Category: Supplemental news
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Upcoming Weekend Events
While you may have missed out on the Welding Workshop at Sterling Restorations and the Old Car Picnic in San Francisco last weekend, that doesn’t mean you have to sit at home this weekend! Here are this weekends upcoming events courtesy of Tim Newey of NorCal Car Culture and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa. If…
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Member Stories ~ San Francisco Old Car Picnic
By Josh Deitcher The Old Car Picnic this last weekend at Golden Gate Park did NOT disappoint. According to event organizers, there were over 650 vehicles that attended. Along with this impressive number, I can only suspect that there were thousands of spectators, hundreds of pounds of meat BBQ’ed and millions of stories and laughs…
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What is a Judson Supercharger
You may be new to Corvairs and maybe stumbled upon a forum post, Facebook conversation or maybe saw a Corvair locally with a weird looking setup with a tag that reads “Supercharged by Judson”. You may have then asked yourself, “What is a Judson Supercharger?”. You may be reading this and saying, “Wait! I can…
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Revisiting Great Articles ~ Water-Cooled Corvair Engine Offers Technical Delight
This article by Bob Helt appeared in the November 1981 issue of the CORSA Communique magazine. CORSA members can read the original article, which includes several additional photos, by logging into the CORSA website. The 1966 Corvair Monza appeared to be in almost factory stock condition as it sat in Lloyd’s garage. Only the twin…
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Voting for CORSA directors is now open
Voting for CORSA Directors is now open! The voting period is 15 October 2025 through 1 December 2025. Please visit the following link for the online ballot:https://www.corvair.org/?option=com_civ … t=1&sid=16 NOTE: You MUST be logged into the CORSA website for this link to work. You may also fill out and mail the paper ballot that was…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Here’s your weekend event update courtesy of Tim Newey of NorCal Car Shows and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa. Did you leave your car out on Monday to let it get washed? Yes? Perfect! Now it’s ready for all the car shows this weekend! Comment below if you plan to go to any of these,…
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Tech Tip ~ Pressure Plate Checking
Tip provided by Mike Dawson originally in the Feb 2024 HACOA Newsletter If you are contemplating installing a used pressure plate, the following may be useful in determining if there are any potential issues. It is always helpful if you personally know the past performance of a pressure plate or if you acquire one from…
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Bringing a ’65 Corvair Corsa Back to Life: A Body and Paint Restoration Journey. Part 3 of 4
Perfecting the Metal and Bodywork Getting the now-bare metal shell back from the blasters revealed a few more spots that needed attention. We finished any remaining welding and fabrication on the clean metal before finally diving into the bodywork. Our goal was to align all the panels to tolerances even better than the factory ever…
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Bringing a ’65 Corvair Corsa Back to Life: A Body and Paint Restoration Journey. Part 2 of 4
Uncovering Hidden Damage and Fabrication The first stage was what I call “pre-paint stripping.” Using extremely coarse grit sandpaper, we manually removed the old paint and, more importantly, the heavy layers of old body filler that were hiding shoddy repairs. It’s always a relief when an owner is prepared, and luckily, Bruce had sourced new…
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Bringing a ’65 Corvair Corsa Back to Life: A Body and Paint Restoration Journey. Part 1 of 4
Gabe Lopez of Sterling Restorations was kind enough to share the story of restoring Bruce’s 65 Corsa convertible. Many longtime SFBA members may remember this car belonging to Marc Bruchy. Mark’s parents bought the Corvair brand new in San Francisco. Marc grew up with the car in his family and, eventually, inherited it. After some…
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