Tag: family
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Upcoming Weekend Events
When you watch Easy Rider, look a little bit like Peter Fonda, are more of a “van guy” than a “bike guy” but still want to be Captain America, this is what you do! You’re all Corvair guys and gals. The weather should be beautiful this weekend. Knock off the dust, check the tires, give…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Here’s a rundown of this weekends upcoming events. Thanks to Tito Garret of Valley for the intel! I hope everyone still has all their fingers after July 4 weekend. Either way, you should be able to get your Corvair out. Comment below if you plan to go to any of these events, know of any…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
As you might expect, the 250th birthday of the good ol’ USA means plenty of car shows this weekend. I want to see Corvairs out! Comment below if you plan to go to any of these, know of any others, or need a specific location. ~TG Thursday, 7/2:Cool Harbor Nights, Half Moon Bay, 3p-6p Friday,…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Ok! The weekend is almost here and there is a lot going on. Tito put together his list below (Thanks Tito!) but there are two specific SFBA things happening this weekend that we wanted to lead off with. On Saturday, we are having a work party with the 66 Corsa at Don’s place in Antioch.…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
With the rain in the rearview, time to get that Corvair out on the road for a much needed drive! Remember to check the SFBA Calendar as we are adding events that we know will have a Corvair or two. Don’t see an event on the calendar that you are taking your Corvair to? Let…
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Revisiting great articles ~ Buying A Corvair Wasn’t The Plan
Originally published in the “My Ride Section” of the Wall Street Journal from July 31, 2022. Article by AJ Baime photos by Ryan Schude Citlalli Gonzalez comes from a family of classic car lovers. She decked out a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza with her own unique touches. At 24, She Turned Turned a 1965 Corvair…
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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 Thanksgiving from SFBA CORSA
We would like wish you all a Vairy Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for all of your support and friendship over the years. We are also thankful to Ed Cole and Bill Mitchell for making the idea of the Corvair a reality that we are able to enjoy to this day. We are thankful for…
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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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Upcoming Weekend Events
Here are your upcoming local events brought to you by Tim Newey of NorCal Car Culture and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa. Don’t tuck that Corvair away in the garage yet. It’s not winter. Hell, don’t even tuck it away then! Comment below if you plan to go to any of these, know of any…