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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...


Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really aren't
worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap and are
not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch



There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beauties
http://images.google.com/images?q=co...=1&sa=N&tab=wi

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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...


Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really
aren't worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap and
are not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beauties
http://images.google.com/images?q=co...=1&sa=N&tab=wi



Was a safer car than the Beetle and faster. Just that Nader could not
attack the VW as was a cult favorite. Yenko Stinger was a really nice
Corvair. And after they dumped the VW swing axles and went to IRS, was a
good handling car. At least Corvair came with "Camber Compensators".

On Dec 10, 6:43 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in messagenews:4JOdnW6CXpQEIcDanZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d@comca st.com...





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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...

Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really
aren't worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap and
are not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beauties
http://images.google.com/images?q=co...soft:en-us&ie=...

Was a safer car than the Beetle and faster.
you sure about that, Bill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7mT...eature=related

?:

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On Dec 10, 6:43 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...

Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination
with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really
aren't worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap
and
are not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beauties
http://images.google.com/images?q=co...soft:en-us&ie=...

Was a safer car than the Beetle and faster.
you sure about that, Bill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7mT...eature=related

?:



You could trick out the Corvair engine also. Lots of the sand rails used to
use them. When I first moved into this house, young guy down the street had
a beetle that he had a 350 Chevy in the back seat. Mid engined. Only
problem was getting enough cooling air to the radiator in the VW's belly
pan.

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On Dec 10, 6:43 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...

Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination
with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. �As a collectible, they really
aren't worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap
and
are not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. �Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beauties
http://images.google.com/images?q=co...soft:en-us&ie=...

Was a safer car than the Beetle and faster.
you sure about that, Bill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7mT...eature=related

?:

You could trick out the Corvair engine also. �Lots of the sand rails used to
use them. �When I first moved into this house, young guy down the street had
a beetle that he had a 350 Chevy in the back seat. �Mid engined. �Only
problem was getting enough cooling air to the radiator in the VW's belly
pan.- Hide quoted text -

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I've seen that done on a corvair, where a guy had to redo the whole
thing. in the "back seat" was actually a front wheel drive 455 enging
and trans. from a 71 Olds Toronado.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:24:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

It seems that I remember that there was a turbo Corvair.

Had a friend in high school who was given one on her birthday. She
loved it.

Unfortunately, her boyfriend was a Ford guy. :)

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:24:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

It seems that I remember that there was a turbo Corvair.

Had a friend in high school who was given one on her birthday. She
loved it.

Unfortunately, her boyfriend was a Ford guy. :)

Yup, the Corvair Monza Spider.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:56:58 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:24:22 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
wrote:

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

It seems that I remember that there was a turbo Corvair.

Had a friend in high school who was given one on her birthday. She
loved it.

Unfortunately, her boyfriend was a Ford guy. :)

Yup, the Corvair Monza Spider.

That's it - I just asked the person who owned it. :)

On Dec 10, 5:24 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...

Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really aren't
worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap and are
not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beautieshttp://images.google.com/images?q=corvair&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=...- Hide quoted text -

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Me dear auntie 'ad one of those Corvairs, had push button shifter on
the dash iirc...

On Dec 11, 10:58 pm, wrote:
On Dec 10, 5:24 pm, "Reginald P. Smithers III"





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Eisboch wrote:
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On Dec 10, 2:42 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLEIumBf2Rg&NR
There is a sweet 1970 Malibu for sale out near the stables. Maroon,
looks like a stock, garaged car, soooooooo pretty...

Not to be a party pooper, but I've never understood the fascination with
these cars.
First of all, they are a dime a dozen. As a collectible, they really aren't
worth much.
Second, having driven several, they handle like crap, ride like crap and are
not particularly "fast".

To each their own, I suppose.

Eisboch

There is a car for everyone. Look at this Auto Group.

http://www.corvair.org/

Check out some of those beautieshttp://images.google.com/images?q=corvair&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=...Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Me dear auntie 'ad one of those Corvairs, had push button shifter on
the dash iirc...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I may be mistaken but I think the shifter you are thinking about was a
lever on the dash. Had a friend that had a Corvair Spider, the high
performance one!!!! Hell, I think it went 75 miles an hour or so, if
you could hold it on the road! That thing was horrible. You'd go down
the road 55 miles an our or so and it was all you could do to keep it
in your lane!