Category: Members submissions
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USS Hornet Spring Tour
From Tito Garrett with Valley Corsa: I hope everyone has saved Saturday, May 23, for the spring tour. The plan is to meet in the East Bay for a spirited drive through the hills followed by lunch in Alameda and a tour of the USS Hornet. If we have at least 15 people we can get…
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Corvair Documentation
I don’t know about your family, but our family led a documented life, at least since I was born. My parents kept all the records from birth announcements through grade school report cards, Boy Scouts to college to my military service. All of that came to me at some point. I bring that up because…
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A Little On The Corvair Powerglide Transmission
Here is an interesting article by the late Bob Helt about the powerglide transmission. Quite a few common questions we get from PG owners are answered in this piece. We’d like to thank the Lehigh Valley Corvair Club for posting it in their April 2026 newsletter. Enjoy! Strange as it may seem, the Corvair Powerglide…
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Unreal at Any Speed ~ John Black’s 1966 Chevy Corvair
It’s always interesting to find a Corvair article where you wouldn’t expect to find a Corvair article. This one was shared with us by a member and we thought you’d enjoy it too. Originally published in the Summit Racing Catalog. Article by Aaron Dolezal. Photos by Todd Biss Productions. Originally published “On All Cylinders” in…
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Corvair Racing Memories At Candlestick & Upcoming Vintage Race At Sears Point
By Seth Emerson There is an upcoming vintage racing event at Sears Point (Sonoma Raceway) on April 17th. In a promo pitch on Facebook they used a picture from the Candlestick Park Road Race event in 1964. I attended that event, as a spectator, and again in 1965. The Candlestick parking lot, all land fill…
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Revisiting great articles ~ Buying A Corvair Wasn’t The Plan
Originally published in the “My Ride Section” of the Wall Street Journal from July 31, 2022. Article by AJ Baime photos by Ryan Schude Citlalli Gonzalez comes from a family of classic car lovers. She decked out a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza with her own unique touches. At 24, She Turned Turned a 1965 Corvair…
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Miss P. (aka my 65) goes under the knife continued…
The body work continues but at a slower pace. My brother is doing the skilled bodywork, hammering and filling and I’m doing the grunt work, as in sanding, sanding and sanding. My wife calls him “Bondo Don”. “Bondo” has been traveling a lot lately so I’m keeping busy doing stuff like straightening out chrome and…
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The People You Will Meet On Your Corvair Journey
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so we are going to flatter Kyle Smith, Corvair owner and writer for Hagerty Media by putting a Corvair spin on his recent article, “6 People You Will Meet on Your DIY Journey” While Corvair people and other “car people” overlap in some areas, we…
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Why the Chevrolet Corvair Was Cancelled
Here is an interesting, informative and mostly accurate video shared by longtime SFBA member Herb Wimmer. SFBA co-founder and historian Dave Newell gave a fantastic interview to co-founder Tony Richards a few months back on the demise of the Corvair. Watch that one after HERE and compare notes. What do you think of this video?…
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It happened at the DMV
Every year, like all of you, I get a friendly reminder from the DMV that the registration is due on my cars. This past year, I didn’t get a notification in the mail for my yellow 64 Monza convertible. I chalked it up to it either being lost in the mail or sent to a…