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Blog Archive
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Wordless Outtake: A Study In Contrasting Reds
Posted on August 22, 2011 | 25 Comments -
On The Flocking Instinct Of Corvairs
Posted on August 20, 2011 | 10 CommentsMore often than not when you find one rough Corvair there are often several others nearby. It’s as if they’re huddled together like penguins against the cold, harsh world. This […] -
CC Outtake: Women Come And Go…
Posted on August 20, 2011 | 10 CommentsIt probably won’t take a lot of guessing to come up with the vehicle this is on. So maybe you should save it for guessing how many times the owner […] -
CC Outtake: Having a Vair-y Nice Day
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 11 CommentsThis 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 […] -
1932 Ford V8: The Greatest Car Of All Time?
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 22 CommentsWhy do media outlets compile lists, like Edmund’s 100 Greatest Cars of all Time List that came out a couple of days ago? So that suckers like me would blog […] -
Six Pages Of Custom Corvairs: Endless Corvair Porn
Posted on August 19, 2011 | 12 CommentsWe’re closing in on the end of Corvair Week, and I’ve stumbled into the mother lode of Custom Corvairs. I’ll show a couple here, including this flying wing shorty coupe, […] -
It Had To Happen: The Flying Corvair
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 18 CommentsIf the Pinto can be made to fly, then obviously a Corvair was an even more likely candidate in man’s endlessly foolish quest to make cars fly. -
Who Says You Can’t Take It With You?
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 17 CommentsNot Rose Martin of Tiverton, RI, who was buried in her white ’62 Corvair Monza. It took four burial plots to accommodate her request. May they rest and rust in […] -
CC Clue: Not Only Corvairs This Week
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 6 CommentsWe learned the hard way that Clues and theme weeks don’t mix very well. So let’s throw something else into the mix for tomorrow. And kudos to MikePDX for identifying […] -
CC Outtake: Unsafe At Any Speed, Or Even A Stiff Breeze
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 37 CommentsI walk by this old contraption often and have long waited for a fitting time to post a quickie. Is it just me, or does this look about as stable […] -
Corvair Coupe Design Evolution: It Almost Had A Flying Wing Roof, With A Flying Buttress
Posted on August 17, 2011 | 10 CommentsThe gen1 Corvair coupe’s roof line has always been a bit polarizing. Love it, hate it; or both, in my case. Especially compared to the ’65’s graceful solution, the 1960 […] -
CC Outtake: Isuzu Vehicross – The Ultimate Anti-Corvair?
Posted on August 16, 2011 | 34 CommentsWe need to give our Corvair-overdosed eyes a bit of a break, eh? With something about as different as possible, and with as little as Corvair influence as can be […] -
The Corvair Struts Its Stuff: Handling, Offroading, River Fording, Braking, And Crash Tests
Posted on August 16, 2011 | 23 CommentsThis 1960 Chevrolet advertising short isn’t exactly a new find, but I never get tired of watching it do some of the similar tortures I put my Corvair through. And […] -
Corvair Design Revolution Postscript: Back To 1950’s Pininfarina For The 1971 Vega
Posted on August 15, 2011 | 9 CommentsI forgot to make the circle really complete: Having totally turned Europe’s design school upside down with the 1960 Corvair, what does GM do for the 1971 Vega (and of […] -
CC Corvair Week Kickoff: Which Gen1 Corvair For You?
Posted on August 14, 2011 | 53 CommentsIt’s Corvair Week at CC. The controversial rear-engined Corvair is right up there in the competition as the most-written about car ever. There’s no way we can do the whole […]

![On The Flocking Instinct Of Corvairs More often than not when you find one rough Corvair there are often several others nearby. It’s as if they’re huddled together like penguins against the cold, harsh world. This […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1964-Chevrolet-Corvair-110-Coupe-3.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Women Come And Go… It probably won’t take a lot of guessing to come up with the vehicle this is on. So maybe you should save it for guessing how many times the owner […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ManTruck.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Having a Vair-y Nice Day 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 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1963ChevroletCorvair-crop.jpg)
![1932 Ford V8: The Greatest Car Of All Time? Why do media outlets compile lists, like Edmund’s 100 Greatest Cars of all Time List that came out a couple of days ago? So that suckers like me would blog […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Ford-1932.jpg)
![Six Pages Of Custom Corvairs: Endless Corvair Porn We’re closing in on the end of Corvair Week, and I’ve stumbled into the mother lode of Custom Corvairs. I’ll show a couple here, including this flying wing shorty coupe, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Corvair-shorty.jpg)

![Who Says You Can’t Take It With You? Not Rose Martin of Tiverton, RI, who was buried in her white ’62 Corvair Monza. It took four burial plots to accommodate her request. May they rest and rust in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Corvair-coffin-1.jpg)
![CC Clue: Not Only Corvairs This Week We learned the hard way that Clues and theme weeks don’t mix very well. So let’s throw something else into the mix for tomorrow. And kudos to MikePDX for identifying […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/DS-Clue.png)
![CC Outtake: Unsafe At Any Speed, Or Even A Stiff Breeze I walk by this old contraption often and have long waited for a fitting time to post a quickie. Is it just me, or does this look about as stable […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/motorhome.jpg)
![Corvair Coupe Design Evolution: It Almost Had A Flying Wing Roof, With A Flying Buttress The gen1 Corvair coupe’s roof line has always been a bit polarizing. Love it, hate it; or both, in my case. Especially compared to the ’65’s graceful solution, the 1960 […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Corvair-clay-1958.jpg)
![CC Outtake: Isuzu Vehicross – The Ultimate Anti-Corvair? We need to give our Corvair-overdosed eyes a bit of a break, eh? With something about as different as possible, and with as little as Corvair influence as can be […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CC-144-027-800.jpg)
![Corvair Design Revolution Postscript: Back To 1950’s Pininfarina For The 1971 Vega I forgot to make the circle really complete: Having totally turned Europe’s design school upside down with the 1960 Corvair, what does GM do for the 1971 Vega (and of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Chevy_Vega_grill.jpg)
![CC Corvair Week Kickoff: Which Gen1 Corvair For You? It’s Corvair Week at CC. The controversial rear-engined Corvair is right up there in the competition as the most-written about car ever. There’s no way we can do the whole […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Corvair-63.jpg)


