Tag: antique
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Upcoming Weekend Events & A Message From CORSA
It’s almost Thanksgiving but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any events to take your Corvair to this weekend! Thanks to Tim Newey of NorCal Car Shows and Tito Garrett of Valley CORSA. Please read past the events for a message from CORSA. Car Shows November 29 – San Francisco: The 28th Annual NorCal Car Club…
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Doug Hargrove’s V8 Corvair
The Modesto area has a rich history of Corvair racers. SFBA life member Doug Hargrove is one of those race car builders and drivers. We thought you would enjoy reading about Doug’s undertaking of an abandoned V8 project Corvair. The original article and a massive archive of V8 powered Corvairs can be found on the…
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1966 Corvair Monza For Sale
We recently received a message from Roy Arimoto of the Sacramento Club letting us know he is putting his 66 Monza up for sale. Selling my 1966 Monza, 19k miles. Front suspension rebuilt, new steering box. Interior is original except for new carpet. White with red interior. Beautiful repaint. 110hp engine with 2 speed powerglide…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Well gang, it looks like the atmospheric river has arrived. Or is it a bomb cyclone? Rain. It’s raining you guys. This means you’ll be rollin the dice this weekend with events, but if the sun decides to shine this weekend, here’s a list of places to drive your Corvair. Thanks, as always, to Tim…
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Thank You Veterans
We wanted to take a moment to thank our SFBA members and Corvair friends who served to protect our country and wish them a Happy Veterans Day. As we like to share history around here, we want to switch gears and share a little history of Veteran’s Day for those of you who may not…
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Corvairs in the wild
To borrow from the famous line from Field of Dreams, “If you build it, he will come.”… When you drive your Corvair, they will come. From far distances…. to look at and talk about YOUR car! New member Scott Lyon took his 67 Monza out to Goodguys this past weekend. No sooner did he get…
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An El Corvino Story
New to Corvairs and never heard of the “El Corvino”? What is this air-cooled Ute and what is the story behind it? Much like the Corvair roadsters and “shorty’s”, the “El Corvino” was never a production car. In fact, it may have never been a GM concept car. It was, however, the brainchild of a…
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SFBA Zoom Meeting Tonight & Upcoming Weekend Events
Hi Everyone, Just a last minute reminder that our November 2025 Meeting will be this evening (Thursday) starting at 7:00 PM on Zoom. Last month we forgot to include the Christy Link (below) and heard from many people about it. I hadn’t realized how many people depended on this link. Sorry! We have a few topics…
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7 Budgeting Rules For Your Project Corvair
Original article from Kyle Smith at Hagerty can be found here. We took Kyle’s fantastic article (you should subscribe!) and made it a little more “Corvaircentric” If you are like most car people, you tinker with carburetors or fine-tune fuel injection because cars are an interesting novelty in your life. There are likely fewer people…
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Happy Halloween!
Wishing our SFBA members, subscribers and Corvair friends a Vairy Spooktacular Halloween.
SFBA CORSA 