Category: SFBA History
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Zaki Nadiri ~ Corvair Unlimited
Once you feel the bay breeze coming off of Candlestick Point and hear the intoxicating sounds of the jazz music wafting through the air, you know that you have arrived at Corvair Heaven. More aptly, Corvair Unlimited in San Francisco at 1275 Thomas Ave. Along the line of Corvair parts cars and customer cars either…
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Corvair Society of America ad from the 1970’s
Let’s hop into the wayback machine and enjoy these clips from the Corvair Society of America ad campaign from the late 70’s. Above is a clip that we converted when the club tried our hand at TikTok during Covid. We realized that we are more interested in driving than influencing and no-one had any interest…
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~Revisiting Great Articles~ The Curious Case of the Corvair (2021)
A (not so) brief history of GM’s revolutionary small car Words+Photos: Mike Blanchard from rustmag.com For years if you went to a car show or concourse there would be all the high-dollar cars front and center: European sports cars, hot rods, muscle cars, antique vehicles, all with pride of place. But the Corvair guys would…
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Did you know about the Corvair Super Spyder XP-785 Concept Car?
Citations from http://conceptcarz.com & Retro Cars on YouTube The GM Design Studio, under the direction of Bill Mitchell, would build four concept cars atop the Corvair platform, including this XP 785 Super Spyder. The Super Spyder was built on the 1962 Corvair convertible platform but with a wheelbase shortened by fifteen inches. It used the…
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