Farewell Corvair - Fun at any speed. - Beyond Tiki

T tikivixen Tiki Socialite Vallejo CA Joined: Aug 28, 2002 Posts: 726	T tikivixen Posted posted on Sun, Sep 25, 2005 11:12 AM Such a pity! my condolences. I've never stopped mourning the loss of my dad's red '65 MGB--he sold it in a fit of pique when he could no longer drive. I've always wanted a vintage car too, but SOMETHING always has to take precedence. If only because I don't/can't work on cars either, and at least a vintage dress won't require that much maintenance. And the mortgage always needs a-payin'...or a cat gets sick...whatever. One of the finest Corvairs I've ever seen was in Sacramento CA and it had a great little story behind it. The owner was an insanely vintage-pretty waitress--her name was Alice, maybe? So even her name was vintage. She looked exactly like a fresh-faced 50's movie ingenue, absolutely a perfect match for her ride. She'd inherited it from her mother, who, get this, was a NUN in the late 50's-early 60's who had a change of heart and left the order. Well, and her very first act upon shedding her habit or wimple or whatever was to go out and buy herself... ...a 1960 deliciously PINK Corvair. The peppermint ice cream car. Man, it was cute. I can't even begin to describe the sight of Alice with her bobbed blonde hair neatly tucked under a vintage polka-dot scarf, gliding down the grubby streets of Midtown Sacramento on a hot summer's day. Wow. Yeah, I love Corvairs!! So sorry, Swanky.

Such a pity! my condolences. I've never stopped mourning the loss of my dad's red '65 MGB--he sold it in a fit of pique when he could no longer drive.

I've always wanted a vintage car too, but SOMETHING always has to take precedence. If only because I don't/can't work on cars either, and at least a vintage dress won't require that much maintenance. And the mortgage always needs a-payin'...or a cat gets sick...whatever.

One of the finest Corvairs I've ever seen was in Sacramento CA and it had a great little story behind it. The owner was an insanely vintage-pretty waitress--her name was Alice, maybe? So even her name was vintage. She looked exactly like a fresh-faced 50's movie ingenue, absolutely a perfect match for her ride. She'd inherited it from her mother, who, get this, was a NUN in the late 50's-early 60's who had a change of heart and left the order. Well, and her very first act upon shedding her habit or wimple or whatever was to go out and buy herself...

...a 1960 deliciously PINK Corvair. The peppermint ice cream car. Man, it was cute. I can't even begin to describe the sight of Alice with her bobbed blonde hair neatly tucked under a vintage polka-dot scarf, gliding down the grubby streets of Midtown Sacramento on a hot summer's day. Wow.

Yeah, I love Corvairs!! So sorry, Swanky.

Post #188759 by tikivixen on Sun, Sep 25, 2005 11:12 AM