Author: SFBA CORSA
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Chevrolet’s Air~Cooled Flat~Six Was Influenced By The Volkswagen Flat~Four And Horizontally~Opposed Aircraft And Tank Engines
Article by Mike McNessor and published by Hemmings. The original article complete with ads and popups can be found here While the Corvair did bring turbocharging to the masses in ’62, the Turbo Air 6 was Chevrolet’s name for the naturally aspirated base engine that made its debut in ’60. Initially, the six displaced 140-cubic…
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6-Day Wonder: Sterling’s Stealth ’64 Corvair Full Respray
By Gabe Lopez, Owner of Sterling Restorations It’s not often in the restoration business that you encounter a 60-year-old classic car that’s, well, almost perfect. For those of us who make a living sanding, welding, and fixing decades of rust and poor repairs, finding a truly solid foundation is the equivalent of striking gold. That’s…
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Happy Thanksgiving from SFBA CORSA
We would like wish you all a Vairy Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for all of your support and friendship over the years. We are also thankful to Ed Cole and Bill Mitchell for making the idea of the Corvair a reality that we are able to enjoy to this day. We are thankful for…
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Upcoming Weekend Events & A Message From CORSA
It’s almost Thanksgiving but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any events to take your Corvair to this weekend! Thanks to Tim Newey of NorCal Car Shows and Tito Garrett of Valley CORSA. Please read past the events for a message from CORSA. Car Shows November 29 – San Francisco: The 28th Annual NorCal Car Club…
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Doug Hargrove’s V8 Corvair
The Modesto area has a rich history of Corvair racers. SFBA life member Doug Hargrove is one of those race car builders and drivers. We thought you would enjoy reading about Doug’s undertaking of an abandoned V8 project Corvair. The original article and a massive archive of V8 powered Corvairs can be found on the…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
With the holidays fast approaching, the days getting shorter and colder (and wetter!), the events get a little sparse. But, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t things to do this weekend. Get that Corvair out on the road in advance of the upcoming Thanksgiving and Black Friday week! Thanks to Tim Newey of NorCal Car…
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SFBA Holiday Lunch Dec 6th 1pm
We are happy to report that this year’s location for the annual SFBA CORSA holiday lunch has been booked for Lara’s Fine Dining at the Richmond Marina on Sat, Dec 6th at 1pm. The location came with high praise by VP Pete Tachis. Josh went out to explore it and confirmed that the location, staff…
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1966 Corvair Monza For Sale
We recently received a message from Roy Arimoto of the Sacramento Club letting us know he is putting his 66 Monza up for sale. Selling my 1966 Monza, 19k miles. Front suspension rebuilt, new steering box. Interior is original except for new carpet. White with red interior. Beautiful repaint. 110hp engine with 2 speed powerglide…
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A Little About The Corvair Engine
Today’s article is for those of you who may be a little newer to the Corvair world. While we will share tech articles time to time that will more advanced, we never want to lose sight of the fact that we were all new to Corvairs at one time. We want you greenhorns to become…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Well gang, it looks like the atmospheric river has arrived. Or is it a bomb cyclone? Rain. It’s raining you guys. This means you’ll be rollin the dice this weekend with events, but if the sun decides to shine this weekend, here’s a list of places to drive your Corvair. Thanks, as always, to Tim…
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