Early models were well represented. This is Bruce Webster's '64 Monza Club Coupe, which he outfitted with aluminum wheels for the "retro" look. Bruce also owns a 1960 Corvair 500 sedan, a '61 700 club coupe and a '64 Corvair 95 Greenbrier van.

A nostalgia event without a car for sale? I don't think so.

Dan Hebert was asking $7,000 for this 1964, 110 horsepower, Monza convertible.

You can try to read the phone number on the windshield, or trust my notes, hastily written on the back of a business card, and call: (740) 397-3652.

August 22, 1998

Dan also showed me this highly detailed scale model from the Franklin Mint. It's a faithful reproduction of the first Corvair Monza; the 1960 Monza 900 model.

Later, we'd see one of these in a gift shop at the Henry Ford Museum, trading for over a hundred bucks.

Original trim pieces, anyone? Clockwise from the top; post-'66 Monza emblem, '62 nose trim, '61 Corvair deck emblem, '62 - '64 Spyder trim, and '65 or '66 Corsa front fender emblem.

The swap meet was tempting, but I resisted. After all, I didn't have a Corvair yet!

For those shopping for parts however, there were some sweet deals. For example, $25 was the asking price for a complete Corsa dash assembly in better condition than the one I'd just purchased a couple of days earlier in Toronto for a similar price.