<VV> Stock??? Can we reprint lclc's articles?

[rbuckridge at comcast.net]

I would agree with JR on this one, that stock is how it left the factory plus dealer installed options. I would also add, you better have the paperwork to prove it. 

I can tell you that the Christmas Corvair  http://www.buckridge.us/tedscorvair.html of Curt Carlson with it's red, white & blue stripes is a stock Corvair. Curt's great Aunt purchased the car new and it had the red, white & blue stripes on it, a dealer installed option. 

Roy in Bayville 08721 



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From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> 
To: rbuckridge at comcast.net, "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Cc: kentsu at corvairkid.com 
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 12:14:55 AM 
Subject: Stock???  Can we reprint lclc's articles? 

My definition - how it left the factory PLUS authorized or ordered (by first 
buyer) or delivered (to first buyer) dealer installed (factory listed) 
options. 

Some of these would be hard to prove without documentation.  So, a more 
simple way to look at it and leaving out some of the "dealer 
installed".......  If it is on the car AND on the body tag (options), it is 
"stock" for that car. 

Later, JR 


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From: <rbuckridge at comcast.net> 
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Cc: <kentsu at corvairkid.com> 
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 10:49 PM 
Subject: Re: <VV> CORSA and Air Cleaner Finish is it chrome or black? 


> 
> 
> Kent, I can see your point about entering a stock class in a concours and 
> yes, the NCRS has more time, money & man power to do research on what 
> stock is. 
> 
> But that still leaves me with the question, what is stock? Is it as 
> delivered by the manufacturer or as delivered by the dealer, or is it 
> something else? How does the Corvair world define stock? 
> 
> Roy in Bayville 08721 
> 
> -----original message----- 
> Roy, CORSA concours judging is based on cleanliness and condition, NOT how 
> stock a car appears. "Stockness" only affects what class a car is assigned 
> to. But since there is not a forced stack-ranking within each class but 
> instead a fixed point threshold for Gold, Silver, etc., being in a smaller 
> Stock class does not affect the likelihood of getting an award either. The 
> only thing that a stock designation provides is the ability to compete for 
> the separate "best stock" car. And a sense of accomplishment for achieving 
> a 
> stock designation. 
> 
> That said, the Stock Corvair Group is dedicated to finding answers to all 
> kinds of stock questions, because those of us in it are a bunch of nuts 
> who 
> enjoy this sort of thing. :-) The variety, number, and difficulty of 
> unanswered stock questions is extreme. The NCRS has had a small army of 
> people researching the equivalent questions for Corvettes for 25 or more 
> years, while a very small group of us just got started (with no budget, 
> etc.) a few years ago. 
> 
> --Kent