Pulled this one out of a garage in suburban Detroit last year. Replaced the engine and transaxle and just recently most of the floor. Still well under $1k total investment + my time.
Well...I don’t know much about Corvairs, but did end up with one a couple months ago so am learning fast. Hoping I can make this one a reasonable driver for my wife to drive around town and on some longer drives at times. I have to admit that it is kind of fun to drive.
She will love it! I have a Black '65 and have been on a few Oklahoma Hot Rod 100 runs, and it is a blast. Jim
That's right Jim! I forgot you had one too. By the way, thanks for coming along on our runs! Trying to work out the details of the 2019 OK run as we speak.
Really liked the '65 two door body, the Monza SS roadster, and the first gen wagons. But my ultimate "factory" Corvair is the '54. And my favorite "funny" Corvair is Pisano Bros. when it was red.
My 66 "Corvette" as my grandson has always called it was also dual carb 2-2bbl 110 auto with the PG and no park just the Reverse-N-D-L on the dash,i had to use Parking Barke in neutral to keep it from rolling down the road on it's own. It was just a cool little car my wife children and grandson really enjoyed riding around in it during the summer. It sure would be nice to have it back again. It wasn't the best on today's gas but would get up and go quite well for being all original and 70k miles+ on the old girls air cooled engine and someone's ugly back yard paint job LOL... They do remind me of a Mini Corvette! I've always wondered if that's where part of It's name came from plus being "air" cooled Cor/v/air?? Just a Cool Car... My oldest sister had a sweet little 66 Monza 2+2 4 speed, I was about 13 years old when she had her beige two door Sports Car w/header's and that was one fast little Hot Rod as she always called her Corvair. A gentleman in Bangor Michigan Owens several Corvair's He use to have a gas station (closed now down town) and use to race and nice strip racer Corvair with hopped up engine and a big custom rear scoop that came over the top of the rear window looks really cool. His four or more Corvair's have been setting in the same parking lot at the closed gas station for over 30 year's but that race car still looks like the bee's knees to me... I'll try and get some pictures of his Corvair's it may take a few days. I have a picture of my blue Corvair with my first grandchild "Bobcat" at the wheel looking really Cool...
The old gentleman in Bangor Michigan must of sold most of the old race car Corvair's only one was still there. I know this is a very old Post but it brings back memories... 1Nimrod
And now for something completely different; a 1961 Corvair sedan made out to look like a Police car. Of course the Castle Rock reference is from a TV show (Twin Peaks?). Yes, it has lights. Yes, it has a siren. No, you can't use them on any roadways as that would be a very bad thing. But I can cruise the cruise night parking lots and have some fun...
That's what I figured. What mods did you make? Are they outlined here somewhere, and I missed them? This is, after all, a twelve(!) year old thread...
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