Tag: writing
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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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An El Corvino Story
New to Corvairs and never heard of the “El Corvino”? What is this air-cooled Ute and what is the story behind it? Much like the Corvair roadsters and “shorty’s”, the “El Corvino” was never a production car. In fact, it may have never been a GM concept car. It was, however, the brainchild of a…
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Member / Subscriber Poll
You ask, we listen. The club receives quite a bit of correspondence via email…and Facebook messenger, and instagram messenger… sometimes I’ll still even get phone calls and hand written letters! A topic that comes up often enough where I thought it would be worth taking a straw poll on is a having central area where…
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Revisiting Great Articles ~ Water-Cooled Corvair Engine Offers Technical Delight
This article by Bob Helt appeared in the November 1981 issue of the CORSA Communique magazine. CORSA members can read the original article, which includes several additional photos, by logging into the CORSA website. The 1966 Corvair Monza appeared to be in almost factory stock condition as it sat in Lloyd’s garage. Only the twin…
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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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Do you know the story of the Corvairs crossing the Darien Gap?
Next time some blowhard at a car show tells you what a Corvair “can’t” do or how “dangerous” they are, you can let them know that not one, but TWO Corvairs survived a crossing of the Darien Gap. The third Corvair remains there to this day. First, a very brief primer on the Darien Gap…
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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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It’s a 60 year old car!
Happy Friday everyone! We hope you are getting ready for the weekend and also hope to see you at the Oakland Aviation Museum on Sunday for the Corvair Cockpit Day. An interesting topic during last nights meeting came up, as it often does. Our Australian ambassador, Carl Kelsen, has undertaken his first Corvair engine rebuild.…
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Corvair – An Exciting Automobile
Excerpt from The Classic Corvair by Bob Helt Excitement was at a fever pitch that Friday, October 2, 1959 when the Corvair was first unveiled to the anxious American public. The waiting had finally ended. For nearly two long years we had heard about this new American wonder, the revolutionary Corvair. And here it was,…
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Uh-Oh… The Bolt
By Pete Tachis A couple of weeks ago, I had new rims and tires installed on my Corvair. Eager to test the improved handling, I rolled out of the shop, hit second gear and bang, the clutch pedal goes to the floor. Probably should have installed that clutch cable I bought last month. Ben Franklin said, “Never leave that till tomorrow…
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