Corvair Forum

Shortly after Christmas in 1973 I was heading west toward the Air Force language school at the Presidio of Monterey in California with a fellow airmen from Iowa. Since the 68' Olds Vista Cruiser was mine I insisted we go through Reno to see Harrah's Automobile Museum. My co-pilot was a varsity Iowa ...

That car had the wooden dash but it might not have had the Camaro taillights, I don't remember. But it was the first car we put a power brake booster from the early Pontiac Tempests, I think. I put many miles on that car and the booster with the metallic brake linings were very effective. The 7 ...

My name is Bruce Herschberger and I was there from beginning to end, as they say lol. What the fella said about John Fitch is essentially true but what should be remembered is that John Fitch was a big time race driver. The picture of John Fitch with the large white haired man is the legendary ...

I'm sorry Brad I don't do facebook. my email is bhersch@ymail.com. if that works.

As it turned out the propane car, soon after the convention, developed a knock and when disassembled we discovered it had 13:1 compression and the knock was caused by the slight buildup on the crown of the pistons. Based on what we discovered later it would probably dropped a valve seat because ...

I remember the green Sprint but do not remember who bought it. The drawing of the Sprint with the picture of the Bearcat in the corner was made by Paul Nikolai who designed the Bernardi and since his middle name was Bernard my dad named it after him. My daughter remembers rides in the Bearcats ...

My name is Bruce Herschberger and my involvement with Corvairs began in 1970 when I was 15. My dad had owned a 1960 Corvair and sold it because you "couldn't" convert it to propane. He was very disappointed when production halted in 1969 and decided that a Corvair would make a good !st car for me. A ...