Tag: flat six
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A Little About The Corvair Engine
Today’s article is for those of you who may be a little newer to the Corvair world. While we will share tech articles time to time that will more advanced, we never want to lose sight of the fact that we were all new to Corvairs at one time. We want you greenhorns to become…
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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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New Members & SFBA Notes
We would like to welcome new member Jim Pennell from Arroyo Grande. Many of you already know Jim as he is a member of Central Coast Corsa in the San Luis Obispo area. CCC the annual Vairfest weekend which draws Corvair owners from all over the state. Jim was also instrumental in bringing this year’s…
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Members Cars ~ A Love Supreme
SFBA member Laurence Jones has a passion for classic cars. So much so that they created a blog specifically to showcase cars of interest spotted in the streets over the years. A few years back, Laurence reached out to the club to ask about a 65 Monza Sports Sedan that was for sale. After much…
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Upcoming Weekend Events
Here’s your upcoming weekend event schedule from our friends Tim Newey at NorCal Car Culture and Tito Garrett of Valley Corsa. Ah, the first weekend of fall. Crisp temperatures, cozy sweaters, pumpkin spice lattes… Maybe elsewhere because here it’s still car show season! Get that Corvair out to a show, or at least for a…
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A few Corvairs from recent events
Here are a few snapshots from our September gatherings. Have any photos or stories you want to share? Have a recommendation of an upcoming event? Send us a message and we will share in a future dispatch!
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Another happy Corvair owner… and another one!
Recently, a topic popped up on the Corvair Center Forum from a new owner who purchased a 62 Monza and wanted it gone through to make sure it was, for lack of a better term, safe to drive. Being near The City, they decided to take their Corvair into Zaki’s shop for a diagnosis and…
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From the Corsa Archives
Did you know the Corvair Society of America (CORSA) has the entire archive of Corvair Communique Magazines available for members to download? The article above from 1963 actually pre-dates Corsa and was in a Corvair Communiques Magazine produced by Chevrolet and given out to “Corvair Owners Club” members which were usually sponsored by local Chevrolet…
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25 Things You Didn’t Know About The Corvair
Well…. maybe 25 things some of you didn’t know about the Corvair. We know that some of you know all of these things and more about our little air cooled beauties. Thanks to Jon Peters from the San Diego Corvair Club for sharing this in their newsletter this month. Always a fun read Jon, keep…
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The 55 year old part that brought a dead Corvair back to life
Many of us enjoy reading an article about a classic car being brought back to life after a long rest. For our group, it’s even more enjoyable to read when the car in the article is a Corvair! Enjoy this read from Kyle Smith of Hagerty originally published in 2020. If you are looking for…
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