Corvair Forum

Dave at OPG - Would you folks consider making the door beltline window felts with a stainless bead (like all the other Chevys used) instead of the stock (and cheap looking) black painted metal felt units. At one time somebody made them in stainless steel for the Corvair, but no longer. I bought a ...

Just do it :)

Almost every car can be saved. Get a welder and be ready for years of fun!

Thanks for all the good advice. I already rebuilt the carbs and replaced the screw. The shafts were not worn and seem to be original. So someone might have tried to tighten the screw and broke it. Or it is just old and fell off. I staked the end of the screw, but having seen the damage i'll double ...

Looking at the state of the secondary carbs i think the primaries were rebuilt at some point. One of the screws in the left primary was missing the head. The car ran reasonably well (with the heads loose:)) but It smoked and had leaking carbs. It is an original and complete 140 hp PG. The studs are ...

Thanks for the fast reply. Here is a better pic of the piston. I just walked to the garage and cleaned it a little. It just seems to be surface damage and some damage around the edge. The edge is not crushed down. It was just the head of the screw. Maybe just sand it down a little to take of the ...

Hi guys, After tree years of welding, bodywork and rebuilding my 140 '66 monza is almost ready to get it road approved and get plates on it. It was a lot more work than anticipated, due to other activities and life it took a lot more time then anticipated, but it was fun and the car looks good. IMG ...

Thanks for the very complete reply. I don't know if the info on the specification sheet is enough to reproduce the springs. I'll ask around. I already found coil spring specialities as it was recommended somewhere on the forums. They gave me a very reasonable quote. I did not get a shipping quote ...

Hi, I am looking for the factory specifications for the stock rear coil springs of a '66 monza convertible. Clarks is out at the moment so I want to try to find someone on his side of the atlantic that can reproduce them for a reasonable price. And corvairs are not common here. Roelof The Netherlands

I anticipated some work when I bought it

Today i finally finished painting the car. After two years (in which our son was born, we moved, renovated our new home...) i finally found the time. image.jpeg Welding was done to the rockers and allmost all other panels. I had the tricky welding stuff by a local guy. See this post from two years ...

Hi fellow dutchie, You can try Eeltink Veertechniek in Heemskerk. They might have the correct springs or can fabricate something. I don't know if they can supply you the correct shocks, but you might be better off ordering them from the us anyway. Koni's are very expensive here and I guess you will ...

As Gothenburg has a roro terminal I would seriously consider shipping the car that way. The car must be able to move and as the cars will be stored outside for a few weeks it should not leak. I moved a corvair from the usa to Amsterdam that way about two years ago. The cost was about half of ...

http://1969corvair.com/techpages/techfiles/LMseatbelt.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; These are installation instructions for dealers. It has specific instructions for the corvair. You'll need long belts. I too was thinking of adding rear shoulder straps. Childseats are mandatory ...

Ah! Thanks.

Hi, I have the rear suspension of my '66 disassembled at the moment. When cleaning the transmission and differential I noticed some play on the drive shaft yoke. Just enough to move it a little in axial direction and make it tick when I pull it. Is this normal? Or is there something I should fix? It ...

I did my first top a few months ago. If you are the patient type it is not that hard. Take your time and be prepared to redo some parts. And redo them again... And then have a beer and redo them for the last time...again. It took me a lot more than 8 hours, but it turned out ok. Two small wrinkles ...