<VV> Corvairs, rare indeed

[Clark Hartzel]

Not driving a Corvair this time but back when the CORSA National Convention
was in Ontario, CA I drove my 1964 Greenbrier out there with my son. My wife
and daughter flew out to meet us and all four of us came home in the 'Brier.
It was a 3-week trip.  We took the 'Brier from MI to Florida to visit my
in-laws a couple of times.  Now that I am 70 I don't drive the Corvair on
too many long trips as it just isn't as comfortable as the newer cars with
A/C, satellite radio, a heater that heats, a defroster that defrosts, and
gets 30MPG to boot!
Clark 

-----Original Message-----
From: shortle [mailto:shortle556 at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:43 PM
To: Clark Hartzel; Virtual Vairs
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs, rare indeed

A question for Clark: Were you driving 1 of your Corvairs on this 6100 mile
trip? 
A question for all of us: How many of us are willing to drive our Corvairs
more than 100 miles? (This takes reliability and comfort into account). I
suspect we all (probably 99%+) have more modern cars at our disposal.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Clark Hartzel <chartzel at comcast.net>
>Sent: Sep 15, 2012 10:28 AM
>To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> Corvairs, rare indeed
>
>My wife and I just got home from a 6,100 mile driving vacation trip from SE
>Michigan to Washington State.  We took a different route west than we took
>east.  We saw only 3 Corvairs the whole time.  One in a junkyard, one in a
>person's back yard jacked up, and one out by the road "for sale".
>We traveled old route 66 in Illinois and stopped at a few historic gas
>stations and museums.  
>One sad moment on my trip was when we stopped in Post Falls, Idaho to have
>lunch and buy a new T-shirt from "The Hot Rod Cafe".  Unfortunately the
>place is closed and the building is for sale.  I guess all the car
>enthusiasts in Idaho didn't buy enough cheese burgers.  The '32 Ford coupe
>is still on the roof and can be seen for miles.
>The mountain states are still beautiful and the plains states are the most
>boring to drive thru as the drought has killed anything green.  We saw
>evidence of many forest fires including Yellowstone Park.  I was glad to
see
>the National Park Service is still using those yellow 1930's tour busses!
>Clark Hartzel
>
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