<VV> $24.5k for a 1966 Corsa convert

[Ken Clark]

If I could get that for mine I would have to sell it and except for color it is identical in almost all options listed
and after watching Barrett -Jackson auction in Scottsdale I'm thinking it may bring that much at that auction.  Ken
 
 

> From: pkoehler01 at atlanticbb.net
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:49:50 -0500
> Subject: Re: <VV> $24.5k for a 1966 Corsa convert
> 
> Seems like a steep price to me. Yes, it has a lot of 
> options. But there seems to be room for improvement from 
> the pictures supplied. For my $24,500 I would would like 
> to have a near perfect Corvair. Just because it is an A/C 
> Corsa convert with headrest seats and a tele wheel 
> shouldn't move the price point that far North with the 
> obvious flaws.
> 
> My lemonwood yellow 140 Corsa convert was painted this 
> weekend at my buddy's shop just outside of Pittsburgh. As 
> soon as the weather improves I will go retrieve it and 
> complete the restoration. I will have a new top installed 
> at a shop in Pontiac, Michigan. If it turns out like the 
> install on the Hemmings $24.5k Corsa I might ask for 
> either a refund or a deep discount!
> 
> I'm hoping to have my car done with the new paint, top and 
> interior and a set of Chevy rally wheels with new BF 
> Goodrich Radial T/A's for a total investment of less than 
> $7,500. It might not have A/C or the headrest seats but it 
> will be very close to the one advertised in Hemmings. I 
> might even install the 1966 tele column and wood steering 
> wheel if that would bring the value of the car up to 
> Hemmings prices.
> 
> To borrow a quote from my favorite movie, "I don't know. 
> $24 thousand 500 Old Man? I got your card!" -Caveman Pete
> 
> 
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