Little known fact: It is 13734.83 kilometers, or 8534.43 miles from the airport in Atlanta, Georgia to the Grahamstown (Eastern Cape,South Africa) [Airport].
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To help you with developing your possible plans to form a South Africa CORSA chapter, I have attached a copy of the CORSA Chapter Plan that I located and downloaded from the CORSA Web site. http://corvair.org/ It is a Microsoft Word document. I have transcribed the content of the document here, just in case you do not have the software on your PC to read the original document.
The CORSA rules and guidelines for formulating a CORSA chapter were, I believe, written with United States members in mind. Your circumstances in South Africa may be quite different than what would normally be expected in the United States – particularly with regard to the number of Corvair owners possible in South Africa and their locations and distances involved. Scheduling physical meetings on a regular basis in South Africa may be quite difficult, because the members might be separated by long distances. If you find this to be an issue it may be possible for you to develop an alternate plan that would fit the needs of widely separated CORSA members in South Africa. I would guess that a waiver of this rule might be possible if you were to propose such an alternate plan to CORSA with proper justification. If you find enough interest in South Africa to justify pursuing forming a CORSA chapter, you may want to discuss your unique circumstances with the CORSA executive secretary. I hope that this material is useful to you. Good luck with your effort.
The
CORSA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY referred to in the plan is currently:
Harry Jensen, Executive Secretary, Illinois USA
CORSA Officers: http://corvair.org/index.php?option=com ... Itemid=105
To e-mail any of the CORSA officers directly, click on the above URL Internet address. You will see a list of names and their positions within CORSA. Click on the name of the person you wish to e-mail. On the next screen click on the word "
Contact Form" and then you will see an e-mail form. This will allow you to prepare and send your message by e-mail to the appropriate person. Alternately, you can write via conventional mail or telephone using the following information:
Contact
Please contact us by phone or mail at:
Corvair Society of America
P.O. Box 607
Lemont IL 60439
PHONE: (630) 257-6530
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Operating Policy
Approved: 7/26/11
Title: CORSA Chapter Plan
Section I. Purpose and Provisions
The CORSA Chapter Plan is the basis for coordination and mutual support between CORSA and local and regional Corvair organizations. Corvair clubs, by becoming Chartered Chapters through the provisions of the Plan, are given the benefits of standards, service, cooperation and communication nationwide and internationally, while retaining the independence and individuality necessary to serve a local membership.
The provisions of the Chapter Plan define what the local organizations must do to obtain and retain Chartered Chapter status, and what CORSA will provide for Chapters so chartered. Organizations that are formed because of a common interest in a feature or particular model of Corvairs shall be called Special Interest Groups. These groups need not have a geographic base; their members can span the world.
Section II. Qualifications for Granting New Chapter Status
To become a Chartered Chapter of CORSA, a local group of CORSA members must make application for Chapter status to the
CORSA Executive Secretary. This application must include:
1. The names and addresses of all the members of the proposed Chapter. The membership list must include at least ten CORSA members and the CORSA members must account for at least half of the total members of the proposed chapter.
In Alaska, Hawaii, and foreign countries other than Canada, this minimum requirement is three. Sparsely populated areas may use the minimum requirement of three CORSA members with board approval.
2. The names of club officers for the proposed Chapter. A majority of the proposed Chapter’s executive officers (president, vice-president, et al.) must be CORSA members.
3. A copy of a constitution, or articles of incorporation and by-laws for the proposed Chapter.
4. A name for the proposed Chapter, which shall not duplicate that of any CORSA Chapter listed in the most recent published list.
5. A sample newsletter of the proposed chapter, if one is published.
6. Time and location for regular meetings of the proposed Chapter.
The proposed meeting location shall be a minimum of 75 miles by the shortest surface route from the meeting place of the nearest CORSA Chapter. If this distance is shorter than 75 miles, written approval from the presidents of the two nearest CORSA Chapters shall be included with the application. If these approvals are not included, the four Directors in that Division and the Chairman of the Chapter Plan Committee shall rule by majority vote of a quorum of three or more. This requirement will not apply to Special Interest Groups.
Section III. Granting of Chapter Status
When an application for a new Chapter is received, the CORSA Executive Secretary shall notify the Chapter Plan Chairman and the Directors in that Division and a 30-day comment period will commence. Should questions or objections be raised within that 30-day period, such issues must be resolved to the satisfaction of the above-named CORSA officers and representatives prior to Chapter status being granted. When all qualifications for Chapter Status have been met and any issues have been resolved, or when all qualifications for Chapter Status have been met and the 30-day comment period has passed without unresolved questions or objections, the CORSA Executive Secretary shall notify the new Chapter in a timely manner via conventional mail that Chapter status has been granted, and shall add the new Chapter’s name to all Chapter listings.
Special Interest Groups shall have the same requirements as Chapters to obtain their charter. Additionally, their application must be approved by the CORSA Board of Directors.
Section IV. Maintenance of Chapter Status
To indicate that Charter requirements continue to be met, a Chartered Chapter shall file with the Executive Secretary, by March 1st of each calendar year, a Chapter membership roster including CORSA and non-CORSA members, a list of Chapter officers, name and address of the CORSA contact person, a current website address, if applicable, and time and location of meetings. If there is no response, CORSA would have to consider the chapter as inactive. A follow-up will be done and the chapter removed from the chapter list if a chapter report is not received. CORSA board directors will contact chapters if necessary.
A Chartered Chapter shall endeavor to maintain 100% of its membership as CORSA members. All Chapters must maintain the CORSA membership requirements of Section II, items 1 and 2.
CORSA Chapters shall be required to collect a $3.00 non CORSA affiliation fee for each non-CORSA member and the chapter will be required to submit payment of fees with the annual chapter report.
The fee will be waived for those Chapters that maintained 100% of their members as CORSA members as reported on their annual Chapter Report.
A Chartered Chapter shall include the editor of the CORSA Communique on its mailing list, and shall offer to maintain a newsletter exchange with neighboring and other Chapters.
Chartered Chapters shall be active organizations that must meet at least annually. To be considered an active organization, a Chartered Chapter must satisfy at least one of the following conditions:
1. It must publish a newsletter for its members at least four times a year.
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2. It must have at least four meetings annually of at least 25% of its members.
Chartered Special Interest Groups shall have the same requirements as Chapters to maintain their status.
Section V. Benefits to Chapters
CORSA shall provide to its Chartered Chapters:
1. Channels for communication of Chapter information via the CORSA Communique.
2. Sanction and support for certain regional events sponsored by Chapters.
3. Liability insurance to United States Chapters.
4. Discounts on Chapter purchases of CORSA merchandise in quantity.
5. Availability of lists of CORSA members with contact information residing in the Chapter's area, for membership recruitment and event announcement purposes, only.
6. Administrative guidance information to help in the organization and running of the Chapter.
7. Standards for conduct and judging of competitive events.
8. Encouragement to CORSA members to join Chapters in their area.
9. Chartered Special Interest Groups will get priority in scheduling meeting space and time at CORSA’s annual convention.
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Thank you Brian for parting with your baby that served you for 45yrs. I am so excited I do not know where to start 
1966 Corvair Corsa Convertible
To illustrate this lengthy journey (993 km, 617 miles 10 hours 15 mins One Way)
HINT: The USA is a long way away, and is not seen in these pictures! 
You are a the STAR of my life Doreen 
, she loves my cars 
a hell of a lot more! All the glass in the car is stuck in with wide see through sticky tape, NO rubbers, hey man, not that kind, window seals! No engine not a problem that brought the price down, I have a 3.2lit big bore motor built with the guidance of Ray Sedman by my good friend Gary du Plessis goes by Corvair Guru and Gary Dup, this man is a Corvair freak of note, have another car history story to tell you about a car of his that I now own. 
" LOL individuals, I mean NO disrespect to Muscle Car enthusiasts AT ALL!!!!
So again, to form a CORSA chapter in South Africa you will first need to measure the level of interest and then define the benefits that members of a South African chapter might realize. If you get that far successfully, some e-mail discussions with CORSA executives might be needed to help you develop a constitution, or articles of incorporation and by-laws for the proposed Chapter that would be satisfactory to the South African members and to CORSA. If you get past that stage the rest would seem to be relatively easy. Your group members would then have to formally join CORSA and the final documents would have to be prepared to submit to CORSA to obtain approval for your new CORSA chapter. After that, the success of your newly developed chapter would be up to the members in South Africa. I know that the idea and concept of having South African Corvair owners band together – at least on the surface – sounds like a good idea. But the practicality of such a venture is yet to be proven. I hope that you find that it continues to be seen as a good idea as you pursue this effort. If it does, then I'm sure you will be successful. Perhaps forming as a group will help to encourage the Corvair owners in South Africa as they struggle with the obstacles they face to successfully restore and maintain Corvairs in your country. Sometimes the difficulties do not seem so hard when you feel like you are not facing them alone. It sounds like your wife is supportive, and that seems to help you. Perhaps joining together with other Corvair owners in your region will help to ease the stress and will help you to overcome obstacles as you all share ideas and knowledge, and help each other with your Corvair projects. Good luck with your efforts, and let us know on the Corvair Forum if we can help in any way. 
. 
, I was told there was more body rust than what was visible on the photo. I had consoled myself to the fact that I would have to convert the car to right hand drive as it had no paperwork. After loading the car we walked to Brian's office to sign of that I had legally bought the car etc. As we stepped into his office he turns around and says "Oh! by the way, I found all the ORIGINAL papers for the car, the ORIGINAL de-registration papers, here you can have them" Well gentleman I nearly cr$%*&d myself 
. Must admit your case was something else, I have read your story from start to finish and I can only take my hat off to you and bow down at your determination 
it pays the bills! I will post some pictures tonight.
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