Does anyone here likes Corvairs?
I think the Corvairs beat Porsche to the mmarket with a air cooled flat 6.
(please no flaming)
Does anyone here likes Corvairs?
I think the Corvairs beat Porsche to the mmarket with a air cooled flat 6.
(please no flaming
Sure.........
I like mine like this...........
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
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'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
There are many good things about Corvairs.
But, there are many great things about 911's!
After owning a 65 Corvair Corsa for 10 years it took about 3 months of owning a 1968 911T to decide that the Corsa was to go. Yes a 68T!
Compaired to everything else that Detroit was producing the Corvair was an excellent car. Sporty, efficient, durable, and clean esthetics. Pretty daring for Chevrollet. The Corvair could out handle virtually every domestic car so to call it unsafe or dangerous was strange. It handled "differently" would be more correct.
In a land of V8's the Corvair did pretty well.
If Chevrollet wants to get me into their showroom a Retro Corvair just might do it.
Hmmm...
1970 911S Targa
On the road again soon.
I inherited a '62 Monza from my sister. Converted the Powerglide to 4-speed manual, upped displacement to 164 cu. in (~2.7 liters), added the riguer 4 downdraft 1 barrels, lowered with widened 13x7"wheels on Goodyear Blue Streak Caldwell recaps. That was my ride for along time with an occassional autocross. I finally sold it for my '69 pcar (that's a ways back).
GM showed typical cajones by dropping it under pressure by this guy who didn't/still doesn't have a driver's license, but wrote a book about it (a person I respect in other areas, though). Actually, GM marketed this car in the "sporty" category, yet as set up, was anything but that. They stopped short of giving it a real independent suspension, instead equipping it with a variation of a VW swing axle. They were also troubled by oil leaks. Otherwise, a forward-thinking, nice-looking, light and maneuverable compact of the day. It's a good thing the aftermarket stepped up to provide the right parts that GM "forgot".
The Yenko Stinger in Chuck's post was the epitomy of Corvair development - of course not created by GM.
Sherwood
Unfortunately I don't have a picture, but here in SoCal there's an absolutly beautiful early Corvair spider with a personalize plate that reads ..........
F NADER
My buddy Hector's mom's gold early coupe/automatic was the first car I ever spun out...
I thought it was a very fun and practical 'small' American car that lacked from bad press and bastard-child development.
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
LOL Chuck - I'm sure nobody here voted for that NUT!Originally Posted by Chuck Miller
I've never owned or driven a Corviar. But years ago (early '90s), I was working in the Cadillac studio at GM Design Center. Every so often we had a "studio cleanup" day... usually before some celebrity or political dignitary came through for a tour. Is I walked over to deposit my armload of botched/rejected sketches on the big trash pile that had formed in the middle of the studio - I saw something that I couldn't BELIEVE was sitting on top of that pile!
An ORIGINAL Corvair rendering/design proposal dated early 1963 - beautiful "old school" technique, gold chalk and gouache on black Canson paper. It was created and signed by designer Dave Hronek (who had since retired from the General, so I never knew him). Let's just say, I quickly removed it from that trashpile!
I'll see if I can get a picture, it is now properly framed and on display (so reflections may be tricky) - SO glad I saved it from the SHREDDER!
Jared
'73 911S #0793
'69 912_ #0602
Early S #0454
RGruppe #0391
I a fan of the early cars up to '64.
I like the '64 since it has the early style but the later car's suspension.
Jared:
Just goes to show -- One man's trash is another man's treasure. That is why Judy and I like antiquing. But that's something that you already know.
larry
Early 911S Registry Member #537
73 - Viper Green 911E Targa - Kermit - Gone but not forgotten
Kermit's Short Story and Pix on the 911E Website
06 - Lexus IS250 MT6
98 - Volvo 70V XC
As an aside. In my day job, I deal with engineering drawings. Now that they are produced by AutoCAD (or other CAD programs), I can no longer tell which CAD operator (not a draftsman) or often which firm produced the document.
I truly miss the old hand drawn drawings where each draftman was idiosyncratic and you could spot both the "style" of the firm which produced the drawing and the hand of the guy who actually put india ink to linen (or is it pencil to mylar?). Many of these drawings are art in their own right.
It is a shame to see this human touch go away.
Harry
Member #789
1970 VW Sunroof Kombi Bus - "The Magic Bus"
1973.5 911T Targa for fun - "Smokey"
2009 MB C300
Yes, but so did Preston Tucker in the late 1940s (Tuckers had a modified Franklin airplane engine).
Corvairs are kind of neat, and a Corvair Turbo costs a lot less than a 930.
Jim Alton
Torrance, CA
Early 911S Registry # 237
1965 Porsche 911 coupe
1958 Porsche 356A cabriolet
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