Tag: flat six
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Vairfest 2026 Update
VairFest 2026 Update VairFest 2026 is just about three weeks away. To date we have 27 Corvairs entered and 41 folks registered. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still time to send in your entry form. Here’s what you can look forward to: Friday evening we have our pasta dinner and movie at the local Masonic Hall. This year we’re offering a choice of three pasta sauces: …
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Upcoming Weekend Events
We have some updates on the next SFBA work party and Vairfest coming up, so stay tuned. In the meantime, this weekend is jam-packed with places to take your Corvair! Comment below if you plan to go to any of these, know of any others, or need a specific location. Thanks to Tito from Valley…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Too many of you missed last week’s Spring Tour. I’m going to pretend you were just out of town for the holiday weekend… But there’s no holiday this weekend, so no excuses for not getting your Corvair out! If you take your Corvair out to something fun, snap some photos and do a little write-up…
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Today in Corvair History ~ The Last Corvair Rolls Off the Line
Today is an important and bittersweet day for us Corvair folk. On May 14th, 1969, the very last Corvair (#6000) came off the line at the Willow Run plant ending a revolutionary 10 year run for the Corvair. Not to disappear without some controversy, there is much folklore, mystery… conspiracy(!) regarding the last Corvair, #6000.…
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Corvair Documentation
I don’t know about your family, but our family led a documented life, at least since I was born. My parents kept all the records from birth announcements through grade school report cards, Boy Scouts to college to my military service. All of that came to me at some point. I bring that up because…
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Happy Mother’s Day from SFBA CORSA
We’d like to wish all of the moms out there a Vairy Happy Mother’s Day and hope you all get in a little Corvair time.
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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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Upcoming Weekend Events & Monthly SFBA Meeting
Tonight is our monthly SFBA Club meeting on zoom at 7pm. The club meeting room number is on the front page of every issue of the SpyderWeb newsletter. If you need a link, please don’t hesitate to reach out. sfbacorsa@gmail.com. Valley Corsa has planned a spring tour and you are invited to attend. From Tito:…
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From the CPF ~ Chevrolet Announces The Spyder
A brief history class from CPF Professor Larry Claypool on the announcement of the new Spyder Turbo option for 1962. To learn more about the Corvair Preservation Foundation, click here. Our class today takes us back to March & April of 1962 when Chevrolet announces availability of the Spyder package and the Monza convertible, plus…
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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!