corvairs in the United Kingdom

[Vman]

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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[guru_1071]

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

[roastbeef]

Hi.
Got mine? 62 saloon. 224 uye.
Not used since April.
Cheers


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[guru_1071]

Hi.
Got mine? 62 saloon. 224 uye.
Not used since April.
Cheers


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hi, yes i have, one of only two cars in the UK built in the oakland factory

[dolomitefan]

I have recently imported a 1961 Greenbrier reg 382 UYY. Very original and lovely condition.

[Datsolow]

Do you have mine KGW742A

[guru_1071]

Do you have mine KGW742A

no, but i do now, thank you very much

now have 24 EM, seven are coupes

[perfectreign]

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


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[guru_1071]

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!

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

[TexasUK]

Is the spreadsheet shared online anywhere?

[guru_1071]

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.....

[TexasUK]

OK could I have a copy please?

[sirsparkalot]

came across this post while forum hopping, i'd like to add my 1969 monza to your spreadsheet of uk corvairs, reg UBD830G