Tag: car club
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Why Corvairs (or) Why Me?!
Hunting around for an interesting tech article, we accidentally stumbled across this very entertaining article from the January 1986 CORSA Communique. We got a good laugh and thought you might too. The original authors dollars are 1986 (40 years ago now!) so keep that in mind when reading. Also of note, ALL back issues of…
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Happy Holidays from SFBA
We wanted to take a quick minute to wish all of our members, subscribers, and friends in the Corvair Community a a belated Happy Hanukkah, current Merry Christmas and early Happy Boxing Day to our friends up north. We hope you have a holiday filled with love, laughter, good food and cheer.
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Hello and a Happy Friday to you all. It’s looking like we are going to be catching some rain this weekend, but if you are looking for something to take your Corvair out to, there are a handful of local events. Thanks to Tim Newey of NorCal Car Culture and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa…
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SFBA Monthly Zoom Meeting Tonight & Holiday Lunch This Saturday
Just a last minute reminder that our December 2025 Meeting will be this Thursday (that’s the day after tomorrow already!) starting at 7:00 PM on Zoom. Use the Christy Link (below) or go to Zoom and enter the meeting ID number. Hope to see everyone at the meeting! Clark Calkins, newsletter editor SFBA Corsa…
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Yenko Stingers at the MCACN
This year’s MCACN (Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals) recently wrapped in Illinois right before Thanksgiving. “Cool story, what does this have to do with Corvairs?”, you say? This year, A LOT! The Corvair Yenko Stinger was the invitational mark this year as it was the 60th anniversary of its release. Our resident Yenko owners, Bruce…
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Chevrolet’s Air~Cooled Flat~Six Was Influenced By The Volkswagen Flat~Four And Horizontally~Opposed Aircraft And Tank Engines
Article by Mike McNessor and published by Hemmings. The original article complete with ads and popups can be found here While the Corvair did bring turbocharging to the masses in ’62, the Turbo Air 6 was Chevrolet’s name for the naturally aspirated base engine that made its debut in ’60. Initially, the six displaced 140-cubic…
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6-Day Wonder: Sterling’s Stealth ’64 Corvair Full Respray
By Gabe Lopez, Owner of Sterling Restorations It’s not often in the restoration business that you encounter a 60-year-old classic car that’s, well, almost perfect. For those of us who make a living sanding, welding, and fixing decades of rust and poor repairs, finding a truly solid foundation is the equivalent of striking gold. That’s…
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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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Upcoming Weekend Events
With the holidays fast approaching, the days getting shorter and colder (and wetter!), the events get a little sparse. But, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t things to do this weekend. Get that Corvair out on the road in advance of the upcoming Thanksgiving and Black Friday week! Thanks to Tim Newey of NorCal Car…
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