So after having countless nights of no sleep due to having a stent from my recent kidney stone episode, I made a list of everything I need to do for the short term and the long term.
Short Term:
Engine - New or repair starter. Get the Carbs sorted out, rebuilt and synced. Ignition system needs to be finished and timing adjusted.
Transmission/Differential - Right now it's a custom 4-spider 3.89 with Posi. I'm going to go down to a 3.27 to squeak some mileage out of this sucker. My dad has a 3.27 on his '66 Corsa and its peppy. I'm not too concerned about acceleration.
Exhaust - Probably going to go with a stock dual exhaust for the interm. I want Headers, but they are pricey and the ones that are on the car are shot. I have the duals parts except the mufflers.
Brakes - Pretty sure the system is shot, just don't know where, so new lines, hoses, wheel cylinders, shoes, and reman the drums.
Wheels and Tires - This one has been bugging me. I think for the interm, I'm going to go with Cragar Soft 8's until I can purchase some really nice wheels. I'm trying to figure out the rubber, because the sizes I want are far and few in between.
Electrical - I have found that there are some electrical bugs do to the hack job somebody (probably dad) has done in the interior. Also the Reverse lights don't work, which I'm not cool with.
Long Term:
Engine - Rebuild. There are so many new (better) materials that are around now that weren't available 35 years ago when this engine was last opened up. I would like to keep it a 140, however, my dad keeps pushing the 180 Turbo motor. I don't hate the Turbo, but it's not the best design. He has all the stuff to build the 180 and he's always wanted to build one for himself, so I will probably opt for the turbo.
Exhaust - Going back Headers with some nice turbo mufflers if I stay with the 140. If I go 180, I am pretty much stuck with the stock style exhaust.
Brakes - Going to go with a front disc brake set up. While Corvair drums are pretty good for drums, they're still drums. I would like the upgrade.
Electrical - The entire car is getting rewired. I will not get crazy with it until it's time to restore the car. I'm going to have a newer style fuse panel that can take the load of all the stuff I am going to do to this car. I'm going to move the fuse panel from under the dash to the trunk. This is the unit I will probably go with:
http://www.racersrods.com/, it's been recommended by other Corvair owners.
I'm also going to go with a higher amp alternator.
Lighting - Everything is going LED. Gauges, interior lights, taillights, turn signals, side markers, etc.
I'm going to do a headlight retrofit. I do like what Nate Wolfe did to his '65:
http://corvaircenter.com/phorum/read.ph ... 727,page=1, so most likely will follow what he did. I am also going to take the suggestion he gave to me for for Halos. I'm going to do the 156 LED COB units.
I am also going to look at putting the COB Halos in the tail lights as a parking light, not a brake light. Not sure it will work with the diameter and gasket inside the tail light, but I want something bright that people will see when driving at night.
Interior- So, I'm pretty much going to go stock on the interior vinyl. After I get the car running and drive it around for a while, I will see if I can deal with the '69 high back buckets. If not, I will see about new seats.
I'm going to do a triple gauge set up above the radio bezel. Yenko Stingers and Fitch Sprints had the gauges up there, but there is one huge flaw, the gauges don't face the driver and they actually angle downward because the dashboard angles downward, so it doesn't work for very well for a quick glance. I'm going to get some of those angled bezels that will allow the gauges to face me. I'm going to go with gauges from
http://www.speedhut.com, because I like their product and I can customize the gauges to look like they came from the 60's/70's.
I also am going to see if I can retrofit a '69 Camaro RS center console (the one without the gauges) and build up a center console that can house some speakers. I'm not setting my heart on it, it may not work.
Audio- I like music. I want to listen to music while I drive, that's one of my favorite things while cruising. So, I'm going to go with a RetroSound radio. From the couple Corvair owners that have bought the recent units, they really like them.
I'm going put a new set of speakers in the dash grille. As I said before if I can do the Camaro console, I will also have a set of speakers in there. I am also going to build a box for the parcel tray and have two 6" speakers with a 10" sub in the middle. I'm going to figure out a way to conceal it all so it doesn't look blatantly obvious. People are shady and I don't need someone trying to jack the stuff out of my car.
Exterior- Now this is the big one. I can't make my mind up, but it's a long ways off, so I don't need to fret.
I haven't decided on my color combo yet. It will be black and red for sure, but I'm not sure which on I like better. Chrome bits may end up body color depending on which direction I go with paint.
The Solar Roof is coming off and getting repaired. My dad told me that it didn't fit right and he had it wrapped in vinyl because it was cheaper that having someone reshape the fiberglass. It will be painted, no more vinyl.
I'm going to reshape the intake vents on the quarter panels. My dad originally wanted them to look like NACA ducts, but the guy who did the bodywork didn't listen to him. I'm going to go ahead and redo them to be shaped like NACA ducts.
Even though my dad had the decklid spoiler be a part of the body, it's all metal, so the decklid weighs a ton. So, I may go with a Yenko decklid If I can find one.
So that's that for now. I have plenty of time to change my mind, so I will update this list as I go.