Amazing. 

The 64s had the larger engine shared with the 2nd generation Corvairs. There arent many modifications to the car, and none that cant be undone. There have been many fads come and gone in the 51 years that car has been in existence, but I do actually get a kick out of that Eelco foot accelerator pedal.

 

Indian wrote:

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Theres a pretty big corvair club in Edmonton, might be a good source for your parts, I'm not sure of the club name sorry. I had bought couple things from its president a couple years ago

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With all due respect to a well preserved example, I'm looking at GM's equivalent to the Edsel. I drove a Corvair once, the handling took some getting used to! It belonged to my girl friend[ now wife of forty years]. She's kept me a lot longer than the Corvair. She's my Rolls Royce!

Nice car, love Corvairs!!
I'm thinking 1965 was the first year for the improved double jointed rear suspension.

Thanks
Randy

Problem is once you start driving this the more miles the less it's worth?

65Camino wrote:

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Problem is once you start driving this the more miles the less it's worth?

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 Quite true, but if you buy without overpaying, then maintain the car fastidiously, the car has already bottomed out on the depreciation scale and overall condition will prevail to determine value. If you dont overpay then you can enjoy and maintain the car for years without going into a 2nd mortgage.

 

I knew I should have bought that mint 1966 Corsa Sport Coupe in Washington State back in 1992 for $3500...

You couldn't restore a Corvair to this condition for 10k. It would fit in my small garage. Maybe I should cash out an RRSP? Old millionaire farmer customer told me yesterday his banker told him to invest in "hard assets" like apartment buildings as they feel China and the U.S are going to enter into a conflict later this year which will result in China dumping all their U.S bonds and causing a depression (or worse)

CdnGMfan wrote:

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Allow me to correct a few facts please>>> The 1960 - 64 Corvairs had swing axles, but after 1962 they installed a special limiter to keep the swing axles from dropping down too far Actually limiter "ropes" were installed on '62's and 63's (some kind of transverse leaf spring type affair). A recall had GM retrofit them to all early Corvairs that didn't already have them. Nothing was recalled or retrofitted, the transverse spring was added for the 1964 model year, coil springs were made much weaker as the leaf spring carried some of the load, and it was solidly connected with a 4" long bolt, very similar to the '63-'67 Corvette

The 1965-on Corvairs had none of those problems due to the double jointed axles (De Dion setup).

 

The Corvair with its rearward bias had some unconventional handling characteristics when it came to the average stunned drivers. Also after the 1st generation Corvair had been designed, in production the heads were switched from aluminum to cast iron >>>Corvairs NEVER had cast iron heads, the cylinders were supposed to be alloy, but that didn't work, even the Vega suffered from an alloy cylinder block<<< which added more rearward weight than had been accounted for in the design. Combine that with owner neglect of air pressure and unfamiliarity with rear-engine driving characteristics, plus the unlimited swing axle and you have all the elements for a perfect storm. If you drive into a corner too fast then jump on the brakes hard mid-corner you will cause all kinds of funny angles of the swing axles. The outside swing axle will drop down and the tires will be rolling on the sidewall and will start to walk outwards. Thus will begin a slow roll. By adding the transverse leaf spring to make gradual gentle contact with the swing axle before the angles become extreme, the perfect storm is averted, thus the retrofit. The 2nd generation models had none of that with their redesigned double-jointed rear suspension. The engineers also had more accurate engine weight factored in. IMO 2nd gen Corvairs are still tail-heavy, but more predictable when hurtling backwards towards a lamp post or tree lol<<< The 2nd gen Corvairs were the best-handling compacts on the market. BEST handling... But they still had the entire engine behind the (rear) axle. Most front engine cars had the engine over the (front) axle

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Indian wrote:

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Corvairs became Camero

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? They were both produced for 67,68,and 69. From 68 on didn't the Nova and Camaro share the same front end components? Anyone else have more on this? The mid engine conversion Corvairs were rockets.

CORVAIRWILD wrote:

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Allow me to correct a few facts please

 

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 I guess I sorta knew but didn't really have it right. Thanks for the corrections! Now we have some actual specifics as to what was done.