New Member, had Corvairs many years ago.
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:10 pm
Hello. I may be new here, but I had two Corvairs years ago. One was a '61 wagon, with a big dent in the RH rear door and quarter panel, and a '60 sedan. The '61 started out as my parents' car. By the time I took my driving test in it for my first license in 1972, it had the aforementioned dent (my mother made a left turn in front of an oncoming VW, she always swore that she had the left turn arrow), it had a rusted out front passenger floor (cowl vent leak), and leaked oil so badly that it got about 30 miles to a quart, and the back was dirty ten miles after you washed the car. But for a 16 year old, it was wheels.
For my 16th birthday, I was also gifted a '60 sedan. Body was in beautiful shape (had the same cowl vent leak, so floor was rusting out also), needed an engine overhaul and brakes. Learned a lot rebuilding that car. Also made a few mistakes, some of which I didn't realize were mistakes until years later (What? Those sleeves at the ends of the tube that goes between the intake manifolds aren't bakelite?) The car had an automatic and a bench seat, which made it nice to take to the drive in movies (made a few mistakes there also, but that's another story.
The wagon was sold in the mid '70s for $25. I junked the '60 in '78 after the transmission went out (I was getting ready to move away from the family nest, and truth be known I wanted something more modern and attractive to the ladies).
So here we are, about 50 years or so later. After rebuilding the engine on my everyday car (a 1991 Geo Metro) I got to thinking it might be fun to have another project. So I'm considering an older car. I'm fairly familiar with Corvairs, so that was my first choice. Preferably a wagon if I can find one for the right price (read "cheap"). Extra points if the serial number is 10735W211765. But if I found a nice, cheap gen II model I probably wouldn't turn it down.
Thank you for your time.
For my 16th birthday, I was also gifted a '60 sedan. Body was in beautiful shape (had the same cowl vent leak, so floor was rusting out also), needed an engine overhaul and brakes. Learned a lot rebuilding that car. Also made a few mistakes, some of which I didn't realize were mistakes until years later (What? Those sleeves at the ends of the tube that goes between the intake manifolds aren't bakelite?) The car had an automatic and a bench seat, which made it nice to take to the drive in movies (made a few mistakes there also, but that's another story.
The wagon was sold in the mid '70s for $25. I junked the '60 in '78 after the transmission went out (I was getting ready to move away from the family nest, and truth be known I wanted something more modern and attractive to the ladies).
So here we are, about 50 years or so later. After rebuilding the engine on my everyday car (a 1991 Geo Metro) I got to thinking it might be fun to have another project. So I'm considering an older car. I'm fairly familiar with Corvairs, so that was my first choice. Preferably a wagon if I can find one for the right price (read "cheap"). Extra points if the serial number is 10735W211765. But if I found a nice, cheap gen II model I probably wouldn't turn it down.
Thank you for your time.