Re: [T3] Corvair!

[Scott Taylor <scottbtaylor@earthlink.net>]

<x-flowed>On Thursday, December 16, 2004, at 06:14  PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> My father bought a '60 Corvair in the fall of '59, on the VERY FIRST 
> DAY they
> came out. It's probably one of the big reasons that I'm so fond of 
> rear engine, rear
> wheel drive, air-cooled cars. Just look at it as the logical 
> progression from
> VW, to Porsche, to Corvair.

Similar for me: My dad bought a '62 Corvair convertible new that I 
remember riding in when I must have been 4 or 5. Must have something to 
do with my owning a Type 34 Ghia today.

> Did you know that they even made a Squareback Corvair? They must not 
> have made
> many; I only ever saw one of them.

It was called a Lakewood, made from like 1961-62. I considered buying 
one once but ended up with a '65 Squareback instead...

Scott
62 Type 34

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