<VV> Perfect as is

[Ron]

Some of these 'improvements" would be because they were cheaper.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kevin nash" <wrokit at hotmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:18 AM
Subject: <VV> Perfect as is


>
> Mark- For some of the rest of us, it is an insult to our intelligence that
> changing from a generator to an alternator (for example) is a 
> "modification"
> and not an "improvement". Gm made many many "IMPROVEMENTS" to
> the Corvair over the years, for safety and reliability reasons, kind of
> putting a hole in the argument that all factory stock Corvairs are
> perfect as is.
> Kevin Nash
>
>
> What offends stock people is that the NAME of the class ("Improved") is
>> degrading of the stock Corvair. It inplies that the Corvair is inferior 
>> as
>> manufactured, and needs to be "improved" to make it right. That is not 
>> the
>> case. The stock Corvair is just fine as it is. Of course, I don't expect
>> customizers to ever understand this. It also DOESN'T mean that a car 
>> can't
>> be tailored to individual tastes and physical needs. You can say that 
>> about
>> any and every thing that ever was.
>>
>> Example: My own '67 convertible is FOR ME a very comfortable car to drive
>> and ride in, and it's as pure stock as they come. The Astro buckets fit 
>> my
>> bucket just fine, and I wouldn't hesitate in driving it any distance 
>> you'd
>> want to go. And contrary to your thoughts, it (and my 4door) is NOT a
>> trailer queen. In fact, both cars are stock original cars, and they are
>> DRIVEN. I drove the 4door to the Buffalo convention a few years back, and
>> drove the convert to the Cedar Rapids convention this year. They are both
>> comfortable for me to drive, and in no need of "improvements" to suit my
>> physical needs OR my personal tastes (other than the 4door being one of
>> those lousy manual trans cars).
>>
>> And Hank is right. The '66-earlier bench bucket seats are uncomfortable -
>> for me, anyway. The Astro buckets are much better - for me anyway. But 
>> I've
>> heard people say just the opposite. Obviously, their bucket fits the
>> earlier bucket better. Mine doesn't. So it's all a matter of the 
>> individual.
>>
>> Stock cars, and particularly original ones, are worth more due to 
>> historic
>> value, something that is intangible and cannot be priced. When someone
>> wants to restore a car to factory stock, they don't look at another
>> restored car, and the certainly don't look at a custom one. They look at
>> original cars. Also, just as my past illustration of Washington's hatchet
>> shows, once you start replacing original parts, you lose historic value.
>> With cars, though, it's acceptable to perform maintainence on a car, in
>> order to keep it running and fully functional, as long as it's done
>> correctly.
>>
>> Example: My 4door was always a car that would beat you to death, even on
>> short club trips. That's because the original suspension rubber was baked
>> hard as a brick by the Texas climate it came from. I carefully 
>> disassembled
>> the suspension and replaced all (with one exception) the rubber with new
>> parts. In the process, I compared all the new parts with the originals, 
>> and
>> determined that they were identical. After cleaning off the dirt (I did 
>> NOT
>> refinish anything) and installing the new rubber, I reassembled the
>> suspension exactly like it had been. To look at it, you could never tell
>> anything had been done. But the change in ride is incredible. It now 
>> rides
>> just like a new Corvair should. THAT is an example of doing proper
>> maintainence on an original car.
>>
>> Anyway, the many Corvair people out here who love the car in stock form
>> view the class name change to be an insult. And as such, it certainly 
>> goes
>> against the porported mission of CORSA, to promote the preservation of 
>> the
>> Corvair marque and its history. I just want the BoD to wake up to that
>> fact, and undo the damage by eliminating the name "improved".
>>
>> -Mark
>
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