<VV> Virginia Vair Fair 2015

Fri Jun 5 19:27:44 EDT 2015

Glad to see Grandpaw's hip allowed him easy access to the trunk with Tripp!  A tradition passes!
Ray

> Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 11:09:15 -0400
> To: 65crownv8 at gmail.com
> CC: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Virginia Vair Fair 2015
> From: virtualvairs at corvair.org
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> The Vair Fair was also a significant event for the Hubbell family as it marked the first official outing for our grandson, "Tripp" Keefer, who was born 3 months premature on July 6th and had a very rough start on life. After nearly succumbing to a respiratory infection in December, he has bounced back to health and is finally able to travel and go out in public.   
> 
> It seems perfectly fitting to me that his first outing should be to a Corvair show, but the reality is that our daughter is a 2008 graduate of Washington and Lee Law School and the Lexington location was the main draw for her. 
> 
> Tripp celebrated his public entry in grand fashion, as the attached photos will attest.
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> Bill Hubbell
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> On Jun 5, 2015, at 7:18 AM, George Jones via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
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> Bryan, for those of us who couldn't make it to the event, thank you for the
> summary. It sounds like it was a lot of fun. I've always enjoyed the Vair
> Fair, and it's always so much better when the weather cooperates. Lookin
> forward to seeing any pictures of the event.
> 
> George.
> On Jun 4, 2015 12:04 PM, "Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs" <
> virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > Central Virginia Corvair Club put on a great event for the 50th
> > anniversary of the '65!  Ellie and I went down on Friday night after work
> > to Lexington, Va., home of Washington and Lee University (originally
> > Liberty Hall Academy), so we missed the welcome party but we were up bright
> > and early to clean up for the show.
> > 
> > Saturday turned out to be just beautiful, the cars really glittered in the
> > sun, with a nice bunch of the feature year cars in attendance.  In theory I
> > was vending parts, but really just delivered some items and spent the rest
> > of my time at the show and then the rally.  And a fun event the rally was,
> > too, including a nice stretch of the Blue Ridge parkway.  We got to learn,
> > among other things, the original name for W&L and Sam Houston's nickname.
> > Later I got to tease a few folks in their newer vehicle for spoiling the
> > view :-)  The rally could be driven either quite competitively, or you
> > could just go out and drive the course and enjoy the scenery.  Either way
> > it was q good drive on a pretty afternoon.
> > 
> > That night were the Corvair games, which I unfortunately missed, I wanted
> > to get everything packed so we'd be ready to leave Sunday.
> > 
> > Sunday morning was the awards and last of the raffle prizes and 50/50,
> > which turned out to be an even $100. There was a nice PowerPoint with all
> > the winner's names and cars, plus the answers to the Rally questions so you
> > could figure out what you missed - my lovely navigator (drivers on rallies
> > just do what their told) tied with two others at 1 question, three
> > different questions too.
> > 
> > Then we were off to the autocross, Blue Ridge SCCA put us "visitors" in
> > one run group together.  The event was at the county Civic Center, it had
> > this great covered pavilion where you could watch just about the entire
> > course.  By the end of Ellie and I running eight times between us nearly
> > without a break the rear tires were a bit greasy, but it was great fun.
> > 
> > Kudos to Central Virginia Corvair Club, we had a terrific time.  Now on to
> > Knoxville!
> > 
> > --Bryan
> > 
> > 
> > Bryan Blackwell | Springfield, Va. | bryan at skiblack.com |
> > http://autoxer.skiblack.com/
> >  Corvairs: '62 700 Wagon, '64 Greenbrier, '65 Corsa, '66 Corsa
> >  '69 Road Runner, '99 Neon R/T, '00 Miata SE, '09 Ford F-150
> > "Why do something if you're not going to obsess about it?"
> > 
> > 
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