Category: Members submissions
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From the Corvair Historical Society: Early Valves 101
Our lesson today was inspired by Honor Roll student Dan Kidder who asked if there was anything on the valve issues with the early engines. In this context, we will look at issues with the valves themselves; valve seats really weren’t a problem back ‘in the day’ unless somebody ran the engine without a belt and overheated it badly,…
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From the CHS: ’61 Dealer Bulletin
From Prof. Larry Claypool and the Corvair Historical Society… Today we’re sitting at our sales desk at Hometown Chevrolet, reading up on on the latest changes & additions to the 61 model lineup. We’ve heard that a Monza version of the Corvair 4 door would be arriving shortly and this January 10th bulletin confirms it.…
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From Hagerty: Four Ways to Decide Which Spare Parts to Keep From Your Project Car
This article was recommended by a member as required reading for a Corvair owner as we are known to accumulate parts. From Kyle Smith, contributor and Corvair owner with Hagerty. The original article can be found HERE. Mountains of parts exist within my medium-sized garage. Over the years, I have made a significant effort to…
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A Yenko Mechanic Shares Tales From Inside The Shop
Outside of CORSA, Hagerty may be doing more work to promote the Corvair than all other publications combined. If you are looking for insurance for your Corvair or other classic car, or just enjoy reading about the classic car hobby, you can’t go wrong with Hagerty. Many thanks to member Bruce Mooers for sending this…
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From the CHS: 1964 Sales Dept Archive
Periodically, we want to share with you all interesting archival documents from Larry Claypool and the Corvair Historical Society (formerly the Corvair Preservation Foundation). In today’s article, Larry discusses a bulletin sent out to salesmen in 1964 to promote some positive press and buildouts for discontinued models. Enjoy! Often our lessons revolve around service department…
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Corvair Horn Buttons
A subscriber sent this chart made by Stock Group Corvair member Bill Hubbell showing the different Corvair horn buttons made throughout production. A very helpful chart if you are restoring an interior or just curious to see what the various buttons looked like over the production years. If you sit on the stock branch of…
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Artificial Intelligence or Artifice
As you may have seen, or think you may have seen, the age of AI is upon us. There is much deception and misinformation out there. A crude but apt term bandied about is “AI slop”. In the short story, “The System of Dr Tarr and Prof Fether”, Edgar Allan Poe once penned the proverb,…
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Tarps off! … or on
I don’t know how many of you are baseball fans, but there’s a new “tarps off” craze sweeping MLB this year where fans remove their shirts and wave them over their heads to show their team support and as a rally cry. In our world, we are rallying one of our junior members, Brodie, as…
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CORSA Board Of Directors
Today, let’s switch gears and talk about CORSA. I hope that everyone reading this is a CORSA member. If you aren’t, its time to right that wrong and sign up! The nomination period for CORSA division directors opened 01 July and goes through 15 August. Once all nominations are received, candidates will run for a…
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Happy 4th From SFBA!
SFBA member Chris Myers got his 65 Monza all decked out for the Danville Patriot Cruise. We hope that you all have a safe and happy 4th. If you participate in a parade or just take your Corvair out for a spin, send us some pics to share with the group!