Tag: convertible
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Tarps off! … or on
I don’t know how many of you are baseball fans, but there’s a new “tarps off” craze sweeping MLB this year where fans remove their shirts and wave them over their heads to show their team support and as a rally cry. In our world, we are rallying one of our junior members, Brodie, as…
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1966 Monza Convertible For Sale
SFBA member David Gray is selling a 1966 Corvair Monza Convertible, 110HP Flat 6, 4 Speed Manual Transmission. Rebuilt engine and all new brakes. New top (in box). Just renewed tags this month. $9500. Will consider offers. If you are interested and want to get in contact with David, message us and we will give…
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Today In Corvair History ~ GM announces end of production on the Corvair
Today in Corvair history, we go back to 1969 when on May 9th, GM officially announces the end of production on our beloved Chevrolet Corvair. During its lifespan, there were over 1.8 million Corvairs produced. Sedans, coupes, convertibles, wagons, trucks and vans were among its fleet along with one of the first mass produced turbo…
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1964 Corvair Spyder Convertible Project For Sale
Corvair mechanic Brian Dowdy in Willows has a very desirable 64 Spyder convertible project for sale. You can contact Brian through us or see his contact info on the classified section of the Spyder Web Newsletter. 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Spyder · Convertible · Driven 76,869 miles Zero rot!!! Surface rust only. Rockers are perfect .…
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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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Feb 2026 Spyder Web Newsletter
We would like to take a moment to thank all of our members who have signed up for 2026! We are off to a great start and looking forward to a fun 2026! If you haven’t renewed yet or want to join, please do so by clicking HERE. We want you to be a part…
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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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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…