Corvair Forum

This is a British magazine from Feb 1965. It is larger than the basic magazine and barely fits on my scanner. I wonder how much 3 shillings was worth back then ? Back then, the pound sterling was worth about US$ 2.40; there were 12 pence to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound, or 240 pence to ...

Typical Consumer Reports crap. I forgot how militant they were. If the car did not protect the occupants from a 230mph side-impact from a Boeing 707, it would fail their safety tests. They gave no consideration to a car's being nimble and driveable enough to AVOID an accident....neither did they ...

Brings back memories of my '65 turbo convertible. Funny, the car seemed faster than this outfit's test results show. One thing I remember vividly about this car, the traction was insane! - one could NOT spin the wheels on dry pavement. Not even a chirp. (I read in an old car magazine article - R&T ...

One of my pet peeves, seeing all the 1965s in the collector articles, is that almost ALL of them have the incorrect (1966-69) trunk lid lock cover in blue! If I remember rightly, the 1965 only had the Chevy logo in RED. I know both of mine were. When I see the Corvair nameplate on the trunk lid, the ...

Nice welcome, but you're preaching to the choir. ::-): Looks as if I found the right forum, though, as you all know your Corvairs quite extensively as well. I grew up with them, neighbors had them (the neighbor across the street had a '64 Spyder convertible) and aside from my three, my sister (seven ...

When in doubt, and if the car in question is not a bow-wow - I will always vote for the 1965 model. '65 was one of those watershed years where everybody introduced new styles, new bodies, improved features, or what-have-you. I've never owned a 1965 Chrysler product, although a friend of mine in high ...

Makes me want one of my own again! Great pics, nice work. REALLY sweet work on rebuilding the 140. It must run great now. I never saw this asked or answered, though....this is a Monza, who painted the taillight cove silver? That was exclusive to Corsas in 1965. It looks great, but it keeps throwing ...

If the hole in the column shroud for the turn-signal lever is at that degree, such that the lever is center in the hole when in the neutral position, then I guess it's normal...My two '65s had levers that were dead horizontal and the '66 was slightly lower than horizontal but not much. I've seen ...

I'm a bit surprised that the greatest number of owners are in the tail end of the baby boomers, you all were just young kids when the Corvair was in production. I bet a lot of you grew up in a Corvair family! My first car in 1972 was a '65 Monza 2DR coupe, 110HP and Powerglide. Loved that car.

Let's just say I'm between Corvairs. I owned three as a young man, then got married and raised a family so the toys had to be sold. I owned two Monza 2DR coupes, a 1965 and a '66, and a 1965 Corsa turbo convertible. It pained me to have to sell that one! - I'd bought it from a widowed neighbor for ...