<VV> Corvairs, rare indeed

[Mark Durham]

All things considered, I think it is safe to say we love our cars, but
most of us use them for smaller trips where comfort is less an issue.
My ole bones start to ache in 4-5 hours in a newer car. However, when
the weather turns nice in the spring my coupe comes out until the
weather gets wet in the fall. So I put 1500 to 2500 miles a year on the
Corvair. we do take 1 day trips in the car, up to 250 miles, though. I
just finished a three point seat belt install for the front bucket
seats for my wife, so she feels safer in the car. (if anyone wants to
know how I did it on a Em, send me a direct email off line). Mark Durham

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From: Clark Hartzel
Sent: 9/16/2012 17:24
To: shortle; Virtual Vairs
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs, rare indeed
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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