<VV> why i joined corsa

[J R Read]

Communique came.  Good article by Scott Howey, a new BoD member, along a 
similar vein!

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <Chaz at ProperProper.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> why i joined corsa


> Here ! Here !
>
> I second that emotion !
>
> Charlie
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
> To: <Vairdad at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> why i joined corsa
>
>
>>I think that anyone who has a collector car is a fool if they DON'T belong
>> to that marque's national club. Everyone can tout all the advantages they
>> want (and there are MANY advantages in being a member of CORSA), but I
>> think the most important one I've found are the contacts. I know I
>> wouldn't
>> have half the Corvair "stuff" that I do, nor have had anywhere near the
>> fun, enjoyment, and network of Corvair friends without having been a
>> member
>> of the national club. I am also a "fan" of another automotive marque,
>> which
>> is an '80's car, that doesn't have a national marque club (long story on
>> that one), and the differences between the two are leagues apart. Those
>> guys "think" they can do it all over the internet. Yea, right. Dream 
>> on...
>>
>> It's the unseen, difficult to describe, impossible to appraise advantages
>> like "contacts" that one gets by being a member of a marque's national
>> club. Problem is, people who are't "joiners" are simply oblivious to 
>> that,
>> and sadly always will be, no matter how hard you try to educate them 
>> about
>> it.
>>
>> -Mark