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Hi Henty, I would like to put in words,that I never new that my Silver old lady was so badly rusted, think I said this to you last time we spoke, I see you made a deal with the Guru Gary regarding the Golf and you now own another Corvair, you mentioned the thought of fitting a V8 motor, are you goin...

The side shafts had to be drilled to fit longer studs, for the 25mm spacers made up for the new wheels TSW 17inch. asked the machinist to check the bearings, he removed these said both were finished, no problem..... BUT not available in SA, tried all bearing agents, then to Clarks yes they had but o...

after collecting the CORVAIR from the paint shop and parking on the car port now to refit the handles, rubbers, lights etc, and preparing to fit the engine could not find the gearbox drive shaft, must have left it in and lost forever going or coming back, big panic sent messages to all known SA coll...

Thanx for your comments, peeked @ BIGTWIN sadly so far away looks very nice, bit of information is my other Corvair '65 sedan Monza. stemed from "Plains Amarello" has a badge on the rear of the car, must have been imported into Zimbabwe, any where near you ? will post more pics of the prog...

thanx for your comment, sure must be a first, but it was rubbed down then off to the painter

PICT0634.JPG Used wood chisels to remove the paint (must be a first ever) then flat down almost to metal, wheels also became a problem BMW 5 stud won't go into 4 x 114, so sold the wheels sadly and looked for some that would fit YES a set of 17's 114 x 4 BUT too deep off set wrong had to have space...

Well I must say been busy but will play catch up, after spraying around 5 coats of Red let the paint rest, a few days later on inspection saw a palm print on the back side of the car, puzzled, scratched with my thumb nail to find the paint although dried, for days came off ????? called in a paint ex...

can you let me have the diagram for front belt fixing for my '63 Monza coupe and my '65 Monza 4 door sedan, both came without and in S A it's a mandatory requirement. thanx Brian sparovair

What I need to say is that outside of the USA and Canada,our collector CORVAIRS in South Africa are as scarce as hens teeth, where ever I take either of my 2, a '62 Monza 900 coupe and my '65 Monza 4 door, people, young and old, male and female, all want to know about these unusual cars, some have n...

Hi again I'm Brian (sparovair) Corvairs in South Africa were and are like hens teeth, my first '60 700 bought in '61 I was 21, the next was a '62 Monza 900 this was owned by me for 44 years, and sold this year. I currently have two, a '62 Monza 900 being restored, and a '65 Monza 4 door. So for 52 y...

So began the stripping of the Red Monza ex Danie, this car was in a better condition than my '62 Silver Monza, so the project changed to Red, a hot rodding mate wanted the Silver car we made a deal re price, but he had no space at his work shop, could I keep the car till he found some ? Yes from me ...

4th part of the story, the pic. is of the car @ Piston Ring, a similar pic was taken by an ex South African visiting from American, Mike Brittan, and an article he submitted to the Denvair News, "Rocky Mountain Corsa" May 2008 Vol. 34 Issue 7. He contacted me via Piston Ring and asked me t...

Going back to the 3rd section with some more pics of the respray, I found a set of 15 inch Rocket wheels and tires, my daughter looking on, turned 25 last month.

As I said my choice was obvious '65 4 door and '62 Monza 900, at our last Piston Ring meet "American Car Day" my Corvair was featured in the main arena and among many American cars near mine was the Dodge Lancer my 2nd choice, this was amazing as it was the first time i had seen one since ...

3Rd. part of my CORVAIR story, the White '65 Monza belonged to a Rob Stirling from Bulawayo Zimbabwe, because the paper work was wrong i had to get a police clearance to register, I remember the policeman standing in the front of the car to check the engine number, and how surprised he was to find t...