Corvair Forum

A suggestion that I’ll offer is pulling the distributor and turning the oil pump prior to “starting”. My car sat on the woods for 25 years. I dumped the Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders, and the engine was almost seized up. The MM oil worked just fine and after soaking overnight, it eventually fr...

So I changed direction this weekend and started working on the rear suspension. I need to identify a few more parts to order before I place my next Clark’s order to make it more worthwhile. I removed the trailing arm assembly from the donor and proceeded to disassemble. I’m figuring the rear wheel b...

I think you did a vairy nice job on the chrome insert. I’ve also seen some imperfections with some of the Clark’s parts.

Nice tip about the grommet sheet! Thanks

I ‘ve had a fair amount of experience with treating rust. Here’s my suggestion and photos to support. My first step approach, I’d take a right angle grinder with a coarse wire cup wheel and attack the surface. To remove Any heavy scale. Both KBS and POR15 make a “Metal Prep” that is a rust pre treat...

Thanks Dennis. It feels good to be posting progress again, as it feels good to be making progress again! ::-): So last night was spent working on media blasting some pieces and painting. That HF media booth that I bought and the air compressor from an auction both have made a huge difference in help...

Yep. The side mirrors are the bow tie mirrors from Clark’s. When I had the car painted, all of the original holes were filled with weld. Originally, my car didn’t have a side mirror on the passenger side. The donor doors I used both previously had mirrors; however, the driver’s side was mounted way ...

Thanks guys! It’s been a challenging spring thus far for me to keep steady progress, and to build on that from my last post, I’ve been traveling for the last 3 weeks; however, this weekend I’ve been home and was able to make more good progress. During my travels, the paint in the trunk has fully dri...

It’s been a month since my last post and progress has been slower than desired. Shopping for a new car for my wife, and helping my son with him also getting a car, taxes, some travel for work, the holiday, etc. Somewhere in between all of that, there has been progress. I’ve been trying to get the tr...

Thanks Gary! It is coming back from the 💀. I’m loving the transformation! It’s been a few weeks since my last post, but progress continues. The passenger side glass is in. I had to reset the front window glass in the channel forward a half-inch as well as realign the doors. :banghead: The glass now ...

You’ve done a great job so far Craig! That’s a great story. Keep posting lots of photos. I’m putting mine back together as well and believe I can learn a lot from watching your progress. I also bought Rex’s rear-end tool and still have it in my car. Works great! Jeff at the Ranch pointed me to Rex. ...

Vairy vairy nice!!! Looks beautiful!

Hey John. Glad to see that you’ve fixed the oil leak and that you’ve scored a nice set of wheels! Great to see your continuous improvement efforts. How’s the ride and handling with the new wheels and tires?

It’s been almost 2 weeks since my last post, but the reassembly continues. Longer update here. Last week I coated the inside bottoms of the doors all around for rust prevention. First a coat of POR15, then a coat of rust reformer and sealer, followed by a layer of rubberized undercoating. The doors ...

Dennis. I love your handy work! Brilliant work on the carb throttle shafts and shaping the sheet metal!!

Hey, fingers crossed John. Hoping you got that leak solved. Yeah, we’ve had some great weather up here in NW PA also. Car is looking great!

Welcome Mike. Growing up, we had a ‘63 coupe. I really liked the look of the trim on the ‘63 over the other early model years. You have a nice looking car there!