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Yeah, the Monza center cap is a plastic casting and often found deteriorated. New Old Stock (NOS) replacements are available.
The eBay set seems a good price for a set of used wheel covers, but the shipping sure seems high, IMHO.

Come join us as we celebrate the 2nd annual Corvair Museum Open House ( located within the Chevrolet Hall of Fame ) hosted by the Prairie Capital Corvair Assn and Corvair Preservation Foundation (CPF) as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the last year of Corvair production. Friday (May 17th) The ...

From NCC President Bill Chellis: "Attached is a snapshot from google maps showing the gather/departure location for our upcoming Sweetheart Cruise on February 16th. Cascade Plaza - Safeway: 7601 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA 98203 Stan Sexton will be holding a drivers meeting at 9:45 AM and we wil...

For members/officers: Here is a great way to promote your Corvair Club! Go to your club's area on Google Maps then right click on the map. Click on "Add a place" then put in your Club Name along with " - Corvair Club" For the Category type in "Club" and then set the loc...

I was asked to provide some local help regarding a Corvair advertised online Which a guy (W.T.) in another country was interested in. He made an inquiry to an ad on USclassifieds4all.com Here is the "sellers" response: Would you like to see more pictures? The car was fully restored 5 years...

Scott, We hope to attract a number of volunteers to create and run a Board of Directors for a "Corvair HALL of FAME" recognition committee. We will accept nominations, create ballots, and vote on nominated members to the "HALL of FAME" Those so recognized will have their biograph...

Let's discuss the possibility of creating a Corvair "HALL of FAME" Recognition. This would include Enthusiasts from all areas of involvement who have helped bring positive recognition to the Corvair. IMHO, this would include persons both living and dead. Persons who have made a difference ...

That has got to be a heart breaker, as well as a wallet buster! The "piston arm" is called a "rod" I'd be a little upset that the mechanic that was first working on the spun bearing did not catch the improper machine-shop work while assembling the engine. That crank throw would r...

Welcome to the Corvair Forum.
Your Corsa convertible is the top of the line with the optional turbo-charged engine. An estimated number of 2100 of the Corsa convertibles with the Turbo-Charged engine were made in 1965 - a very low production number for Chevrolet.

Ed, it's a spammer.
Just use the "report post" in the upper right (exclamation point) and the mods will handle it.
Don't click on any of the links in the post!

That's a great photo of two air-cooled flat-6 classics.

Ed Cole was a Beechcraft Bonanza pilot and was of course well familiar with the engines. No doubt there was cross-pollination of engineering ideas because of this.

The 1966 Fisher Body ID plate is often devoid of codes that were more commonly seen on 1965 models. The reason is - in 1966 GM made a couple of the former options standard equipment! Padded dash top, 2 speed wipers with washers, outside mirror and inside day/night mirror. A radio with the standard f...

Mark, Welcome to the Corvair Forum! Corvairs Northwest is your local CORSA Chapter - we meet in Tukwila on the 3rd Wednesday evening each month. There is a meeting room at Sizzler Steakhouse in South Center. Meeting starts at 7. Folks show up earlier to socialize and have a meal. That is this coming...

Thought I'd toss this back to the top since this is a traditional gift shopping season, eh? If shopping with Amazon, please use: Smile.Amazon.com - and help out the Corvair Preservation Foundation. Select them from the list of organizations to support. The CPF holds an amazing amount of Corvair Hist...

Bryan Blackwell manages our servers and began a physical move on Sunday May 22 Move is complete, but the contracted VERIZON connection is not installed - because VERIZON is on strike! We are working to get a different provider so Bryan can get the servers back online. Sorry for this problem - when t...

Bill Chellis and several more of us are headed to Pacific Raceways on July 2 to spend the day watching Vintage Racers on the track and enjoying the variety of interesting cars at the "Car Corral" show. We had a dozen Corvairs there last year and we had a great time. You get to take your Co...