<VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"

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Remember Seth, You are a self proclaimed cheapskate. My father said 30+ years ago houses in the neighborhood would never be worth over $100,000. He was also a self proclaimed cheapskate having lived thru the Depression. He paid $30,000 for his 5 bed/4 bath house on an acre with a 360 degree view all the way to the Pacific Ocean. This same property is valued over a million TODAY. And just because someone is willing to pay over 10K for a Corvair does not mean he is unwilling to be a Corsa member. I am a member. I drove my '69 Monza Convert. #2891 over 4,000 miles last summer to and from Jax. Would I lose my shirt today if I sold it (like you are hoping as per your post)? Maybe. But I don't want to sell it as it is a fairly low mile (28,000) well optioned very rare car that there are not a lot of left.Did the gentleman in Las Vegas that bought Finn Halbo's '66 Corsa Turbo Convert. get ripped off? I don't think so. I offered Finn 10K for the car in Ventura but it sold for just a bit more. Just my 2 cents worth, if anyone wants to pay for it.
Timothy Shortle in (picture perfect) Durango Colorado
Just got back from a 100 mile trip with my wife in #2891- TOPLESS (the car, boys)   


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sethracer at aol.com
>Sent: Sep 4, 2010 8:33 PM
>To: bonanz01 at myfairpoint.net, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: <VV> Corvair Value - Jay Leno "influence"
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>
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>In a message dated 9/3/2010 1:03:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
>bonanz01 at myfairpoint.net writes:
>
>I just  think that the potential Corvairistas have been lead to believe
>that 'Vairs  ain't worth Dog Poop!
>
>What do YOU think? 
>
>I like Jay a lot, but  I think he may have screwed-up here.................
>
>Or am I full of  it?
>
>Oh, and no DOG in my household at present, and I don't own a  "Scooper".....
>
>And PLEEZE don't kill the Messenger,  okay?
> 
> 
>I am on the record as loving Corvairs - I even still have one of the Orange 
> Bumper stickers. But I am also kind of a cheapskate - despite also loving 
>cars  in general. I have way too many. I know the value of a nice car. I 
>have paid  $3000 for a Corvair - never more. The $3000 Corvair was not a 
>particularly good  deal, either. Just a whim of a purchase - that I am still 
>paying for - Trying to  make it "right". I just picked up a 2002 Camaro, probably 
>an autocross car  project, for $2900. It is well equipped - for what I was 
>seeking, and a  safe, easy to drive, reasonable economical (V6, 5-speed) car 
>in good  condition. It also has working air bags, cold Air Conditioning and 
>just  passed smog test.  I don't know why any Corvair should be worth 
>$10,000 -  And I mean any! Yes, you could "invest"- to use the term loosely - 
>more  than that in a car to make it nicer than Chevy ever built. Why? because 
>you like  the car? Fine, spend the money! The inflation of the muscle car 
>market has  always seemed a bit odd to me. To see it possibly influence the 
>Corvair  "market", is disappointing. I like to see people appreciate the car 
>for what it  is and what it represents. Unlike the 67 Camaro, that some 
>frustrated 55  year old still remembers was the car that the football quarterback 
>used to score  with the cheerleader back in his high school. And now he has 
>to have one,  because now he can afford to reward a hoarder or an 
>auctioneer!  
>A pox on them! Well, maybe not the cheerleader, she, too is pushing 55, and 
> now drives a Lexus.
> 
>Anyway, explain to me why a Corvair - any Corvair, except, maybe, the Monza 
> GT or SS - should bring more than $10,000. Would the person who pays more 
>than  that be more likely to join a Corvair Club, or bring their car out to 
>a meeting,  or autocross their car -(showing it's better traits)?  I only 
>hope  they lose their shirts on the deal - again, not speaking of the 
>cheerleader,  here - just the speculator.
> 
>Seth Emerson
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