<VV> Was Sedans .... Now; First Corvair Experience

[RoboMan91324 at aol.com]

As far as a car I may have driven in my youth, my first  experience driving 
a car (legally) and my first experience with a Corvair were  one and the 
same.  No, it wasn't a sedan/four door.  My father sent me  to driving school 
when I got my learner's permit.  He said it was because  the car insurance 
would be cheaper but I suspected that he knew we would have a  problem if he 
was my teacher.  One authoritarian butt head teaching another  rebellious 
butt head to drive is the perfect formula for conflict.
 
Because I had dreams of a muscle car in my future, I insisted  on learning 
to drive a manual transmission.  The only car the driving  school had with a 
stick was an old, dilapidated and dented Monza 2 door they  borrowed 
somewhere.  I remember scaring the poop out of the instructor  several times.  No, 
I didn't add any dents.
 
I remember an overall good impression of the car but I didn't  own my first 
Corvair until about 10 years ago.  Of course, I became hooked  and now have 
a collection.  The '66 Corsa was my first.  I am out  of room now, so I 
don't know if I will ever add a sedan/four door to my  collection.  The closest 
I came to buying a four door was a 1961 Lincoln  Continental four door 
convertible.  This was the year and model car JFK was  in when he was 
assassinated.  See, you can buy both a four door and a ragtop at the same time.  
Lincoln made these cars for  a number of years and they are highly collectible.  
However, unless  you enjoy tinkering constantly, you don't want one.  They 
were and possibly  still are the most complicated (most parts) car made.  
They had many old  technology relays, trigger switches and electric motors to 
automatically lower  windows, open and close the trunk lid backwards and fold 
the top into the  trunk.
 
Doc
 
1960 Corvette, 1961 Rampside, 1962 Rampside, 1964 Spyder  coupe, 1965 
Greenbrier, 1966 Canadian Corsa turbo coupe, 1967 Nova SS, 1968  Camaro ragtop

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In a message dated 12/3/2012 9:00:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:

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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:24:24 -0500
From: Bill Hubbell  <whubbell at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> Fwd:   Sedans
To: Guy Brandes <vair140 at aol.com>
Cc:  "VirtualVairs at corvair.org" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
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My 1964 sedan has won several People's  Choice awards. 

I admit that people seem to prefer flashy red  convertibles over Plain Jane 
sedans, but there is a special joy in presenting  a car that many people 
may have actually driven in their youth.  

Bill