Tag: air cooled
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Tech Tips – Clutch Chatter
By Mike Dawson, HACOA Chapter Original clutch discs contained asbestos, which was banned long ago. The replacement material is harder and may not engage as smoothly. It is not uncommon to have minor chatter in reverse and sometimes first gear even with all new parts. This chatter can usually be avoided by different pedal application…
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Members Stories
By Herb Wimmer I was doing some organizing and shop office cleaning yesterday and ran across a bunch of photos of my cars.. Of the hundreds I have taken ofmy Monza over the past 40+ years .. Here are a few that stood out: 1) preparing for display at the Sacto Auto Museum…
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’66 Corsa work party July 20th
Our next work party for the Dalforno 66 Corsa is scheduled for Sunday, July 20th at Don’s place in Antioch. Time will be from 10am till early afternoon. For this work party we are continuing to focus on the interior. Don and Johnnie have already installed the headliner. Clark has repaired the driver door cards.…
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For Sale: 1963 Rampside
For Sale: 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside Price: $1,500 (Firm)Location: Penngrove, CA (near Petaluma) Hi, I’m selling my 1963 Corvair Rampside project. Pink in hand, registered non-op, ($159. in fees due) Vehicle Details: Notes: Over $3,500 into this project. Asking $1,500 firm. If interested, comment below or send an email to sfbacorsa@gmail.com and we will give you…
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Leno’s Law
Many of you may have (or may not have) been following the progression of California State Senate Bill 712, better known as Leno’s Law. The law makes a smog exemption on collector cars 35 years and older. The champions working to pass this bill into law are state senator Shannon Grove and comedian & Corvair…
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Corvair Day at Cars & Cabernet in San Carlos
Member event submission from Pete Tachis Corvair Day at Cars and Cabernet in San Carlos. Sunday, July 13 at 10AM . If at all possible I’m going to need an approximate car count by the end of next week. Visit the host website, Autovino Exotic Car Storage to learn more about the…
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Selling Corvair Parts
Is your garage, shed, yard, attic, crawlspace, storage unit so full of Corvair parts that you don’t know where to start? Is your significant other, neighbor, kid giving you the business about your parts stash? Just want some money from your old parts to replace with more old parts? We have two great resources to…
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On this day…
On this day in 1960, Bill Mitchell received the Industrial Designers Institute Award for the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. The Corvair design has inspired countless other car designs over the years both European and Domestic. HERE is a great read about Bill Mitchell’s Secret Styling Studio at GM from MotorTrend Magazine. Photos below are of Bill…
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