1961 Chevrolet Corvair Project From Norway

[NorwayCorvair]

Thanks "MBlaster1" and "Bobby65"

[NorwayCorvair]

Picked up loads of parts that i sent to sandblasting on Friday afternoon, just came home now with a lot of clean parts

[MBlaster1]

Looks like a lot of paint and assembly work.

[Bobby65]

looks like youre nearing the home strech of just having to assemble everything!

[NorwayCorvair]

Yea a lot of paint and assembly but hey thats the fun part
I know people tend to use a long time on these things of various reasons.
Im only a normal guy in a normal job.

But let me tell you that there will come updated pics of these parts this week

[NorwayCorvair]

Im mounting a 63-64 Steeering box in my 61 Monza now.
I know the splines on the Steeering wheel isnt the same but does the 63-64 have skinnier base on the Steeering wheel also then the 61?



My 61 corvair with 61 steering wheel and 64 steering box and shaft. Something shady here... Any opinions?

[NorwayCorvair]

Nobody know anything about my steering problem? Guess i need to Buy a 61 steering box and shaft then

[NorwayCorvair]

Paint day on all the sandblasted parts above:















Went for a industrial black on these parts to go with the theme of the car

[terribleted]

Nobody know anything about my steering problem? Guess i need to Buy a 61 steering box and shaft then

60-63 are same. 64 is different. 65 on a lot of changes.

[NorwayCorvair]

Nobody know anything about my steering problem? Guess i need to Buy a 61 steering box and shaft then

60-63 are same. 64 is different. 65 on a lot of changes.

Will a 64 steering box fit in the car length wise?
As you can see from the photos, there are something terrible wrong here..

[Am-Iron]

Nice looking build! You have a good eye. That car is going to be so nice.

[NorwayCorvair]

Nice looking build! You have a good eye. That car is going to be so nice.

Thank you very much Am-Iron

[NorwayCorvair]

Tonight im mounting the headlight assembly with new painted "body"
The headlight buckets had seen better days so i sanded them down and painted them with Eastwoods Cast Iron Gray intended for exhaust and manifoilds.
I used this not because its needed obviously but i like the industrial color it have. (and yea i know it wont show when mounted but atleast i know that its nice back there)



This is how the headlight assembly and buckets look like now.

I have bought NOS parking lights and the headlights are new as well.
Im not so sure about the design on these headlights as im not sure it will fit the theme of the car the way i have visioned.
So maybe these will be changed before its ready for the road in the spring.




Now im going to start polishing up the headlights ring

[Bobby65]

I like those headlights, where did you get them?

[NorwayCorvair]

I like those headlights, where did you get them?

Bought at a Swap Meet in Sweden this summer.
Not sure of make but i think maybe Speedway

[NorwayCorvair]

Got the driver side door to the metal today after going thru what i think was around 14 layers of paint, bondo etc.
When the passenger side is finished there is absolutely no paint, bondo etc on the hole car.

Much nicer to work with!
Deadline just over 120 days!