Corvair Forum

Happy Fathers Day! One of the highlights of my day today. Dad came over in his ride for Fathers Day grilling and chillin. Lets see, he is the original owner from '63 and my parents 50th anniversary is in July.

Laid back cruise in at Peddlers Village, Solebury PA. 0900-1300 free and chill with all makes.

Whew! Looks like some have been busy over the winter! Tough competition this month, nice rides all.

James, the convertibles have an inner 'brace' inside the rocker. Dunno how far in you can see but it basically dissects the rocker from top to bottom longways giving the convertible extra support from flex. If you're looking from the front or back it goes from 12-6 o clock vertically.. If I remember...

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I've always thought about attaching a chimney-sweep style brush to an extension and putting it on a drill. Send the brush into the rockers somehow, whether through an enlarged drain hole etc. and let it scrub everything up. Then send in the shop vac followed by the high pressure power washer or hose...

Best traffic stop line overheard, not used.

"Officer I thought pretty girls don't get tickets?"

"That's correct Ma'am. Sign here, the number for the court is on the top right."

For the steering wheel I HIGHLY recommend getting a puller to remove it. Best $10 you'll spend. I'll Just tell you that my experience with redoing my wheel was pretty easy. Just like everything else take your time and pay attn to detail. I left the chrome rings on but taped them, trimming and tuckin...

Mike, THAT SUCKS! You did all you can already and the Corvair Community will I'm sure help any way possible. If the turd tries to register it or sell it, the VIN will come back as a hit Stolen with DMV and hopefully the boys in blue will show up before they split. Best of luck, hope it turns up in o...

Born in Doylestown, PA born and raised til college Drove my 66 Coupe with factory A/C in high school '93 left for Blacksburg, VA for college - Go Hokies expelled for bad grades in 1997 = back home Cape May, NJ for Basic Training USCG Portsmouth, VA - USCGC Tampa '99 USCG AIRSTA Atlantic City Summer ...

I changed to silicone when installing a whole new system a few yrs ago. A little more $$ but keeps the moisture away and minorwheel cylinder leaks don't kill the paint. My 2cents

Hah! Great story Brad! I was In 2nd grade in 1981... (sorry couldn't resist). I thought I had already scanned some pics but they're either evading me in the memory of the computer or in my fading memory! I'll get to em one day soon. Glad to hear there is another Corvair family still kickin and makin...

Sorry the pics did not come out so well, don't know what I did wrong! I was stopping by real quick and was in a hurry. :dontknow: I'm looking for my photo album since we just moved back to PA in May. In it I have a picture of me in my 'toddler-wear' next to the black one and also a picture of my Fat...

I'm sure that Bbodie will post links to the shop manual. First make sure you're timing is set. I made that rookie mistake before when replacing my dist. cap and rotor! Ensure the plug boots on the spark plug wires are tight and you're getting gas from the fuel pump. Keep trying and good luck!

Becky, Looks like a very nice start. Cool to hear from some females interested in the hobby! The car looks nice and solid. My only reservation or concern is that it looks like a 500 model which was the base 'vanilla' car. If power is an issue then this car most likely has a 95hp engine. It'll scoot ...

Grandparents always have their favorites!
Best if luck, lotsa helpful folks on this site.