<VV> Japanese Corvairre

[hallgrenn]

The Japanese tag may have been useful to differentiate between a much more expensive car imported for sale in the Japanese market from own brought in by a military or DOD individual that paid no customs.
Bob


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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: George Jones via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> </div><div>Date:08/18/2014  6:34 PM  (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: wrsssatty at aol.com </div><div>Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: <VV> Japanese Corvairre </div><div>
</div>I never said it wasn't purchased (new or used) in Japan, only that lots of
GIs took their cars over there. As to why it would have a Japanese tag
affixed with common Phillips head screws next to the body tag,  I suspect
that you would have to register any vehicle imported to Japan, and it would
be easier to add a tag that would be easy for the congratulatory to read,
than to have an interpreter ride shotgun (????). Who knows, it could be an
ID tag from a Jap Zero that someone stamped the numbers in and put it on as
a conversation piece. Just offering up ideas, not looking for an arguement.
On Aug 18, 2014 6:15 PM, <wrsssatty at aol.com> wrote:

> They did sell Corvairs in Japan.  If a G.I. had taken it to Japan, why
> would it have a Japanese tag in the engine compartment?
>
>  ~Bill Stanley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Jones <65crownv8 at gmail.com>
> To: aeroned <aeroned at aol.com>
> Cc: wrsssatty <wrsssatty at aol.com>; Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> Sent: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 5:40 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Japanese Corvairre
>
>  Lots of GIs took cars to Japan, I'm more surprised that it came back,
> and that subsequent owners didn't remove the tag.
> On Aug 18, 2014 5:28 PM, "Ned Madsen via VirtualVairs" <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
>
>> As far as I know it's like any other 64 vair... but then again, I'm not
>> intimately familiar with the car.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: wrsssatty--- via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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>> Sent: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 10:47 am
>> Subject: <VV> Japanese Corvairre
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>>
>> Is the car different than standard U.S. '64s other than the tag in
>> Japanese?
>> hat about the speedometer/odometer?  Metric or English?  Etc.
>>
>> Bill Stanley
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