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DAVE PARE has one of the West Coast's most unique vehicles — a nine-passenger,
eight-door 1963 Chev Greenbrier Corvan sports wagon. Only 13,000 of the vans — from
the Corvair model tine — were manufactured and eight wound up in B.C. Pare says his,

featuring all original equipment, is only one of two that ure still around, The “rejuvenated — the Volkswagen."

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and not restored"’ Corvan has an air-cooled flat opposed six cylinder engine with dual
carbs that puts out 95 horsepower. “It was Nader's cightmare,”' says Pare of the Corvair
(Ralph Nader wrote Unsafe at Any Speed about the Corvair), ‘‘but America’s answer to

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FOR EVERY car owner that swears by his friend-
ly neighborhood mechanic, there’s another who
lives by the motto “Do ft Yourself’’.

North Shore Parts not on-
ly supplies parts to many of
those neighborhood
mechanics, it exists for the
do-it-yourselfers and the
North Vancouver company
has thrived since its beginn-
ings in 1972,

North Shore Parts has
grown, in fact, to become of

B.C. ?s Largest in-
dependently-owned paris
outlets vith) more than

$1,000,000 worth of inven-
tary on hand at the Main
Street store and access ta
over 30,000 auto parts.

A work force of 21 full
and part-time employees sees
to the task of meeting part
buyers needs and the sytem
is overseen by the ‘Parts
Handler’? computer that is
updated as products lines are
added. Parts that are not on
hand can usually be ordered
within a half-day.

As well as providing help
in finding just the right part
to keep your vehicle
operating, the trained staff
also supplies technical advice
and know-how ta provide
you with the information

necessary to affect repitirs.