Tag: history
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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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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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Thank You Veterans
We wanted to take a moment to thank our SFBA members and Corvair friends who served to protect our country and wish them a Happy Veterans Day. As we like to share history around here, we want to switch gears and share a little history of Veteran’s Day for those of you who may not…
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Corvairs in the wild
To borrow from the famous line from Field of Dreams, “If you build it, he will come.”… When you drive your Corvair, they will come. From far distances…. to look at and talk about YOUR car! New member Scott Lyon took his 67 Monza out to Goodguys this past weekend. No sooner did he get…
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SFBA Zoom Meeting Tonight & Upcoming Weekend Events
Hi Everyone, Just a last minute reminder that our November 2025 Meeting will be this evening (Thursday) starting at 7:00 PM on Zoom. Last month we forgot to include the Christy Link (below) and heard from many people about it. I hadn’t realized how many people depended on this link. Sorry! We have a few topics…
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM CORSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERSHIP CHAIR DAVE WATSON
This is Dave Watson, your CORSA Membership Chair—many of you know me as Davemotohead. As your Membership Chair, my primary mission is to recruit new members and retain our current ones, while supporting the growth and success of the Corvair Society of America (CORSA). Today, I’m reaching out to the entire Corvair community to ask…
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GM Expert: It wasn’t Ralph Nader who Killed the Corvair
Happy Friday everyone and apologies for the delay in today’s post. We think you’ll be happy with today’s delayed offering. SFBA co-founders Dave Newell and Tony Richards have put together this excellent video on Tony’s YouTube Channel which we hope you subscribe to if you haven’t yet. Corvair devotee and General Motors historian Dave Newell…
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Bringing a ’65 Corvair Corsa Back to Life: A Body and Paint Restoration Journey. Part 4 of 4
After a second priming stage, we painted the smaller areas. The trunk was refinished in the original grey with white specks, and the underside and engine bay received a coat of satin black (60% gloss). Then came the payoff for countless hours of block sanding and prep: the final application of the Madeira Maroon. The…
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October 2025 Spyder Web Newsletter
Here’s the October issue of the Spyder Web Newsletter. For those of you that are new subscribers, this is the monthly summary of everything going on with the club. If you would like to contribute an article or photos for a future newsletter or blog post, please contact us at sfbacorsa@gmail.com. Enjoy!
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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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