I think Patton should post his address so we can all flame him. Just
kidding. I owned a supercharged corvair in 1965 and let me tell you it was
"Unsafe At Any Speed". It was worse than any Porsche I've ever driven in
wanting to swap ends with only minor provocation. Passing through
Mississippi one time I was passing a truck on a two lane road and got on the
gas a little too much, needless to say, the truck kept me from getting
completely sideways but the truck tires sure screwed up the side of the
covair. Traded it for a GTO shortly after that incident.
Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
To: 'Patton Dickson' <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>; Sprite List
<spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 04 March, 1998 5:08 AM
Subject: RE: [Fwd: <VV>: Re: VV-Spritley Paul (personal but public comment )
oxymoron(test]
>Ah, forget it. This poor guy probably still has his shorts in a twist over
>Ralph Nader. (Having your shorts in a twist for 30 years is bound to make
>anybody crabby.)
>
>On Wednesday, March 04, 1998 12:37 AM, Patton Dickson
>[SMTP:kpatton@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I just thought I would send this to pi$$ everyone off, I know it did
>me!!!
>>
>> We are about to buy a Corvair for Melia's everyday driver, so I just
>joined the
>> Corvair list. The sig at the bottom of my messages quickly sparked a
>bunch of
>> e-mails about a LBC lover appearing in their mist. As it turns out,
>several of
>> these guys have or have had LBC's, and even a couple of Sprites, and I
>got allot
>> of quick sprite questions about my car, and sprites in general. Since I
>first
>> signed on late this afternoon, the corvair list has Sprites as a major
>topic
>> thread.
>>
>> But then the below message just came through. That Corvair list is
>really good
>> and most folks are exceptionally helpful, almost as good as over here.
> This guy
>> REALLY seems to hate LBC's though, read his responce to this note dropped
>in the
>> list.
>>
>> Patton
>>
>> PS the list community (Virtual Vairs) is a chartered chapter of the
>Corvair
>> national club (CORSA), I thought that was interesting.
>>
>> Name changed for protection wrote:
>>
>> > In a message dated 98-03-03 22:15:20 EST, Namechanged for protection
>writes:
>> >
>> > << I always liked 'sprites. Never had the opportunity to drive one
>but in
>> > my younger days, I thought they were really ?cute?. >>
>> >
>> > Paul I`ll sum it up for you as I have had on many occasions worked
>on and
>> > driven them ( ex girfriend of 6 years had one and " Tried to drive it
>daily "
>> > ) . The cute ness ends as soon as you try to enter the door ( the
>narrow
>> > opening grabs your kidney and hurts you bad ) . Now as you try to
>squeeze your
>> > legs into ( I`m 5 foot 9 and have a hard time ) the little box area
>where then
>> > intend for you to lay into and finally drop in . Now suffering you
>close the
>> > door ( granted you have the top down and didnt knonk your head if it
>was up )
>> > .
>> > Noticing the small wind sheild with 3 miniture wipers and looking
>down the
>> > hood glance back in too start her up ( hey that shifter is high and the
>arm is
>> > at at funny angle cause the tunnel ( trans ) is protrunding so much in
>the car
>> > . Now if your luck is good it may start ( but coming from a country
>were
>> > it
>> > rains so much these cars wont start if a dog pees on the tire ). once
>under
>> > way you will notice that the trans has no syncs in it and the engine
>has no
>> > power coming out . ( Love them British )
>> > Needless to say you cant see your feet but you can feel them cause
>they
>> > hurt ,and are hot . At speed you can notice that it seems they forgot
>about
>> > suspension ( a vair is a cloud compared to it ) little buggy springs
>under
>> > neath , steering is light due to a massive steering wheel at your nose
>as well
>> > as the wind sheild , brakes well it does manage stop ( unless it has
>drums
>> > then it slows , but then again as it has a hard time getting up to
>speed you
>> > dont want to ruin the fun by stopping too soon . I see this is getting
>a bit
>> > long so I`ll stop it here ( they are cute so are pupies and babies but
>this
>> > one never grew up till the japanise -mazda " miata" did it . Hope you
>get the
>> > chance to drive one and comment ....
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Patton Dickson---Dallas, TX---1967 A-H Sprite---H-AN9-L/69437
>> My Sprite Site http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/1256/page2.html
>>
>> Hey LBC'ers come to Spriterush - Carlisle PA, May 11-14
>> Go to http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut for more information
>> Sprites-Midgets-Minis-Minors-Big Healeys-MG's other BMC models are
>welcome.
>>
>
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