[Leica] [OM] IMG: Classic

[Jim Nichols]

Sounds like quite an adventure.  Thanks for looking and remembering.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/19/2017 11:48 AM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
> On 17 Aug 2017, at 17:35, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
>> I had to get out early today for a date with my local vampire for some
> blood work, so I arrived at the airport earlier than usual and found a
> classic in the parking lot.  I learned that our local GM dealer and King
> Air driver was holding a meeting in the airport conference room.
>> This appears to be a 1963 Corvair Spyder Turbo Convertible.  With the
> turbo, it can deliver 130 HP.
>> Side view:  (The Volvo in the background is my primary set of wheels.)
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170817-DSCF6961.JPG.html
>>
>> Close up:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170817-DSCF6962.JPG.html
>>
>> Front View:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170817-DSCF6957.JPG.html
>>
>> Rear View:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170817-DSCF6958.JPG.html
>>
>> Interior:
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20170817-DSCF6960.JPG.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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> Nice pictures of cute car.
>
> A friend of mine had convertible Corvair similar to this (I don't think it
> had the turbo) that he bought from someone who had hopped it up with
> special headers and Koni shocks that made it quick for a Corvair; so much
> so that Tom liked to challenge other cars at stoplights.  In 1968, three of
> us drove down to O'Hare airport in Chicago to pick up a package at the
> freight terminal.  On the way down, he thought it fun to try and get up to
> 100 mph between stoplights on US 41 (I was appalled, but I couldn't prevail
> on him not to do this).   Anyway, arriving at O'Hare, we took a wrong turn
> and ended up driving across taxiways.  It was an experience to be in the
> middle of the world's busiest airport with the top down, being able to look
> up and see all the planes.  At one point we paused at a stop sign and a
> jetliner passed in front of us as it taxied to the terminal.  We were sure
> we would get into trouble, but somehow got off the field and to the proper
> place without being apprehended.  I think I have a few slides somewhere
> that I took during our excursion.
>