want it advertised for sale as a Corvair business.  Larry 
has had several instances of Corvair people who wanted  to buy his 
business at various times, but none of them could get the money, 
despite them telling Larry they could.    Even his own employees didn’t 
know that he is trying to sell the business, but they’ll know now.
Larry admits that he hasn’t been in his current shop in about 3 months. 
He doesn’t want to end up  laying off his employees, selling off his 
parts and other assets and holding a building he can’t sell.
So to summarize:

RN Corvair Parts is actually LS Corvair Parts.  The business is for 
sale, but like Corvair Underground (which has been on the    seller’s 
block for some time now) is still a going business concern.
Larry is looking to get out of the Corvair parts and service business 
entirely, and would like to sell his company to an ideal buyer who 
already has a successful old car parts and service business, who knows 
what it takes to be successful, and can actually pay him for his 
interest up front.    Larry would help train employees in the Corvair 
end of the business for a    proscribed time period.
  Had the broker not listed his business as a Corvair    business 
without informing Larry, none of us would know about this.
Again, Larry requests that he not be contacted by VV members    or 
Corvair Center Forum readers about his business at this time.