<VV> promoting the Corvair hobby among younger people

[Rick Norris]

Good idea Ray.
I have done this with my race car at a local VoTech school.
Don't think I got any recruits but, ya never know down the road.

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com

> Hello all,
>
>     I first joined VV over 7 years ago I think, possibly during my
> ownership of my second Corvair.  At that time I knew almost nothing about
> the Corvair and my automotive mechanic skills were very limited.  Thanks 
> to
> many of the folks on this list I started to learn... and my interest grew.
> Nowadays there isn't a single Corvair repair that I won't give a shot. 
> I've
> made every repair to my own cars (all Corvairs) myself for at least the 
> last
> 4 years.  Again, thanks to this list and corvaircorsa.com I started to 
> learn
> more about the history of the Corvair and found it fascinating.  I've 
> since
> been doing everything I can to learn more.
>
>     Now that I am very familiar with both Corvair mechanicals and history 
> I
> have finally found myself in a position where I am not always the student,
> but often the teacher.  I know that CORSA membership as well as the 
> Corvair
> hobby in general is on the decline, and that most feel we need a way to 
> get
> more younger people involved.
>
>     I'm considering going up to the local high school (from which I
> graduated just over 13 years ago) and exploring the possibility of giving 
> a
> presentation to the "auto mechanics" and "auto body" classes.  I would 
> focus
> primarily on the aspects of the Corvair most likely to appeal to young
> people... things like Corvairs modified for performance, Yenko Stingers,
> Fitch Sprints, turbo Corvairs, and Corvair autocross events.
>
>     I've been pretty successful in creating an interest in Corvairs among
> my friends, my three closest friends would very much like to own Corvairs.
> The problem is that like me they are on very tight budgets but unlike me
> they are not willing to go hungry for for the love of Corvairs =)  I also
> think it would be great if we could have some cheap Corvairs donated to 
> high
> school shop classes anywhere and everywhere possible... hopefully
> accompanied by a little presentation of the kind I intend to give here in 
> my
> area.  Maybe some of those $500 Corvairs that we've all seen for sale 
> could
> be donated to the school for a tax deduction?  I know I've purchased two 
> for
> $500 or less in the past couple of years that would have been great
> candidates for a shop class like the one I took in high school.
>
>     So what do you think?  Any ideas for content to present?
>
>
> -- 
> Ray "Grymm" Rodriguez
> Lake Ariel, PA
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