Category: Members submissions
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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…
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Beautiful Shape for ’65
Here’s one we’d thought you might enjoy shared by longtime SFBA member Don Houghton. Zoom in and enjoy!
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Me & My Car: Orinda owner’s ’64 Corvair Spyder reminder of first vehicle
This article originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News / Bay Area Newsgroup Jan 22, 2023 edition profiling longtime SFBA member Steve Schnier and his 1964 Spyder. Written and photographed by Dave Krumboltz. The archive is available to read online chock full of ads and popups. You can enter at your own risk HERE…
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On The Road
Photos and adventure by Laurence Jones SFBA member and Corvair advocate, Laurence Jones, has been traveling the highways and byways of Northern and Central California behind the wheel of “Gracie” a 1965 Monza once owned by SFBA members Lou Goni & Paul Lacey. What makes Laurence’s digital diary especially interesting is it’s all analog. Photos…
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Corvair Hot Air ~ By Dave Newell
SFBA Preface: If you are new to Corvairs or new to our group, one thing you will learn is that Corvair people genuinely like to share with one another. Whether it be parts, tricks and tips or historical facts, we want you to know what we know! There is a similar ethos within the CORSA…
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Why Corvairs (or) Why Me?!
Hunting around for an interesting tech article, we accidentally stumbled across this very entertaining article from the January 1986 CORSA Communique. We got a good laugh and thought you might too. The original authors dollars are 1986 (40 years ago now!) so keep that in mind when reading. Also of note, ALL back issues of…