<VV> Corvair Trunks

[Mark Durham]

Cliff, your story reminds me of a trip to the grocery store last summer. I
traditionally park way out so as to stay away from most of the paint
chippers, and this was no exception.  However, this left me fully in view
as I loaded groceries into the trunk. More than one passer by made a double
take, and one old guy said, oh yeah, thats a Corvair!  Then he had to come
look and tell me about his car he had 40 years ago! Mark Durham



On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Cliff Tibbitts <tibbitts at qx.net> wrote:

> Tony's story about loading groceries into the trunk to the amazement of
> on-lookers reminded me of something that happened to me a couple of years
> ago.
>
>
>
> In this day and age, I thought almost everyone our age knew that the
> Corvair
> had its trunk in front.  At the time, a group from the elementary school I
> was working at bowled in a fun league.  It was in the winter and I was
> driving my 66 Monza.  As we left the bowling alley, I moved to the front of
> the car and placed the bowling ball in the trunk.  A friend of mine, behind
> the car, stood there with her mouth agape.  I knew immediately what she was
> thinking.  I closed the trunk quickly before she could walk around to the
> front.  "What did you just do?" she asked.  "In the winter, I like to keep
> the ball up here with the engine to keep it warm." I replied. She thought I
> had finally lost what little sense I had left.   Friends of ours who knew
> better were laughing so hard they were crying.  Finally, I reminded her
> that
> the engine was in the rear and this was the trunk.  It took her about two
> days to forgive me but eventually she found some humor in the moment as
> well.
>
>
>
> Cliff Tibbitts
>
> Lexington, KY
>
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