Corvair Forum

You can use a regulator w/return and then use a locally available filter.

The cost depends in part on how many are made. Higher production brings down costs. I can buy an oil filter for a Chevy 350 for half the price of a Briggs-style filter for my lawnmower.

Check all the pulleys for rust, it acts like sandpaper on the belt!

That is a nice green, try a satin clear over that!

It was an Edsel. I was not aware that Edsel were their own marque.

I was watching a rerun of Extreme Auto Hunters and they had a late 50's Ford Corsair. It had a pushbutton transmission and the buttons were in the center of the steering wheel!

Vairy Nice!

Maybe he has a Powerglide?

Nice work! Keep up the progress reports!

After finishing scraping the undercoating, I decided to do some metal repair for a change of pace. The bottom front of the right rear quarter panel was rusted badly. Cut out the bad parts, had to replace part of the framing beneath as well. QUARTER.JPG QUARTER2.jpg QUARTER3.jpg I then moved on to th...

British sunshine, that's what us Yanks call precipitation, right? That covers all levels: overcast, fog, mist, drizzle, etc...

Bill, if the frame action is stiff or binding, it probably needs to be lubricated. Making sure the joints are all moving freely really helps reduce the load on the motor. I'm sure Chevrolet didn't spec a motor with any extra power! LOL I used a white lithium aerosol on mine, but the top wasn't there...

Time to remove the undercoating! Pressure washed to remove the old mud/dirt. I tried a wire wheel on the angle grinder, it threw up so much dust I decided to heat/scrape first. The heat gun was slow to work so I used a propane torch instead. After I remove as much as I can with scraper and wire whee...

As cnicol said, if you have a harmonic balancer, you might want to check the alignment marks to make sure it has not slipped. The rubber deteriorates over time and if it has slipped, the timing mark on the outer pulley won't be in the correct position anymore. In extreme cases, the outer pulley can ...

Welcome to the forum! :welcome: Clark's Corvair Parts is the best place to get reproductions of all rubber parts for your corvair. They do a great job and their parts fit Corvairs where some generic part may require extra work or modification.. Here is the relevant page from Clark's online catalog D...

I was retired when I did mine last year, and I WON'T do it again! It turned out well, looks good, but it was a PITA since I knew nothing when I started.

By the way, Lowes sells stainless staples.

Good luck!