Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

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To enter your vehicle, Reply to the current Corvair of the Month thread, include at least one high quality photo and some info on your entry (year, model, specs, etc). Each show will be limited to the first ten vehicles posted for that month. The voting will begin as soon as ten vehicles are entered or on the 1st of the month, whichever comes first. Please only post vehicles you own and only one per month. Vehicles must be Corvair or Corvair powered. If you win, please do not post the same vehicle in another month during that calendar year. If you won in a previous year you may enter again. The shows will run each month from January through September. In October we will run the "Corvair of the Year" contests. One for all vehicles 1960-1964 and a second for all 1965-1969 vehicles. In November we will have available a Calendar of all of the winners. Please note that by posting pictures in this forum you give corvairforum.com and it's owners the right to use your picture(s) in the calender and website. In order to Vote for your favorite Corvair you will have to have posted at least three times in any forum. In the event of a tie, the vehicle entered first will be the winner.

Vote for Corvair of the Month September 2015

Poll ended at Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:26 pm

Ganue60
11
26%
mitchv
4
9%
RobErnst
1
2%
FROGFINDER
10
23%
BobWitt
17
40%
 
Total votes: 43

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Scott H
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Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by Scott H »

:chevy: Voting Now Open :chevy:
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Scott
1960 Monza Coupe
1965 Evening Orchid Corsa Turbo (project)
1961 Rampside (project)
1964 Spyder coupe (patina car, running)
1964 faux Spyder (project/parts car)
1964 Monza (parts car)
1963 Monza (parts car)
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Re: ENTER- Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by Ganue60 »

Ok guys going to try this again. Here is my 1960 Monza 900. It took me about 5 yrs to complete.....but well worth the time and $$$ LOL.
Thanks for looking and the votes!!!
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Re: ENTER- Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by mitchv »

I too will enter my car again. Here is my ’64 Vert. I purchased it three years ago with 29,000 original miles. It had a re-spray some time in the 80’s. I've had to sort out some bits and pieces along the way and added the dual exhaust. Otherwise, I’ve been just driving and enjoying it. I have the original wire wheel covers, but I like the look of the ’65 wheel covers. Best of all, it was a southern car and it has no rust. It’s been a great car to own and drive. Thanks for your consideration!
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Re: ENTER- Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by RobErnst »

Looks like an all EM Sept.

I just got my car last month. If you look closely at the pics you'll see a temp tag.

Monza two door that I bought from the third owner. He's had it since 1998 when it had 19,000 miles on it. I bought it with 20,599 and I already have it over 22,000. I didn't buy it to store, I bought it to DRIVE. 4 speed, stock exhaust and I added fender skirts.

I have yet to stop almost ANY WHERE without someone wanting to know what it is and more about it. Needs interior (seats and carpet appear to be original with red matching duct tape to cover the tears.
From blue/white Wednesday on the Corvair Owner's fb page
From blue/white Wednesday on the Corvair Owner's fb page
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Re: ENTER- Corvair of the Month September 2015

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This 66 Corsa 140 4x1 4 speed came from the estate of Horace C Rodgers, A WWII purple heart recipient and pilot of the B26 named Flak Bait which flew over 200 missions. The plane is in the Smithsonian air museum. He is my Hero!
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FROGFINDER wrote:Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:48 pm

This 66 Corsa 140 4x1 4 speed came from the estate of Horace C Rodgers, A WWII purple heart recipient and pilot of the B26 named Flak Bait which flew over 200 missions. The plane is in the Smithsonian air museum. He is my Hero!
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Where is Flak-Bait?
Posted on June 19, 2014 by The National Air and Space Museum

The Museum’s Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait and its crews survived 207 operational missions over Europe, more than any other American aircraft during World War II. Recognizing that significance, the U.S. Army Air Forces saved it from destruction after the war. The newly-created U.S. Air Force transferred it to the Smithsonian in 1949 and the B-26 joined the collection in 1960. Flak-Bait’s forward fuselage section went on display in Gallery 205-World War II Aviation when the Museum opened in July 1976. Museum specialists have transported it, along with the rest of the artifact that has been in storage at the Paul E. Garber Facility, to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

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Millions of visitors have been able to enjoy seeing the forward fuselage section of Flak-Bait during its thirty-eight years of display in Gallery 205-World War II Aviation. You can see where in earlier years visitor’s hands wore off the olive drab paint just past the Plexiglas nose.

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This is the view of the radio (left) and navigator positions inside Flak-Bait’s forward fuselage section as you look toward the cockpit. [Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 2014-02562).]

Martin factory workers completed the B-26 in April 1943 and the Army Air Forces assigned it to the 449th Bombardment Squadron of the 322nd Bombardment Group. Lt. James J. Farrell gave the bomber its name by combining the word for German anti-aircraft artillery, “flak,” with his brother’s nickname for their family dog, “Flea Bait.” Between August 1943 and the end of the war, Flak-Bait and its crews accumulated 725 hours of combat time against Nazi Germany. Over the entire artifact, there are over 1,000 patched flak holes earned in missions that included sorties in support of Allied operations during the D-Day Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge.

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On April 17, 1945, Flak-Bait’s 200th mission was leading the entire 322nd Bombardment Group on a mission to bomb Magdeburg, Germany. [Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM A-42346)]

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Flak-Bait’s crew poses with the bomber after the April 17, 1945 mission. The celebratory 200 Missions “bomb” just under the pilot’s cockpit is not the one found on the artifact today. This one was either superimposed on the aircraft or the photograph. [Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 77-2694)]

Few Marauders survive today out of the 5,266 produced by Martin. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, and a private collector in Florida retain complete Marauders in their collections. There are three others undergoing rebuilding and restoration at museums in the United States.
Flak-Bait’s history, provenance, rarity, and original condition make it an extraordinary World War II artifact. The Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar, Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory, and the vast space of the Boeing Aviation Hangar of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center make it possible to treat Flak-Bait and put it on display as a complete airplane. The overall treatment theme is to preserve the artifact’s structural, mechanical, and cosmetic features, but the project will require a combination of techniques ranging from conservation to, when warranted, restoration. The project’s completion will mark the first time Flak-Bait will be fully assembled since the end of World War II.

Jeremy Kinney is the curator for the Martin B-26B-25-MA Marauder Flak-Bait.
:link: http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/where-is-flak-bait/
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BobWitt's 66 Corsa COTM Entry

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Once again I am glad to submit my 1966 Corsa for consideration for COTM. After a lot of research and a long search, I found and purchased this vehicle November of last year – the transaction executed 48 years TO THE DATE after its retail sale in 1966. This Willow Run-built vehicle is still equipped with the original, numbers-matching engine block, according to the Protect-O-Plate that came to me with the vehicle from the 2nd owner in Yuma Arizona.

This vehicle has had a good life, starting in San Diego before being moved to Yuma early in 1994. Somewhere along the way it lost its California Air Injection Reaction system, and received a respray to white from its original Marina Blue. In the 20+ years it spent in Yuma, it received new seat trim, matching the original with true stitching in place of the embossed seat trim.

From the time I received the vehicle in November through early July of this year I have worked to preserve the vehicle for the next owner(s) and the next 50 years. My goals were to make it steer and stop before I made it go…
My new Corsa - November '14 right after receipt.
My new Corsa - November '14 right after receipt.
I treated the light surface rust and painted the interior, trunk and undercarriage from the fire-wall forward. I repainted the Bright Blue interior steel and steering column. I removed the windshield and treated the opening for light surface rust and top-coated. I rebuilt the front suspension with new bushings, tie rods and ball joints, lowering the front by one coil. I cleaned and sealed the fuel system, installing an electric fuel pump. I installed a dual-circuit brake master cylinder, new brake hoses and front lines while rebuilding all four brake corners. I rebuilt the steering gear including new bushings, bearings and replacement ball-nut and pinion. I reconditioned the IP cluster including repainting the cluster and matching glove box and surround. I rebuilt the padded dash cover, and pedal cluster with new bushings. I rebuilt the fuse block/IP harness and replace the main body harness – with additional content to support the electric fuel pump and the possibility for future expansion. I reassembled the vehicle with new interior door and quarter trim – with all the bright bits from the original trim panels. I rebuilt the shift tube and all of the other content in the tunnel. I replaced the 5-spoke alloy wheels with early Z-28 wheels and new radials – including Corsa center caps. Through it all, I learned a lot and enjoyed it immensely – documenting the whole of my journey on my build thread.

After returning the vehicle to the road in early July, I have attended every Detroit Area Corvair Club (DACC) meeting with the car, taken it to the GM Employee Car Show, Woodward Dream Cruse, the DACC Homecoming and plan to drive it to the Orphan Car Show later in September. Through these shows and the Corvair Forum I have made a number of great contacts who have helped me with information and materials, and maybe I also helped a person or two. I continue to work to ‘dial-in’ the drivability – a challenge increased by the dual Dellorto carburetors on my engine.

This coming winter I plan to finish the undercarriage (rear of the fire wall) and rebuild the rear suspension, and detail the engine, trans and engine bay – maybe even returning the cove to the appropriate argent color for next year. So much for my history with the vehicle – now some pictures. These from the GM Employee Show - the sun was just rising when these were taken. I used a trial version of "Photomatx" HDR processing software to combine the bracketed images into a High Dynamic Range images. Because this is a trial, all of the following have the "Photomatix" watermark.

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Thanks for your review and consideration... For more detail see my build thread, linked in the signature.
BobWitt - South East Michigan
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Re: ENTER- Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by Fast Eddie »

I guess I've been sleeping at the switch, and I need to catch up on congratulating some great winners!
Icelander Spyder, June winner
Greatscott73, July winner and Pathfinder the Aug. winner. Truly beautiful cars. Congratulations to all.

Good Luck to this months entries.
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Re: Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by Gigharborvair »

All truly awesome examples of our advocation...great, great cars !!

Sully
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Re: Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by joemonza »

Congrats Mr. Witt. Nice looking vair.
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Re: Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by BobWitt »

Thanks all, just noticed my COTM 'License Plate' for the first time! Now off the the Late COTY voting!
BobWitt - South East Michigan
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1966 Corsa 140
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Re: Vote - Corvair of the Month September 2015

Post by Pathfinder »

Congrats - and beautiful car! Love the color combo...
Phillip
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'14 Durango LTD
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