And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They never built a 4 door convertible. Nor did they make a 4 cyl. engine, they were all flat 6's and air cooled. They were mostly crap. I hated working on them when I was a kid. However if the example in the photo is a real Chevrolet concept car it's very, very valuable. Bubbarust
I wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it but if I found it in an old barn somewhere I'm pretty sure I'd not only drive that ugly thing, I'd get a huge kick out of my wife's embarrassment to be seen next to that bucket!
Now I ask you, does that really make me a bad guy?
Had a co-worker in about '63 who had a 4-door with the 60 hp engine. We had a carpool with four normal sized guys. That thing could barely go up a hill on Atlanta's I-285 South loop. He must have liked it because he bought a later, bigger one, 'bout a '65.
The first car that I ever owned was a '66 Corvair Corsa ragtop. It had a four banger with four on the floor. It also was a "fan belt thrower." I paid $400 for it used in '69. I sold it in '71 for $800.
I thought it was an AI creation at first, but it is real. There are tail lights mounted on the pillars by the rear window. They look light single lights from a '59 Cadillac.
My first car was a 1964 Corvair 164 cubes. An old lady friend-of-the-family owned it but got to old to drive it. Got it for free. All the footwells were rusted out & I had to use road signs to cover the holes. They had incredible traction on ice and snow - that was the end of it's benefits. Every time you turned on the heater, it filled the cab with smoke because the pushrod cover tubes o-rings leaked. I once was going down the road (snow covered) & it did a 360 degree rotation for no reason at all. Can't believe it didn't hit the cars lining the road. It also did this ' front-end bounce ' thing where you lost total control of the car. After 2 years it seized #6 connecting rod bearing. Spent 6 months tearing it down & my machinist dad hand filed the crankshaft. Worked for another year, then spun #5 connecting rod bearing. I said go fuck yourself & abandoned it. I will never drive another Corvair again. Too dangerous. Ralph Nader was right all along. blueray
My first car too was a Corvair. 1963 Spyder, red convertible, 4 speed, bucket seats, 6 cylinder with a turbo and a 4 barrel. That was in 1970 when I was 15. I got to where I could drop the engine and change clutch discs in about 2 hours. Couldn't keep my foot out of it....
Ralph Nader was a fraud, ruined the Corvair. A friend had a 4 door convertible.
ReplyDeleteThey never built a 4 door convertible.
DeleteNor did they make a 4 cyl. engine, they
were all flat 6's and air cooled. They were mostly crap. I hated working on them when I was a kid. However if the
example in the photo is a real Chevrolet concept car it's very, very
valuable.
Bubbarust
I used to know this guy who was a member of some Corvair owners society and they actually had Ralph Nader as a speaker at one of their meetings.
ReplyDeleteRalph = DEMOCRAT/GREENIE so.... can be easily ignored.
ReplyDeleteScumbag Nader aside....
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it but if I found it in an old barn somewhere I'm pretty sure I'd not only drive that ugly thing, I'd get a huge kick out of my wife's embarrassment to be seen next to that bucket!
Now I ask you, does that really make me a bad guy?
Had a co-worker in about '63 who had a 4-door with the 60 hp engine. We had a carpool with four normal sized guys. That thing could barely go up a hill on Atlanta's I-285 South loop. He must have liked it because he bought a later, bigger one, 'bout a '65.
ReplyDeleteDidn't Wayne Carini paint it or something recently?
ReplyDeleteThe first car that I ever owned was a '66 Corvair Corsa ragtop. It had a four banger with four on the floor. It also was a "fan belt thrower." I paid $400 for it used in '69. I sold it in '71 for $800.
ReplyDeleteI like the Pontiac headlights.
ReplyDeleteThat thing is an atrocity. It's like a bathtub boat with a whole bunch of lights tacked on. But wait. Where are the tail lights?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was an AI creation at first, but it is real. There are tail lights mounted on the pillars by the rear window. They look light single lights from a '59 Cadillac.
Delete55 years ago I was told they had a good motor, but leaked oil, people would put cheap oil in them, and they didn’t last.
ReplyDeleteOdd they named it Futura since the Ford Falcon used that name for it's 'high end' Falcon.
ReplyDeleteMy first car was a 1964 Corvair 164 cubes. An old lady friend-of-the-family owned it but got to old to drive it. Got it for free. All the footwells were rusted out & I had to use road signs to cover the holes. They had incredible traction on ice and snow - that was the end of it's benefits. Every time you turned on the heater, it filled the cab with smoke because the pushrod cover tubes o-rings leaked. I once was going down the road (snow covered) & it did a 360 degree rotation for no reason at all. Can't believe it didn't hit the cars lining the road. It also did this ' front-end bounce ' thing where you lost total control of the car. After 2 years it seized #6 connecting rod bearing. Spent 6 months tearing it down & my machinist dad hand filed the crankshaft. Worked for another year, then spun #5 connecting rod bearing. I said go fuck yourself & abandoned it. I will never drive another Corvair again. Too dangerous. Ralph Nader was right all along.
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My first car too was a Corvair. 1963 Spyder, red convertible, 4 speed, bucket seats, 6 cylinder with a turbo and a 4 barrel. That was in 1970 when I was 15. I got to where I could drop the engine and change clutch discs in about 2 hours. Couldn't keep my foot out of it....
ReplyDeleteMy mom had a blue Monza convertible, either '66 or '67, and I always thought it was a gas. She loved it. Neat little car, terrific in the snow.
ReplyDeleteAnd thus, at a factory in Hawthorne, HotWheels was born.
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