Corvairs

[CG]

Been doing a lot of reading on these things. I read an article that said the later model Monte Carlos have the same wheel base as a Corvair. It looks like a lot of work but quite a few people have mounted the Corvair body on the Monte Carlo chassis. Waaalaaa, a water cooled Corvair for LocDoc

[GOPAPA]

Nice photo's of them different styles of Corvairs ..I take notice of the slotted wheels on the Corvair truck as that is what I ran on my 73 Cheyenne.. thx for showing them to us Larry from Arkansas

[special-K]

This one is kinda nice, I guess, a little bit... maybe. Leon might like it, too


This one screams fun!

[special-K]

One for the slammers

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by CG

Any of you guys ever own a Corvair? I was watching an episode of Wheeler Dealers the other day and they did a 63 Corvair convertible. Turned out to be a neat little car.

Ive been on the lookout for a convertible project for a long time. Looked in to Corvairs after I saw that episode and found a halfway decent 65 convertible not too far from my house. Not a turbo charged version, I don't want something like that. But it does have an auto trans, I like that.

Any Corvair experience out there?

Here is a add from an old newspaper I saved just for you Mark..

[CG]

Going to check out that 65 tomorrow morning. Im not ready for it, but if I can get it for the right price Ill make room for it. Just going to really have to get on moving all the rest of my good stuff down the road.

[Palf70Step]

I have always liked the Corvair, especially the 65-69. I have owned a 64 Monza Spyder coupe and a 66 Monza coupe. I still think that the 65-69 2dr coupe is one of the best looking cars ever.

[CG]

Ive been googling Corvairs for days now just to learn what I can. Check out this early Corvair brochure. Bombing down the road ... Hey kids look at this view haha!

[special-K]

See? Nader was right Corvairs weren't safe!

[friscobob]

Obviously drawn by someone who has never ridden in a convertible.

[bosco]

I guess the artist didn't think seat belts for the kids were needed. Can't remember if they had seats belts. Growing up my folks had a corvair wagon and I would sleep across the back seat when we traveled. Now think about this one VW Karman Ghia with a Corvair turbo engine. Bought it when I was 17 and it was the dumbest purchase. Great for going fast in a straight line, but cornering, that was a scary adventure. Ended up pulling the engine due to a bent valve and putting in a VW engine.

[CG]

I'm now the proud owner of a Corvair. Arizona car, no rust, never been wrecked, just a couple of very minor dents. Automatic trans, which is exactly what I wanted. Even comes with a spare engine. That's the top boot laying on the roof.

Time to start selling off all my other projects and junk.

[davischevy]

You could just keep your junk, but you might miss your wife.

After some thought, you would probably miss your home if it's like it is around here, my wife would just put me out.

I think the only thing that keeps her from it is she don't want to spend the time training another husband.

[davischevy]

I like the car BTW.

[flashed]

That looks nice ,Im in to see this.

[CG]

Originally Posted by davischevy

You could just keep your junk, but you might miss your wife.

After some thought, you would probably miss your home if it's like it is around here, my wife would just put me out.

I think the only thing that keeps her from it is she don't want to spend the time training another husband.

Mines the same, 30 years tomorrow.

[Palf70Step]

Nice looking car!

My mom and grandma taught me to stay out of the other conversations.

[special-K]

What a wonderful 30th anniversary gift. She could never leave such a thoughful fella. I like it, too.

[GOPAPA]

wow ! thats a heck of great start,, have to admit ,,thought you might being having a dream like I do sometimes about another old classic ,, But good for you and happy 30th .. Tell your wife we are proud of her for letting you get this fun project.. I am going to celebrate your new family member ,, by going camping ..

[CG]

I really wasn't ready, just being a looky loo. And I told him I was just in the first stages of considering this. I went ahead and asked him his best price (I hate haggling with a passion) He gave me a price and I couldn't say no lol!

[Boog]

It's easy to forget about those Corvairs. You just don't see them hardly ever. I like the proportions of the early ones but I like the style of the later ones. Corvairs are a bigger and more powerful alternative to VWs.
Thanks to this thread I have spent hours looking at pics and videos of 'vairs.
Thanks for posting and congrats on your purchase. It looks like you have a real good one to start with.
I hope you got your wife something real nice too. What's that you say? This convertible is for her?

[Advanced Design]

CG, nice find with the Corvair! Sometimes it is meant to be. What are your plans?

[CG]

No real plans as of yet. This all came together pretty fast. Its going to be awhile before I do anything. Ill probably post it up in Alternative Tinkering's when the time comes.

[franken]

Originally Posted by special-K

See? Nader was right Corvairs weren't safe!

Nor was the VW Bug or anything else rear engine produced at the time. Never mind they made 20 million Bugs and WTF knows Porches.
Yay. Morons.

[Llay R. Rac]

my second car back in 1966 was a '62 corvair, 4-sd, it was fun to drive, it was dangerous if you drove it like a regular car. after a few times of finding myself looking in the rear view mirror at where i was heading or ending up in a ditch i learned to drive so the rear wheels wouldn't" fold under" and put the car in a spin.

the best thing about that corvair was that in 1969 i traded it in for my 65 suburban.