Corvair Forum

Oh hey, that's super cool, Gary......nice to see progress! Do you have a (somewhat) estimated time of completion yet? What's the final color combo gonna be? I believe the truck originally belonged to Bell Telephone because of its lack of options and olive drab paint underneath. So, I was thinking o...

I haven't posted any updates in a while... here are a few pics of the on going progress.

I'm into the project pretty deep right now ($$) and unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll be able to continue with it at this time or in the near future.

Anybody interested in taking over?

That's totally cool. I hope you get Sancho back.

This is where I'm planning to be this weekend...

I'm not sure if the plastic headlight adjusters are the same for EM and LM but I resently fixed the ones on my FC. If the plastic adjusters are broken off then the rivets must be drilled out and the adjusters replaced. However, if they are not broken but just won't hold the headlight adjustment scre...

3.55 are good.
If you have a '61 FC 4 speed transmission with 4.27 first gear, try running 3.27 diff.

I use H1157 (halogen). They are noticeably brighter.

You are correct, any Corvair van with no windows is a Corvan. All Greenbriers have windows all the way around and all Corvans are panel vans. To the best of my knowledge this is not entirely true... Some Corvans came with fixed windows. There were even "display" Corvans with windows on th...

Great find!!... As far as I know, Corvans were available with windows but they usually were fixed and didn't roll up or down. From what I've experienced in the past from my own FCs is that the rear heat vent is blocked off with a removable plate if no rear heat was originally installed. The window s...

What Grymm said.

if it has the trans cooler on it may have to be removed. If it is a true FC Powerglide transmission it will have the fittings for a cooler... with oil lines going to a cooler located in the battery compartment (may be hard to see behind the battery). I suppose the fittings could be plugged or possi...

I don't even think one could call this "smokin'", but.....damn.....I like it! Tally up just the wheels and paint job! And let's not forget the "jump-in-and-drive-it" angle, not "two-years-of-disassembly-and-fixing-everything-under-the-sun". http://losangeles.craigslist...

Actually, the guy working on my '64 lives in Phelan.
Check out his website: http://konokazikustoms.com
He's doing some crazy work on mine and is becoming very familiar with rampsides.

Thanks everyone.
That was a close race... honestly, I didn't think I had a chance against such awesome competition.
I really appreciate it.
Thanks again everyone.

Welcome to the forum.
What area of So. Cal are you from?

Go to the fan belt toss in Palm Springs.