‘Leave it to Beaver’ Star And His Corvair Are Reunited!
Jun 20th, 2016
CBS News 8 – San Diego, CA News Station – KFMB Channel 8
Tony Dow, who played Wally in the family sitcom in the early 1960’s has been reunited with his beloved Corvair! He ordered the new 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder from a LA dealership and drove it for 4 years before selling it to a Universal Studios prop builder, never thinking he’d see it again. However the Universal employee kept the car for over 50 years and after his recent passing, had a friend find Dow to return the car. What a story!
Tony Dow, who played Wally in the family sitcom in the early 1960’s has been reunited with his beloved Corvair! He ordered the new 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder from a LA dealership and drove it for 4 years before selling it to a Universal Studios prop builder, never thinking he’d see it again. However the Universal employee kept the car for over 50 years and after his recent passing, had a friend find Dow to return the car. What a story!
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