My 2014 C7 Stingray is better than my 1962 Corvair Monza was.
08-14-2014, 05:19 PM
#21
Melting Slicks
I've actually got a 1963 Corvair Monza Convertible in my garage. It has been in the family since it was new. Fire engine red with white top, white interior. Only problem it ever had is the ever present oil leaks from that pancake air-cooled 6 cylinder. The thing that was unsafe at any speed was Ralph Nader. I've had that Corvair up to 110 mph.
Everytime the lamestream media wants to pick on the car industry the trot Claybrook out to whine about safety issues. Sigh
08-14-2014, 05:25 PM
#22
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Don’t know if the 63 was the later version or not. The early version had a rear suspension almost identical to the VW and idiot Nader never crucified the VW. The second version was a pretty good handler and it died along with the early one. Nader is a clueless ***, always has been always will be along with his toady understudy, Joan Claybrook.
Everytime the lamestream media wants to pick on the car industry the trot Claybrook out to whine about safety issues. Sigh
Everytime the lamestream media wants to pick on the car industry the trot Claybrook out to whine about safety issues. Sigh
08-14-2014, 05:27 PM
#23
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
I've actually got a 1963 Corvair Monza Convertible in my garage. It has been in the family since it was new. Fire engine red with white top, white interior. Only problem it ever had is the ever present oil leaks from that pancake air-cooled 6 cylinder. The thing that was unsafe at any speed was Ralph Nader. I've had that Corvair up to 110 mph.
08-14-2014, 05:56 PM
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I had a 66 Turbo Corsa, great car! I put Velvet Touch brake shoes on it and gas shocks and just loved blowing the doors off Porches going up twisty mountain roads. They could never figure out how a Corvair could do that in early 70's.
Funny thing it had head rest seats and the head rest were the same as the 66 Corvette!
Also a bit of trivia the rear suspension on the later Corvairs was a copy of the C2 Corvette only smaller. The outer rear wheel bearing on the Corvair was the same as the inner one on the Corvette!
They also did not leak oil if you used silicone O rings on the engine with a torque wrench and anti-seize compound. It was one of the first aluminum engines and most mechanics didn't know how torque them properly.
Yes our C7 is a quantum leap over the 60's technology and I wouldn't go back.
Funny thing it had head rest seats and the head rest were the same as the 66 Corvette!
Also a bit of trivia the rear suspension on the later Corvairs was a copy of the C2 Corvette only smaller. The outer rear wheel bearing on the Corvair was the same as the inner one on the Corvette!
They also did not leak oil if you used silicone O rings on the engine with a torque wrench and anti-seize compound. It was one of the first aluminum engines and most mechanics didn't know how torque them properly.
Yes our C7 is a quantum leap over the 60's technology and I wouldn't go back.
08-14-2014, 05:59 PM
#26
Safety Car
Actually 1965 was when the Corvair went from the early VW type swing axle rear suspension to the independent (as in Corvette midyear type) rear suspension. The '64 was just a swing axle with a stabilizer spring added to try to prevent the rear wheels from tucking under. I had a '65 140 HP Corsa convertible, which was a pretty nice car and handled really well. The oil leakage problem was due to overheating of the original rubber oil return tube 'O rings and was easily fixed by replacing with Viton seals.
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Charles
08-14-2014, 06:37 PM
#27
Race Director
My first car was a 1965 500 coupe with a power glide transmission. Went to college with that car and had lots of fun, traded it on a 1970 Cutlass. I have a clone of that car with less than 15,000 miles. It doesn't handle bad for a vintage car, I drive it about 200 miles a year, when you have a C7 you just hate to drive anything else. Oh, I had my original Corvair up to 100 MPH (never do that again, front end got really light).
08-14-2014, 06:45 PM
#28
Burning Brakes
I'm thinking a little preventive maintenance goes