Corvair Forum

Here is my 61 loadside i just got done with paint and body been a project for me for the past year and a half and only have had the truck for two years. Drove it to college when i first got it. paint is 2008 Chevy sunburst orange black is 2013 ford tuxedo black. Rims are 17x7 Vision Legends. Front d...

Here it is all put back together and it made the trip to and from Back to the 50's car show and what a great turn out for the unavailing the finished truck.

:helpsos: Hey everyone trying to get my loadside back together and went out and bought 64 fc steering column with the contact directional switch. But my issue is it was in a few pieces when I got it and need some good pictures on reassembly of it. We might be missing some parts. Any instructions and...

Its hard to see untill you see it in person and out in the sun but the black has a lot of pearl in it.

That is the original bench seat just has high density foam added in.

Loadside is back and done with paint and interior

Is there any way to narrow down to a specific model number the vehicle was made. I have a 61 loadside and it shows it was the 17,296 made that year. Any way to tell how many loadsides were made before mine?

The sound of the my turbo spooling up, then the bass of my sub

Hey everyone just about to get my loadside back from paint and body and getting things ready to be reinstalled. I know something is wrong with my fuel gauge but not having the truck around all i can do is test fuel gauge in dash right now. Usually when i shut off ignition on my other fc fuel gauge g...

What are some sizes people have put on FC s?

Hey looking at some 15x7 rims with 4" backspacing. Will these work on FC?

Hey what about loadsides? thats what i drive mostly.

Updates on Loadside body work. hopefully not too much longer!

Yes run stock 140 logs, i was running headers before and switched back to stock, it was night and day difference. Wrap the exhaust also makes a difference. Im just running 3.55 posi. I drive my corvair long distances to car shows so running 3.89 would be hard on motor running at interstate speeds. W...

Here is an old setup of my car. You can see intercooler below rear window. Im not running remote oil cooler yet. Planning on setting up one this winter yet. My oil usually stays below 220*F For my turbo its a T3/T4 turbo from precision turbos. Its .60 air and .48 exhaust. In the picture you can see ...

Here is some air cleaners i built for my 140 in a 61 rampside. Bought rampside a year ago and has been sitting in shed for 15 years and has not ran in 7 years. uncapped two cars and installed rebuilt primary and secondary carbs. Thing started right up after putting some fresh gas in it.