corvairs in the United Kingdom

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I was at a car meet in Preston last month and guy there in his 70's used to own a white EM he was surprised to see mine as had not seen any other corvair's in uk

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spreadsheet is going well

I now know of

20 mk1 / em of which 14 are taxed for use on road

18 mk2 / lm of which 5 are taxed for use on the road

I'm now starting to try and get details of the data tags to expand the spreadsheet data
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Hi.
Got mine? 62 saloon. 224 uye.
Not used since April.
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roastbeef wrote: Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:29 am Hi.
Got mine? 62 saloon. 224 uye.
Not used since April.
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hi, yes i have, one of only two cars in the UK built in the oakland factory
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I have recently imported a 1961 Greenbrier reg 382 UYY. Very original and lovely condition.
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Do you have mine KGW742A
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Datsolow wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2018 5:11 pm Do you have mine KGW742A
no, but i do now, thank you very much

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Were the Corvairs imported to the UK fitted with a RHD configuration?


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perfectreign wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2018 7:36 am Were the Corvairs imported to the UK fitted with a RHD configuration?


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never.

I have only found one corvair that's still registered in the UK that was imported in as a new car (and that is a LHD), all others are much later, of all the EM's i have, only 4 where registered pre 2000 (6 for LM's), so most of the cars over here are secondhand cars brought from the USA

of all EM's & LM's only three are CKD cars, and of them only two where sold new to country's that where RHD (1 x UK (came from Antwerp, so a plant that would have been making LHD cars for the Europe market), 1 x SA (built in port elizibeth). I guess GM just felt it wasn't worth the hassle/expense for such a limited financial return.

also, I suppose that in the 1960's the roads were so much quieter, having a LHD car wasn't so much of a hassle that it is now, plus there was the 'exotic' feel of having a LHD car

its strange though, as corvairs do lend themselves to been sold/made in either LH or RH configuration as the dash is 'nearly' the same, and the bulkhead couldn't have taken much to alter for the brake master, and I doubt that the steering box would have been that hard to alter. due to their size they where certainly a manageable 'European' sized car, unlike a lot of the monsters that where sold in the USA!!

I've seen some proper 'lash ups' of conversions over the years, a mate of mine had a factory converted Plymouth Duster that looked as if it had been converted by a blacksmith! :rolling:

i have seen (on here) a LM corvair that was converted to right hand drive using a rack and pinion, but i dont think it was ever finished
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Is the spreadsheet shared online anywhere?
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no, but I'm happy to email it to anyone who wants a copy

I'm just cautious about posting it up as it has chassis numbers on it, and coming from a background of mini cooper s's, the last thing you ever want is a list of registration numbers and chassis numbers - I'm sure that in the uk people are stealing and ringing corvairs though.....
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OK could I have a copy please?
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came across this post while forum hopping, i'd like to add my 1969 monza to your spreadsheet of uk corvairs, reg UBD830G
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