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On Dec 11, 10:58 pm, wrote:
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
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Me dear auntie 'ad one of those Corvairs, had push button shifter on
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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!

Sure brings back memories for me.
A slightly 'off' neighbourhood character came over to us one day as we hung
around an inner city street corner. Said he had a Corvair and wanted to know
if anyone wanted to go for a ride. This was a big deal since hardly anyones
father owned a car at that time.
Took us over to a rough parking area in a backyard and proudly showed off a
Corvair. A half dozen of us piled in for a trip to a local popular beach
but broke down on the highway. We tried for an hour to get it going.. but
then gave up and left him with the car as we hitch-hiked back to the city.
Next day, the police were at the door looking for me. Turns out the car
belonged to a professor at a local technical university, but because our
'buddy' accidently found a key that started the car...decided it was his.
Cops didn't prosecute me or the other innocents but the loony guy had to
repair the damage.
(nice guy.. he steals the car and gives the cops our names)