<VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic

[Danny Davis]

Keith "Doc" Harrington -  the Corvair Doctor - was in Hawthorne

 Danny Davis
Graham    WA
 206-643-6718

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Steve Hammatt, Mount Vernon WA USA via
VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> ED CORSON!
> Now that does sound familiar.  I was never at his location so I’m
> not surprised that he didn’t have a commercial shop.
> Thanks, glad to see that I remembered that his city did start with
> the letter “R” and was in the Inland Empire!
>
> Steve Hammatt
> Mount Vernon WA USA
>
> From: shortle
> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 12:01 PM
> To: Steve Hammatt,Mount Vernon WA USA ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic
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> Possibly Ed Corson? But I don't think he had a shop other than at his
> property. The other one that comes to mind was an old gas station on
> Foothill Blvd. (?) in La Verne. His name escapes me but he had a Corvair
> shop back then in that area (sorry, not Riverside). I remember doing some
> Corvair events in the early 80s at Mark Christopher Chevrolet in Ontario.
> Anyone out there remember any of these?
> Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301
>
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> >From: "Steve Hammatt,
> > Mount Vernon WA USA via VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >Sent: Sep 16, 2016 9:04 PM
> >To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> >Subject: <VV> Old Time Corvair Mechanic
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> >I own a one-family 1965 Corvair.  It was purchased by
> >my mother in the late Fall of 1964.  Sometime (possibly in
> >the early 1980’s) it was ‘refreshed’ by a well known Corvair
> >shop (mechanic) that lived in SoCal (Riverside, Redlands, or ???).
> >I recall that the mechanic was quite well known and possibly
> >was referenced in a Los Angeles Times article about that time
> >period.
> >Can anyone help in trying to name the mechanic/shop?
> >The question came up because we’re not sure if the valve
> >seats could have been upgraded at that time.
> >The engine has around 90k miles on it since new.
> >Thanks.
> >
> >Steve Hammatt
> >Mount Vernon WA USA
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