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The Corvair | A Brief History

491K views · Oct 16, 2023 · Gaming

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@SteveVanTrieste · 1 year ago
This is the most comprehensive, detailed, description of the perfected engineering that GM has possibly ever done on a production modern automobile. Thank you!
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@tomcaldwell5750 · 1 year ago
My father buy used 1963 Corvair in 1966. The family loved the car. We drove it as an off road vehicle. The stock Chevy out preformed highly modified VW dune buggies of the era.
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@ericemmons3040 · 1 year ago
When I was little, my dad bought a Monza--I think it was a 1963 model. I thought it was a nice car and handled well; I liked it. One Sunday, a few years later, Dad was driving me and my 3 sisters to church--this was in the Sacramento area--when, at the intersection of Auburn Blvd and Greenback Lane, a car ran a red light and ran right into the passenger side of the Monza, pushing us all the way across the road. No real injuries, though Dad's forehead was cut due to broken rear view mirror glass, but of course we were badly shaken up. I was in the front passenger seat, and it's a strange, almost other-worldly feeling to see a car rushing right at you, with no real time to react or even really comprehend what was happening. I guess maybe because of the rear engine, the car was still operational. Dad drove my sisters back home, and then he and I went to church. But that pretty much was the end of that Monza; a nice little car, while it lasted. . .
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@trebledog · 1 year ago
I bought my '64 corvair in '67-'68 my freshman year at CalPoly, SLO, for $200. It leaked oil a quart every 1000 miles; the choke cable and lever was broken so i had to fix a wire pull from the carb to inside the drivers side and pull the choke to start in the mornings. But it was my first car and really had fun with it. Drove several times between SLO and San Francisco, and several times to LA and back with no trouble at all. However on one trip back from LA I was on 101 cruising by Pismo Beach when a station wagon passed me buy honking and the kids were yelling and pointing to my back tires. I looked in the mirror and saw black smoke, pulled over to find my brakes were not workng and had to coast to a stop. The rear tire on the drivers side was on fire, I managed to put it out with dirt and gravel. The last time I saw my Corvair it was towed to a gas station in Pismo Beach where I basically abandoned it. I signed it over to the gas station guy for the price of the tow. As a college freshman I was as dead broke as you can imagine.
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@darylkik777 · 1 year ago
Notice that "the torture testing," that these cars were put through would far exceed the ability of todays SUVs.  The second series was so beautiful and that turbo six  was just so cool. (No pun intended.)  And this is coming from a die hard Ford Guy.
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@johnbyard6676 · 1 year ago
Thank you for a very even handed and well researched piece. I had heard about the Corvair being abandoned in the forest, but I never knew it was because it had run out of gas. <br>I got my drivers license in 1971, and my first car was a used and abused ‘63 Monza coupe.  I drove that car all thru high school and most of college. I replaced it with a ‘65 Corsa 4 carb that someone had taken a hammer to the secondary carbs on.  I paid $50 for that car in 1975. I am trying to create a clone of that car now - just spent $4000 on a set of rebuilt 140 heads. How times have changed. <br>Thanks again.
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@BryceFasig-qy9tf · 2 years ago
49 years driving my corvairs on highway without a single accident eat that Ralph
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@timothylindsay3244 · 1 year ago
My family had two Corvairs, a 63 and 65.  Both great cars had flickable handling and very sporty.   Living in Minnesota, the cars were superb in the snow and spent endless days “racing” in our High School’s snow/ice covered parking lot on weekends.    These days my only car and daily driver is a 300 hp Porsche Boxster with 6 spd manual.   My favorite car of the 30+ I’ve owned over the years that makes me reminisce fondly about those two Corvairs.
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@joeblow1942 · 1 year ago
After all these years, I still think the second gen Corsairs are beautiful cars. Excellent video. Thanks!
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@chuniquepaceno470 · 1 year ago (edited)
We had a '63 Corvair Monza Spider with the turbo and the 4-speed when I was in high school, the car I learned to drive in. It was a fun little car to hang out with friends in. Still remember how much the smell of oil entered the cabin whenever the heater was turned on as it leaked a lot of oil. Thanks for all the background details, always appreciate a revisit to the Darian Gap expedition, an unbelievable story. The Corvair left behind is apparently still there.
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@unwrangler11 · 1 year ago
My father had a Corvair too. I think it was a 1964 2dr 3 speed manual on the floor.  I learned how to row gears on that car and it was tons of fun.  I remember we had to replace the floor boards due to rusting and the valve covers leaked some oil. It was easily fixed with new valve covers.  Eventually my father traded it in for a Chevelle in 1973. By then the Corvair’s throw out bearing started rattling around and rather than repair it, he decided it was time for a new car.  The Corvair was really a fun car to drive and we never believed Ralph Nader’s stories about how bad it handled because we knew better.
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@CatHeadKnows53 · 1 year ago
My parents (Dad), my grandfather and my brother all bought Corvairs. Grandpa was first, an ice blue sedan of the first body type. My brother and his wife bought a white Monza, my parents bought a '65 4 door that had a fold-down back seat. I  learned to drive in that Corvair  - it was super peppy, had automatic with a shift lever on the dash, in my memory. Towards the end of its life in '72 or so, it was blowing oil out the tailpipe. Dad sold it to a guy who used the engine for an ultralight plane!
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