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- Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:00 am
- Forum: Body/VIN Tag Decoding
- Topic: more vin conundrums 'CA'
- Replies: 1
- Views: 912
more vin conundrums 'CA'
I feel as if I'm testing you all! :tu: I have couple of UK registered cars on my data base two of them have a chassis number that starts 'CA' but then have a very sort 'number of car' after the factory code 'W' I am surmising that these are both CKD cars that were built at Willow, stripped and sent ...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:48 am
- Forum: Body/VIN Tag Decoding
- Topic: factory 'SAN'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1385
Re: factory 'SAN'
I don't know if this will help. This is the only list of Corvair assembly plants I could find. I don't know if any relates to "SAN". Production plants All locations are cars only, except as noted: Willow Run Assembly, Willow Run, MI 1960–69 Leeds Assembly Plant, Kansas City, MO 1960–61 Oa...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:45 am
- Forum: Body/VIN Tag Decoding
- Topic: factory 'SAN'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1385
Re: factory 'SAN'
Post a picture of the VIN plate and the body ID tags and we could assist deciphering what you have. I'm afraid I don't have a photo, I only know what was entered into the computerised system in the uk the vins are quite often wrong but I can often best guess them the 'SAN' has stumped me for now!
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 4:11 am
- Forum: Body/VIN Tag Decoding
- Topic: factory 'SAN'
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1385
factory 'SAN'
just found a corvair in the uk that has the vin number with 'SAN' listed as the factory
which one is this?
which one is this?
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:20 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
I only know of 4 corvairs that where registered pre 2000 in the uk they are ONW 285B BLUE 500 COUPE (MINE) PGF 64E RED 700 SALOON (FOR SALE NOW, BUT ITS A WRECK) BLW 8B BLUE / SILVER 700 SALOON (IMPORTED INTO THE UK IN 1964 - SO A REAL SURVIVOR!) BHE991B GREEN 900 COUPE I haven't found any white 196...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:26 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
I have a '61 coupe but not UK registered yet, maybe next year.... However somewhere in the UK is my dad's old '64 spyder which I would love to find. It was a part of my childhood and the reason I set out to buy my own. It was white with a black interior and last seen on ebay in the early 2000's. ca...
- Thu Oct 19, 2017 3:06 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
just a small update, with the data that 'breezerabbit' has shared with me I now have the following known corvairs in the UK 33 vehicles, one of which is written off (so dead, but ive kept it as the registration was known), three of which have been exported (ditto) so 29 cars that have good, solid da...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 3:23 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
Do you have mine? KPL 47C '65 but imported in 71 after it had been exported from US to the US embassy in Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia. (Incidentally, KPL 49C is a mark 2 Jag that overtook my car with my mate driving on the way home from picking it up, I was following behind and was confronted with the 2 c...
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 7:50 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
yes I doGary lot327 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 06, 2017 2:12 am
Do you have mine 1963 convertible NWU 133A
Sent from my iPad using Corvair Forum mobile app
currently the only mk1 convertible that I have found!
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:59 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
I have it already
currently the only commercial that I know of!
currently the only commercial that I know of!
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 12:57 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
Re: corvairs in the United Kingdom
yes I do
one of only three cars in the UK made at the Los Angeles factory!
1965 is the most popular year in the uk as well with ten of them over here
one of only three cars in the UK made at the Los Angeles factory!
1965 is the most popular year in the uk as well with ten of them over here
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:50 am
- Forum: Corvair Talk
- Topic: corvairs in the United Kingdom
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4316
corvairs in the United Kingdom
ive been creating a spreadsheet of all the known, legally registered Corvairs that I can find in the U.K my list doesn't include any Corvairs that I find that are not yet registered, as they cannot be road legal, but as and when the owners get them done I can add them to my list. the cars need to be...
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 1:36 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Newbie from the UK, just saying Hi
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2399
Re: Newbie from the UK, just saying Hi
give me a couple of weeks and I will post my masterpiece up here!
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:02 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Newbie from the UK, just saying Hi
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2399
Re: Newbie from the UK, just saying Hi
gary I know of 3 1963's, one convertible, and two coupes all three are currently taxed and tested. if anyone has any older photos of cars that don't appear on the internet, let me know and I can add them! rich its impossible to work out how many corvairs there are from websites like 'howmanyleft' et...
- Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:41 am
- Forum: Body/VIN Tag Decoding
- Topic: van vin numbers
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1707
Re: van vin numbers
perfect brad thank you
I'm creating a spreadsheet of all the corvairs I know of in the uk, and I'm checking all my 'facts'
rich
I'm creating a spreadsheet of all the corvairs I know of in the uk, and I'm checking all my 'facts'
rich
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 9:09 am
- Forum: Member's Rides, Projects, and Builds
- Topic: My 1960 500
- Replies: 42
- Views: 8271
Re: My 1960 500
just for your interest, your corvair is (currently!) the earliest one that I can find that's registered in the uk (although the Oakland number sequence may skew this compared to willowrun) its also one of 2 that came from Oakland (the other is a 62) one of 3 1960s one of 6 sedans one of 4 500's I ca...