Happy Thanksgiving Just wanted to let everyone know that we are out of garage space and need budget room to pick up an Alfa, MG or Lotus as our next project car. We have decided to put our beloved Corvair on eBay. Find it at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/291027034409?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
All clear with the patio designer? Will we have to search for your body at some future point? Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Ummm...Karl, you wanna trade straight up for my Jeep? Ha.
Seriously, that TR3 is wicked awesome!
Jerry From LA wrote: All clear with the patio designer? Will we have to search for your body at some future point? Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Yeah, alle ist klar. We've had fun with the 'Vair mostly as a great excursion car with the kids or other couples, but with no air it could never make my daily in Florida.
Margie
Marjorie Suddard wrote: ..., but with no air it could never make my daily in Florida. Margie
What would?
Still rocking my 1988 e28 BMW.
Margie
Cool, nice "all 'rounder".
Marjorie Suddard wrote: Yeah, alle ist klar. We've had fun with the 'Vair mostly as a great excursion car with the kids or other couples, but with no air it could never make my daily in Florida. Margie
Vintage Air project = one more magazine article! 
I have driven this car and it really is one of the nicest out there!
Ian, we did Vintage Air awhile back on another project... and I really don't want to add to my air-cooled Corvair's challenges in the Florida heat by adding A/C.
Margie
octavious wrote: Ummm...Karl, you wanna trade straight up for my Jeep? Ha. Seriously, that TR3 is wicked awesome!
That is a really sweet 3.
Too bad 
But I understand 
Ho-lee E36 M3. You just made another 14 grand in a day. You're still three days out and it's going like hell already. Imagine what the last hour will be like.
Hey Tim, can I drop someting off, have you guys fondle it a bit and then I flip it for wicked money?
If I had the means at the time I would have bought your 914 Project, that was nicely done.
Dan
Holy crap! Congrats on he sale folks.
Thanks. After a run of not-great luck with project cars, it's nice to have a couple in the Win column. Hope the buyer enjoys it; it really is a fun, head-turning car.
Margie
True... I suppose this and the M3 sale might soften some of the residual sting from the GT6.
Ian F wrote: True... I suppose this and the M3 sale might soften some of the residual sting from the GT6.
I think the market for collector cars was very soft when the GT6 went out the door. The economy was in dire straits and most big-ticket discretionary-type items sold for cents on the dollar. Unfortunately, the present owner of the GT6 will be the one who benefits should he or she decide to sell it.
As unfortunate as the timing was for that car, this one hit a rising tide. That, and the incredibly well-documented fine restoration led to this one setting a precedent.
Right now, there are a hundred people looking at Corvair hulks on blocks in backyards and barns and saying, "Hmmm....."
Jerry From LA wrote:
Right now, there are a hundred people looking at Corvair hulks on blocks in backyards and barns and saying, "Hmmm....."
And remember. It wasn't long ago when everyone was saying no Corvair would ever be worth anything. They were a dime a dozen and owned by hair stylists and such.
Thanks for your comments guys. The nature of our business and the realities of life, like storage space and budget require us to sell cars once in a while and move on. When we got to over 20 cars laying around, I knew it was time to make the hard choice and let a couple move on to new owners. I really didn't know what these two were really worth and also thought the fairest way to sell them, was to put them on eBay so all of our readers would have an equal shot at them. And while neither car was perfect, we do work damned hard to do a nice job in restoring a our projects and do not skimp anywhere. I think people have come to realize this and the work we do and how we do it is very public with all the project car stories. Next to be written about will be our Tornado and we are searching for an MGB.
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