Tag: antique
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May 2026 SpyderWeb Newsletter
Hello everyone. Here is this month’s SpyderWeb Newsletter fresh off the presses. If you have anything that you want to share with the newsletter, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line. Enjoy!
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Forecast calls for rain. Will it rain? We don’t know. Will rain cancel any of the upcoming weekend events? We don’t know. Do the wipers on your Corvair work? We don’t know! What we do know is that there are a bevy of events for you to take your Corvair and rain poncho to this…
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From 1965…
We won’t bore you with the copy from the other models in the ad, but thought you would enjoy the pitch for the Corvair in ‘65… ’65 Corvair Wait’ll the guys who always wait till next year see this. A completely new rear suspension puts the handling on a par with the new international styling.…
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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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6 Dangerous but common DIY mistakes
We are big fans of Kyle Smith and of Hagerty! Kyle owns a 66 Corsa and references it frequently in his articles. Hagerty not only insures many of our Corvairs, but their genuine love of the classic car hobby is unmatched. It shows in their digital media, Drivers Club magazines and customer service. If you’re…
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Tech Tip ~ Preparing your Corvair for driving season
Unlike our Corvair buddies who live in other parts of the country that experience four seasons, we can mostly drive our Corvairs year round. Many of us still choose to retire our Corvairs for the winter, and thats ok. With warmer weather and more events on the horizon, we thought it would be worth sharing…
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SFBA Monthly Zoom Meeting Thursday & Other Notes
Hi Everyone! Just a couple of quick reminders. Tomorrow, Thursday, is our monthly SFBA Zoom meeting at 7pm. The link is available in the latest issue of the Spyder Web newsletter or you can reach out to us sfbacorsa@gmail.com and we will send it to you. All upcoming zoom meetings as well as other events…
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Owl’s Head Transportation Museum, CPF & The Great Race
Have you heard of The Great Race? Inspired from the original Great Race of 1908 from New York to Paris, the modern Great Race was reimagined by Tom McRae and Norman Miller in 1983. The Great Race is a premier vintage, controlled-speed endurance rally for pre-1972 vehicles, designed to test driver/navigator precision rather than top…
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1961 Lakewood Wagon For Sale
We received a note and a few photos from a lady in San Pedro who wants to sell her 1961 Lakewood Wagon. Maybe a bit of a drive for some of us up here in the Bay, but we have members and subscribers from all over and we know of more than a few people…
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This 200-hp Corvair runs with the big dogs at Laguna Seca
Hagerty seems to give more love to our Corvairs than just about any publication we can think of. Not that there are a whole lot of publications left! As an added bonus, they also insure our Corvairs at a very reasonable rate. Today, we go into the not so wayback machine to 2022 to revisit…