Sighting-Corvair Sedan

[john_pifer]

“Unsafe at any speed”

”Poor man’s Porsche”

A couple of phrases that come to mind when I see a Corvair.

Always loved these things! So unique and different!

I love the Coke bottle lines on that sedan.

Once, about 14 years ago, I was lucky enough to be at the R1 Forum convention at Deal’s Gap (non-locals call it “Tail of the Dragon”), and the Corvair club was there also.

It was awesome to see so many well cared-for and well-loved Corvairs in one place!

They drove them all over the mountains, including on the Cherohala Skyway, a remote recreational mountain highway built in the same vane of the Blue Ridge Parkway, that links the Cherokee Natl Forest with the Nantahala Natl Forest. Fantastic road that goes up over 5500’ elevation at its highest point.

 

[fdcg27]

I learned to drive in a '64 Corvair Monza four door sedan and later owned a next gen '65 Monza coupe.
The flat six sounded amazing revved out and either car could be cornered at quite imprudent speeds, wearing out the rear tires in no time at all.
Nice Corvairs are common at old car meets and they can be bought pretty cheaply, like less than ten grand really nice and original. You even see the occasional Corvair van or pickup. The most desirable car would be a convertible, of course, preferably a turbo Spyder or Corsa.
Few four door cars have survived, and the car pictured is not a sedan but rather a hardtop, the difference being that there is no B pillar.

 

[Randol]

Nice, not too many 4-doors left.
My 1st car 65 Monza 140 powerglide, taken in the spring 1978.

 

[fdcg27]

Nice, not too many 4-doors left.
My 1st car 65 Monza 140 powerglide, taken in the spring 1978.View attachment 164278

Looks really nice.
Whatever became of it?
140+, PG-. Nothing killed the performance of a car like Powerglide.

 

[Randol]

Looks really nice.
Whatever became of it?
140+, PG-. Nothing killed the performance of a car like Powerglide.

18 years later I saw the car sitting next to a garage in New Haven, I lived in Fort Wayne. Lost track of it after that.
Being an Indiana car she was pretty rusty, hence the radiused rear wheel wells.
It would have been much more fun with a manual trans for sure.

 

[vwmaniaman]

I had a 65 Corsa and a 66 Monza. I really enjoyed them. That corsa really handled an accelerated great with the 140 hp motor with 4 1BBL carburetors. Was kinda hard to sync them right but once done it would really scoot. No AC on it but a trip to Flagstaff from Phoenix netted 28mpg calculated. Required premium fuel. The Monza had the 110hp motor and 2 one barrels and factory AC with automatic. It drove really nice.