Here is what a packet mailed to prospective Fitch Sprint buyers in 1966 looks like. The packet includes:

1. Cover letter
2. 1966 Fitch Sprint catalog
3. Reprint of September 1965 Car & Driver review of a Fitch Sprint
4. Photo of a 1966 Fitch Sprint
5. Information on how to order a Fitch Sprint
6. Business reply envelope

Fitch "Speed" (Cover) Letter

This form serves as a cover letter for the packet of information sent to a prospective Fitch Sprint customer. This letter is addressed to Mr. H. T. Pool of Palm Springs, CA, and is dated January 3, 1966. It is a two-part form with carbon.

The Corvair Sprint!

This catalog describes the Fitch Sprint line of accessories and services for 1966 Corvairs.

Corvair Sprint

This flyer provides a complete reprint of the September, 1965 Car and Driver road test of the 1965 Fitch Sprint. It includes a one-column, abbreviated listing of accessories, prices, and contact info added by Fitch.

1966 Fitch Sprint Photo

This photo shows a 1966 Fitch Sprint with a cityscape (Hartford, CT?) in the background.

How to Order a Sprint

This sheet describes five ways to create a Corvair Sprint: ordering a Corvair from Fitch, ordering a Corvair from Chevy and having it shipped to Fitch, ordering a Corvair and having the local dealer install the parts, purchasing a Corvair and driving it to Fitch, and ordering/installing the parts yourself.

Fitch Business Reply Envelope

This envelope provides a postage-paid method for ordering merchandise.

Many thanks to Dave Newell for sharing this information! Dave related, "It was unusual for Fitch to send a photo with their literature, so they may have been pandering to the Palm Springs address. The collector who wrote for the literature was Rick Lenz, who used four or more different names and addresses when he wrote to manufacturers requesting lit! In this case Rick used a former boss' name and address. Rick loved to use the Palm Springs address because it usually got better response and nicer brochures. Rick spent nearly all of his free time writing letters for literature."

In my collection I have a 1966 catalog (shown above) and a 1967 catalog, shown below. Dave said that, in addition to these two catalogs, there were two different editions of a catalog for 1965 and an edition for 1969-1971. It is unknown at this time whether the 1967 or 1969 catalog was used during 1968--or perhaps both.

The Corvair Sprint! By Fitch: America's Only True Grand Touring Car

This catalog describes the Fitch Sprint line of accessories and services for 1967 Corvairs. Included as part of a packet mailed to prospective Fitch Sprint customers. This particular copy was sent to Sven Erikson in Sparreholm, Sweden!

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