Corvair Forum

Great thread man, beautiful rampside and nice workmanship. -Jimmy-

Driving to meet up with some friends for brunch last sunday. -Jimmy-

An updated picture of the 60. -Jimmy-

Here are a couple of pictures of my 60. I am running 13x6 fentons with 155 80 13s. -Jimmy-

I had painstakingly rebuilt the carbs on my 63, did all the adjustments and installed them. It was night and day on performance, but after a couple of weeks I too had a problem with the dribbles. I looked down the throat when the car was running and could see fuel seeping in when the car was idling...

placed my hand over the driver side carb and fuel would syphon out of the out of the venturi. I took it for a drive and drove it hard, pulled it back in the shop and the idle cicuit started working again. The best i can figure is that i had something blocking the idle air bleed. Drove it home yester...

A couple of my 60. -Jimmy-

Hopefully mine will be running well enough by then to make it. -Jimmy-

Ok fellas, i just rebuilt my carbs on my 1960. Followed my repair manual , adjusted and started to sync the carbs. Idles fine, no dead spot on rev up, but when I place the sync tool on top of the driver side carb the idle goes up. no changes when I place tool on top of the passenger carb. I sprayed ...

hello, this might be a newbie question but what the hell.i believe my stock engine has a rod knock, I don't have the cash for a full rebuild but have found a running 65 engine.my 60 is a standard , the 65 is an auto, besides the flex plate to flywheel change, is there any reason why the 65 engine wi...

hey, where did you find those radars?looks good

wow, very nice

sir, you are an angel!thanks.-Jimmy-

hey guys, on my 60 there is supposed to be a heavy spring keeping tension on the clutch pedal.it broke and went somewhere, I cannt find it.i have called clarks, they see it on the breakdown, but do not carry it.has anyone replaced one of these before, if so where did you find the replacement?any hel...

looks pretty clean.i know what you mean about being the only corvair at a show.when my wife would take the 60 a local cruise night, everyone would gather.good luck. -Jimmy-

sure, I knew it was unique as in the first run of a model.i believe its a mid year because it is a 2 door and the first production run was in a 4 door from what I have read.i have collected a few early mags with road tests and custom first year corvairs.i even have a few sales ads framed.everything ...