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I got the fever really bad... Got the Craigs List Fever...
Need a Fix...
Is it a '62 4 speed Monza Coupe with an older restro but looks good....
Or a '64 500 Coupe with 3 speed and new interior and several year old paint ( Oh nice looking ! ) Love the base cars...
Or a '61 Lakewood that has a 4 spd, original paint but poor and needs interior, runs good...
Or do I let the fever pass and throw the money at my '60 Sedan....
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:05 pm
by davemotohead
Save up your money and buy a Late model!
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:45 am
by Phil Dally
davemotohead wrote:Save up your money and buy a Late model!
ROTFLMAO!!!
Dave is right...again!!!
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:57 am
by Mountain Pilot
Dave...
I have seen what you do to Late Models...
Torch, hammer and sawzall, poor things !
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:16 am
by Phil Dally
The real answer is to put the money into your 60.
Their terminal uniqueness deserves to be preserved.
If you buy another Corvair the two will breed.
As they are just like bunny rabbits that way.
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:30 am
by Mountain Pilot
Now... it is obvious to me what is happening...
There are 9 Corvairs. 5 Fieros, 1 Ford, 1 Lincoln, 1 Oldsmobile, 1 Buick, 1 Jaguar, 1 Edsel and 1 ALF Fire Truck in my compound... They are Breeding! I just cannot figure to whom the parents are of the Edsel. It has to be that some one came in at night and fooled around with the Fire Truck !
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:00 am
by Phil Dally
I feel your pain!!!
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:33 am
by Mountain Pilot
After many hours of deep thought and reflections, I am leaning toward the '64 - 500 Coupe. Paint is good, power-train runs nice, new tires and seat covers, would be a nice driver. Also the basic models in good condition are hard to find anymore. The non-syncro first gear 3 speed is also hard to find these days. My first Corvair was a '60 with that box, was a pain until someone showed me how to double clutch it.
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:16 am
by bbodie52
Mountain Pilot wrote:Now... it is obvious to me what is happening...
There are 9 Corvairs. 5 Fieros, 1 Ford, 1 Lincoln, 1 Oldsmobile, 1 Buick, 1 Jaguar, 1 Edsel and 1 ALF Fire Truck in my compound... They are Breeding! I just cannot figure to whom the parents are of the Edsel. It has to be that some one came in at night and fooled around with the Fire Truck !
BUMPER CAR ADDICT! You are right... you need help! Or...a bigger compound!
Maybe the air is too thin in Colorado.
George Carlin wrote:A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.
Have you ever noticed that their stuff is and your is stuff?
5 Fieros and a Buick???? And an Oldsmobile???? (Couldn't make up your mind? ) And an Edsel!
Worth listening to again, and if you haven't heard it, it will, at the very least, be interesting...
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:38 am
by Mountain Pilot
OOP's -- While leaving I saw that I didn't list all my wheeled Stuff.... Cad Eldorado - my fathers last car - sinking in the mud - Travel Trailer - car trailer - riding mower - two pushing mowers ( one for parts ) - Little red wagon for my grand child - wheelbarrow for moving stuff... and maybe another '64 Vair?
And only 1/4 of my land surface is covered.
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:16 am
by bbodie52
You've got room for MORE STUFF!!
Maybe you could workout a franchise agreement with the CORVAIR RANCH in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania!
CORVAIR RANCH WEST!
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:23 am
by Mountain Pilot
With out stacking them I should be able to Stuff in about 100 more....
What I do not have in quality I sure make up for it in quantity...
If the local contractor can get on it I will have a garage to work on them by this Fall...
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:07 pm
by Phil Dally
Mountain Pilot wrote:two pushing mowers ( one for parts ) - Little red wagon for my grand child - wheelbarrow for moving stuff...
Sorry grand kid but it's got to burn fossil fuel to count!!!
Re: I need help really bad !!!!
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:29 pm
by Mountain Pilot
Ok ! Ok ! I will put my Gas Generator on the red wagon, and burn the wheelbarrow with Diesel... Didn't like the thing anyway, keeps falling over...