<VV> Tech supplement, dates

[Mark Corbin]

Tim,

For the record, the tech tip (free-wheeling tow hubs) I mentioned appeared
in a January issue of the CC. I felt it was such a helpful tip (judging
from all the VV requests I had for it) that cutting it out would be a
disservice to CORSA membership. And it is also a tech tip that will become
less valuable as time goes on, since probably less people will be
flat-towing Corvairs as time goes on. That is why I requested that such an
"exception" be made. Extending the cutoff point one month wouldn't have
killed anybody, and would hardly have been enough to be noticable. The Tech
Guide IS supposed to be of greatest service to the membership, right? But
instead all we got was some blind, rigid-thinking, lame excuse for not
extending the cutoff point by ONE month. Thus all I can conclude is that
there was some animosity against "anything invented by Mark" (similar to
the notorious "not invented here" syndrome?) Oh well, it was the membership
that has been short-changed, not me.

BTW, as per my previous post, the latest Tech Guide edition/supplement/etc.
bears evidence of being rushed into print, what with all the mismatched
paragraphs at virtually every chapter interface. It really needs to be
re-edited and corrected. And is the CD just as messed up? What a waste!

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: tim mahler <flat6vair2 at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> Tech supplement, dates
>
> Making exceptions for 1 or 2 articles really messes with peoples minds --

> articles to dec 2007 and then list a 2008 article? what else is missing?
>
> tim mahler
>

> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Corbin <airvair at earthlink.net>
> To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Date: 9/6/2010 12:10:55 PM
> Subject: <VV> Tech supplement,was:  sound and heat insulation/passenger
compartment
>
> Just where was the cutoff date on the latest supplement? As I recall, it
> was at the end of the year a couple of years ago. Must have been the case,
> as I had a tech tip (on compact free-wheeling tow hubs that would fit ALL
> Corvairs) that didn't show up until the January AFTER the supposed cutoff
> month.
>
> At the time, I had specifically asked "the powers that be" to make an
> exception for that tech item, as I felt it was extremely valuable (judging
> from the number of requests I had over VV for it), not to mention that it
> was long overdue and very timely.
>
> Maybe, if the Corvair community is lucky, it will make it into the *next*
> supplement........ :o(
>
> -Mar