The "Red Rocket" My 65 Corsa

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The "Red Rocket" My 65 Corsa

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Just thought I would make a posting of my newest addition to the family. It is the nicest classic car I have ever just bought outright. No work to date on it except for cleaning of course.

It is a 180HP turbo charged car with the rear antenna. Orginially a "Evening Orchid" car, it was restored maybe 96 from what I can tell. :dontknow:

I get alot of compliments wherever I go and as usual it is a great conversation starter.

Found out today after giving another couple a ride in it, it maybe too low. I was hitting ground all over the place :doh:
But all in all a fun car. :checkeredflag:
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very very nice !!
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Very cool.....it's nice to just get in and drive.
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It was SO low, I couldn't get a jack under it to have a look at the undercarriage when I took pics to put in the newsletter a few months back, glad a Corvair guy got it. :)
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SO thats a cool car :-) Like the turbo !!!! keep on driving
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thanks you guys. I do love driving it. To a fault really, yesterday it was 95 outside and we drove to a restaurant we love about twenty miles away. It was closed so we drove about another thirty miles to our second choice. The temperature stayed at 400 the whole way and I babied it to keep the pinging away. but it did great. :pray:
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It might need to have the heads de-flashed... get on that. *GRIN*
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That is a cool car. Glad you are enjoying it. Thanks for the pics.
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Well I fixed the speedo today. It is awful bouncy. Do you have to lubricate brand new cables too? I bought the complete cable. :dontknow:

Next I am going to get the courtesy lights working. PO did some cutting of wires. We will see.


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Hi Crazy. Do you know how many coils were cut from the front coils to get it to sit that low ?
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No I don't know. I could count them if you are interested. You would have to tell how many the orginals had because this is my first late model and I didn't do the work.
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Do you guys have any ideas about my speedo? I replaced the cable but it is bouncy and the odometer and trip odometer still don't work.
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Sometimes the cable being a bit to long will cause the bounce cuz it is in a bind. Just take it out and carefully grind a 1/16 or so off the trans end and see what happens.
Good luck, beautiful car.
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Great looking car Jon.

What's going to be next on your list?
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First thanks for the input BajaBill, I will try that fix.
Second thanks Oldguiy1187, I think I would like to get the courtsey lights working, it adds a nice touch when you open the doors.
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Did a little repair on the Corsa.

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