Hello, 59 Years later and perhaps many owners or one owner… the evolution was bound to happen. Highlighted by chrome reversed wheels… On one sunny, then slightly overcast day, this custom Corvair was sitting on the side of a road heading for the ocean. My wife owned a light blue/silver blend color 62 Corvair in high school and college. She spotted this one from a long distance away. As we approached, she said there was a Corvair up ahead on the other side of the street, parked by the curb. She had learned to see cool, old cars on the local coastal cities we visit. Plus, they are easy to spot, since they have a ton of memories built in each sighting and resulting photo. Jnaki Her 1962 Corvair was stock and ran fine, until it didn’t, several times. Each time, we fixed it, then finally gave it away to an uncle who was in need of an old car. The cars of her choice were now, the 1965 red El Camino and the 327 SBC powered 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery. But, Corvairs are well known for having the shiniest rear bumpers of all factory cars… Similar in looks and color... and, I knew where it was parked on the vast college campus lower parking lot. One would think the lot would have been packed with compact cars, but the Corvair had its small cadre of supporters and most read the articles and stayed away. YRMV
I'm sorry we did that to our children. They couldn't escape it and sometimes got yelled at for complaining. It wasn't always intentional. It was sometimes uncaring, inconsiderate, disrespectful and ignorant. There are no good words to describe what we were doing. Full disclosure. I was a 20+ yrs. smoker. When my wife got pregnant I stopped smoking around her. I never smoked around my daughter. I never smoked in the house or in the car. I never smoked around anyone that didn't smoke even if others did.
I drove my Studebaker with a hill holder clutch through the streets of San Francisco one weekend,It worked like a charm.
The 20th Century Limited is leaving Chicago's LaSalle St. Station, to the north behind the station is the Chicago Board of Trade building with its cast aluminum, 31 foot tall statue of Ceres, Goddess of Grain.
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