Corvair Forum

I have been keeping my mouth shut lately but now feel that it's time for a change here in the west. I had a situation a few months ago that involved my efforts to share the good stuff my chapter has been fortunate to enjoy. I heard from Dave Watson , responding to a comment I had made about how our ...

I think I still have my membership card but I have no idea how long I've had it. It's getting pretty long in the tooth.

I don't think that paint is gonna buff out. (get out the rattle cans). I license plate would be a nice touch too.

Hi 2LZ, I'll add a couple of thoughts to your post. Back when I was slalom racing my '64 Monza, I built my own engines and developed the best sounding exhaust system ever heard. I did have tube headers but you can also use stock exhaust manifolds. It was basicely a dual system with as long pair of g...

I found an announcement on the other forum that Steve Goodman is celebrating 57 years in the Corvair business. There isn't a nicer gentleman that this fellow. Send him a thank you message.

OOPS ! I didn't notice that your post had 3 pages. Oh well, I'm glad you did the deed & all went well.
Doug Ward

Hi Gasman, I have flat towed Corvairs all over the west coast, when I was slalom racing my '64 monza convert. I towed it with a Rampside w/4 speeds,& sometimes with a Ford Ranchero V8. The main difference between your method & mine was that I bolted the tow bar directly to the body of the ca...

'64 GRILL FOR SALE. MAKE OFFER. see the parts for sale section on this forum.

I have a perfect '64 style grill. It was in the front trunk when I got my 62 Monza & was still in the GM packaging. ( I believe its a genuine NOS grill ) I have a correct '62 grill that I will be using so the '64 one is for sale. I'll take offers until the end of the month.(March 31) I'll post o...

Thanks for all your comments guys. Ray & I both learned more about diff./axle lubricants & it turns we were both kinda right. (stubborn old farts - LOL)

My Corvair friend & I have a disagreement about which a 4 speed trans axle should use. ( '61 /'65) I say it should be 80 /90 wt gear oil. He says we need Penzoil Synchromesh manual tramsmission fluid.because it supposedly does not corrode the brass synchros like the regular oil does. The bottle ...

Dave Watson, please try to contact me. I've sent you my tel # and email . I can not post on the old forum or get or send PM's anymore either. Geez ! what a train wreck the CCF turned out to be !. I want to invite you to our Vintage Corsa meeting this Saturday. Doug Ward

One of the 3 Rampsides I had didn't have the word Chevrolet on the tailgate. But it DID have the word " T R U C K" on it. In large, block chrome letters. It got a lot of smilies & comments too.

I found a set of 14" X 7" wire wheels ( Tru Spoke ) that came off a 240 Z. They came with the correct bolts & locks and "knock off" caps. They fit my '62 Monza convert with 4 mounting holes & look great on it.

Back in the 1870's, when I was slalom racing my '64 4 spd convert, I flat towed it all over the state of California. My tow bar simply bolted to the original bumper mounting holes. Corvairs track behind a tow car / truck ( mine was a Rampside) very nicely. Hard to back up though.

The fans in a Corvair ranged from 1960 to 1969. 10 years. LOL