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Vair-8 wrote:Looking for seats for dads 68. Theses work and look great. Really like to lever to flip seat forward.
I have these same seats in my 66 vert,, My only change would be that i would raise them off the floor boards a little, the bottom is much lower than the factory seat, this can make it feel like you are swimming inside the car!
Honda B20 turbo powered corvair. Is it the first honda powered corvair out there?
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Been busy working on my dads Corvair V8 but I did get some body work complete
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On way to body shop
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Back home. Now hard job of picking the right color
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Removed and replaced wind shield rust
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Sorry guys, it's been so long I forgot I already posted these pictures
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Here are current pictures of my dads
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Rear view
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Looks sweet :tu:
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All good progress!
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Haven’t posted in a long time. Been at a stand still for quite some time and not much work has been done to the car. It has been a very tough decision to sell the car. This has been a father and son project so made it even more difficult. At the pace it’s been going too slow and want to send time with my dad driving and showing our CorV8 at car show that I bought a new car that is a driver. I will post pictures of my new 1966 Crown Corsa CorV8 350 that was built back in the 70’s.
This car has been sold to a great Corvair enthusiast here in the valley of Arizona. I really happy that I will be able to see this car come to life.
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Some last pictures
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Engine looks good!


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Here is a quick pic of my new ride
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Sweet!
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lOOKING for the SBC bellhousing adaptor (KEP or KELMARK) to a '66 Saginaw. Would machine a copy or cast a new one. There is a local small foundry that believes they can do a pattern. I have built transaxles with 4 spider gears/posi that are left over from my racing days. I resurrected a LM 66 coupe with no interior drivetrain etc from the crusher, too nice, no rust, to be scrapped. Want to build an easy going (air conditioning etc) road car, not a racing car!! Pls call me 831-917-5952
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