Corvair Forum

Finally resolved, thanks to the incomparable Larry Claypool! Turns out the PO left off the lock washers on the lower shock mounts when replacing the shocks. This caused the nut to bottom out on the threads of the bolt. This gave the appearance of being tight, but allowed movement when driving, and ...

I follow a couple of the Facebook Corvair pages. Here’s a 64 convertible in Rochester NY that just popped up today. Looks like it is in nice condition and owned (so the ad says) by a Corvair enthusiast. I should mention - I do not know this car and am not recommending. I just remembered your post a ...

Ashtray from Ebay. Ash Gold rattle can, also Ebay. A bit of elbow grease, et voila:
From this: To this:

Brad - thank you for your reply, and for all your detailed replies in this forum, they have helped me many times. Thingy it is. Those GM engineers shouldn't have bothered, as the dash looks a lot better without it.

Now I need to score an ashtray and a spray can of Ash Gold paint, and I'm all set.

My 1968 500 has a padded-dash material surrounding the radio and covering the front of the ashtray. (see pic) I don't know what you call it. A valence? Let's call it a valence. A gap had formed at the top and the PO had tried to run a bead of some kind of glue there and it looked... bad. So I took ...

Good to know, thanks Ted! When you buy the bushings from Clark's you get all 6. My plan was to replace them all, but the bolt to the upper inner left was frozen, and I couldn't budge it. Visually, both sets of inners looked ok. I suspect the shocks at this point. When weather permits, I will get ...

I thought it might be the outer stabilizer bar bushings too, as mine were chewed up. Someone had replaced them the wrong way - they are oval, and stand up tall, rather than the way the previous job had been done. I replaced them and tightened them up - still clunks. When the snow melts around ...

My goof, sorry about that. I have a 1968 Corvair 500, with a 95hp and 2 speed powerglide. Ball joints have been confirmed good by an experienced mechanic, and the suspension is stock, except, as mentioned in the original post - pittman arm bushing, outer stabilizer arm bushings and shocks have been ...

What could cause clunking in the front suspension going over bumps on my 1968 500? I have eliminated the following: Pittman arm bushing replaced. Outer stabilizer arm bushings replaced. I asked our local Corvair mechanic in Chicago to look it over and he says all the bushings, ball joints, etc. are ...

Sorry for the late update, but it's for a good reason, I've been off enjoying my Corvair! Premium fuel, removing the driver's side lower shroud (where the failed t-stat is) and snugging down all readily apparent vacuum hoses has mostly done the trick. I'm going to tear into it when the weather gets ...

Just a quick note to say thank you for all the great detailed information. I suddenly got very busy with other stuff and haven't had any time to get started on all this, but I will do, and will be sure to provide updates.

Thanks for all the help, really appreciate it. To address a few things that have been brought up. The previous owner did a lot more than I realized, as you will see in the pics below. It looks like the engine has gotten a lot of love. The valve cover, sump pan, exhaust and rear shocks look new. The ...

I should have mentioned, yes, the smog pump has been deleted. But the good news is all the parts came with the car, they are in a box in the trunk. I will spend a little time taking pictures and try to supply more specifics about what engine I have, distributor number, etc. Thanks

I am a new owner of this low mileage 1968 model 500, 95 HP, powerglide. The car is a true barn find with only 13,000 miles on it. I acquired it from a fellow who had made some mods - stock air box is off and carbs look newish. Unfortunately, he has had a stroke and is incapacitated, so I can't ask ...

Thanks for adding me. I found this beaut nearby in IL, bought it and brought it home to Chicago. It is a 1968 500 model with only 12,500 original miles! I'm sure I'll have questions, I will try my best to search first and not be too much of a pest.

Jack