Corvair Forum

In regards to NorwayCorvair's Green Loadside, 1R124S100775, this is one of the earlist FC builds. The "S" means it was a assembled at the St Louis factory. The serial number 775 means it rolled off the assembly line the first week of October 1960. I'm sure it has some usual early FC featur...

That pdf from the 1965 radio manual, and pdfs for the 1961, 62 and 64 radio manuals are posted on the Corvanatics web site. You'll find many other useful documents on the Corvanatics Manuals page at https://www.corvair.org/chapters/corvan ... anuals.php.
Steve

I've done some extensive work decoding the FC data plate codes. If you would like to send me the VIN and the paint and trim codes from your FC, I would be happy to decode them for you and add your FC to the Corvanatics FC registry.
Steve

Check out the Corvanatics web site for all sorts of useful information. Articles about installing seat belts will be found here: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/corvanatics/howTo.php.
Steve

Hello all, Does anyone have any window stickers, build sheets or car shipper forms for a Deluxe FC? Any of these documents are of interest, but most valuable at the moment is one for a deluxe Greenbrier ordered with RPO P01, wheel covers. You might look for these documents stashed in your dusty arch...

Hello all, Having prepared many DragFree Cross Shafts, I would like to share what I have learned about the deterioration of old stock cross shafts in a brief, illustrated pdf article that you can see here . You can purchase and read more about DragFree Cross Shafts at http://vairfare.webs.com/"...

DragFree Cross Shafts have been improved. http://vairfare.webs.com/crshaft_64-69.jpg * There are now cover plates over the bearings * Worn ends of cross shafts are eliminated on both R and L sides * AC knurling available http://vairfare.webs.com/cover-left.jpg More information is available at http:...

Now is the time to replace your 50 year old cross shaft with a better one, good for the next 50 years. Quite likely the cross shaft in your corvair is corroded and bent, which makes it difficult to achieve throttle balance, and drag of the shaft on the mounting brackets prevents full return to low ...