This may or may not be a finale to Corvair Week here at CC – Partly to keep you on your toes and partly because we are not quite sure ourselves. But in either case, we have another one to consider. Yes, this was shot on my cell phone through my windshield. Either a 1962 or 63, I will leave final ID up to sharper minds than mine. And in case my insurance agent is reading, I was at a full stop at a red light. And do not do this at home.
We have had a lot of discussion about what the Corvair was and was not in its day. This car is what the Corvair has become: a way for the enthusiastic few to enjoy a warm summer evening, and to share some of that enjoyment with the rest of us. Admit it – which of us would not switch places with this car’s driver for at least an hour on an evening just like this? Me too.
Sweet.
I personally would love to have a drive in a Vair Ive driven several rear engine cars but never the one labelled unsafe. Theres hardly any in NZ so Ill not get the chance but this week has been an eye opener to them Thanx fellow curbivores.
I’m going to say ’64; the wheel covers look identical to mine and the bright trim around the wheel openings first appeared in ’64 I think. That’s a dead ringer for the one my aviator cousin had, and I think it is the same color as my coupe as well.
I left my new(er) car at home today and drove my Corvair, because our Georgia heat wave has moderated. They’re just damn fun cars to tool around in. In everyday driving conditions, the rear wheels feel absolutely glued to the road.
@MadHungarian I’m this close … *THIS Close* to taking the plunge…. AHHHHHH Corvair week is killin’ me….
Go for it! They’re fun and mostly easy to work on. Just don’t get a rusty one. For this reason you should never buy a Corvair sight unseen. If it’s not close to you, have someone else inspect it for you.
I haven’t yet owned a Corvair, though I did do a fair amount of searching a few times over the years and drove a few for sale it seems I never found one that wouldn’t cost too much to resurrect. Nowadays even though I still long for a Corvair (or just about any car made from ’46-’54) I’m resigned to more practical choices. Hopefully that’s temporary though. 🙂
I am beginning to like these photos taken with a cell phone camera through a windshield. They have that soft round look of an old Poloroid or some ancient , behind the Iron Curtain camera.
I knew a guy who had 2 of them, one was a light green ’62, I think convertible, the other was I think a 65 or so. He restored his 62 and was working on the other one. His daily driver back at the time (in the 90’s if I recall), he had I think a late 80’s Corvette and later a base early 80’s Chevy truck and his dad had an orange ’74 Corvette he’d bought new and it had more dust than dirt on it as he kept it on blocks in the garage to be modified and was a work in progress.
That was at LEAST 15 years ago now.
This is what My Oldest Brother in Law Fred, May He RIP, had in 1964 when he married my sister. I think It was traded on a Impala in September of 66 preceding military duty.IIRC.lol…21st century. He Had a Monza Conv in Dark Blue I seem to remember, very classy dark almost black in normal light, nice with a tan roof, Lt interior.
Traded on a 67 Impala 4 larger family 2 dr. fastback coupe, added a 69 Catalina later 2 door I think , Then It Was Nothing But 4 Doors After IIRC.
I Think Id Like one of The few 69s with headrests & side Markers.68on…
YET… I Should never buy one because, If I Can afford to gamble do it on Tbird 66, or… 68 Cadillac Something I Love Anyway. Not this…. its Lower than anything in any year its offered in my opinion or preference. I Need PW PS for starters
Colony Parks , Lincoln Continentals (2) 80s, 1 was like Gucci or Something…Valentino ?I Enjoyed watching him tool around in it, THE BUTTONS!and later a Blue Thunderbird, with White Leather & Moonroof Why Didnt my mother get one?…my mother even got AM Only!IIRCin her 73 Thunderbird. they both had 73s but his WAS LOADED! hers was not sadly considering how long she had it.
Probably a ’64.
I owned and partially restored a ’63 ‘vert much like the one pictured, and as MadHungarian said, the wheel covers and bright trim are clues (although easily changed or added)…but the dead giveaways are the separate letters spelling out “C-O-R-V-A-I-R” on the rear deck, and the tail lamps that lack a vertical chrome accent.
I always wanted a ’64 (my year of birth) but had to settle for a closer, better car that was one year older.