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corvair Archive
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Curbside Recycling: Corvair Summer Quartet – Could You Frankenstein One Runner From These Parts?
Posted on July 1, 2021 | 34 CommentsWhile some think Corvairs are all collectible, the truth is that they aren’t all that rare to come across in the junkyard, and I certainly stumble upon them from time […] -
What If? The Pontiac Turbo Tempest Twin-Drive
Posted on May 10, 2021 | 114 Comments(first posted 2/19/2015) While researching last week’s write-up on a 1962 Buick Special, I read Paul’s earlier write-up on a Y-body Pontiac Tempest. In the article, he showed a […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Corvair Monza Wagon (Lakewood) – Why Did We Go Ahead And Build This?
Posted on April 26, 2021 | 92 Comments(first posted 8/16/2011) Bittersweet. That’s the best word I can come up with to sum up the Corvair. It failed in its intended role as a mainstream compact to compete […] -
Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing!
Posted on November 26, 2020 | 136 Comments(first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […] -
Curbside Classic: 1963 Corvair Greenbrier – We Don’t Want A Better VW Bus
Posted on November 25, 2020 | 88 Comments(curbside images by captchris from the CC Cohort) (first posted 3/29/2012) Sometimes being great just isn’t good enough. In every objective parameter, the 1961 – 1965 Corvair Greenbrier had the […] -
Cohort Pic(k) of the Day/QOTD: “My Rusty First Car” – Did You Have A Rusty First Car?
Posted on November 18, 2020 | 58 CommentsJohn Lloyd posted this picture of his first car, with this comment: 1950 Oldsmobile 88, in 1963. Five litre V-8 (303 cubic inches), four speed Hydramatic transmission, weighed 3500 pounds. […] -
Vintage Snapshots: Columbia, Missouri, Then And Now
Posted on January 8, 2020 | 35 CommentsIf a person finds a stocked pond, they are often wise to fish it for a while. Such is the case with the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways. The photographs […] -
Hindsight Classic: 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible – This Is What I Should Have Driven Back From Last Summer’s Meet-Up
Posted on October 21, 2019 | 37 CommentsAs the days grow cooler and the nights grow cold, ones thoughts sometimes turn introspective. This evening I found myself scanning through older photos and I came across these two […] -
In Motion Classic: A(nother) Vair-y Nice Day
Posted on August 7, 2019 | 18 CommentsWay back in 2011 I spotted a great little Corvair on the move at a particular intersection near my home. How strange that at the very same intersection eight years […] -
Curbside Classic: 1961 Falcon – How To Build A Winning Compact
Posted on July 19, 2019 | 55 Comments(first posted 3/21/2011) That could be me sitting in that barber chair, for two reasons. Well, that is the exact chair I sit in when I get my hair cut. […] -
Automotive History: How The 1960 Corvair Started A Global Design Revolution
Posted on January 22, 2019 | 158 Comments(first posted 8/5/2011. Updated and expanded 1/22/2019) The Corvair was a revolutionary car, but in quite different ways on each side of the Atlantic (or Pacific). In the US, the […] -
Automotive History: 1960-1963 Chevrolet Corvair – GM’s Deadliest Sin?
Posted on November 30, 2015 | 157 Comments(first posted 11/24/2012) Every silver lining has a cloud, and the Corvair’s is a deadly thunderhead. We’ve reveled in our love for the Corvair on these pages repeatedly, (here, […] -
Curbside Outtake: Corvair Coupe with Rake
Posted on June 4, 2015 | 38 CommentsGiven the love lavished on the Corvair here at Curbside Classic, I had no choice but to stop and collect a few pictures of this ’61-’64 Coupe parked in front […] -
Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising
Posted on March 21, 2015 | 45 CommentsDespite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […] -
CC Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Things Go Better With Coke
Posted on October 4, 2014 | 35 CommentsI’ve noted previously that October is really “high convertible season” in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Friday slides into Saturday Brunches and Farmers Markets, the first weekend of October […]
![Curbside Recycling: Corvair Summer Quartet – Could You Frankenstein One Runner From These Parts? While some think Corvairs are all collectible, the truth is that they aren’t all that rare to come across in the junkyard, and I certainly stumble upon them from time […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CorvairComboImage.jpg)
![What If? The Pontiac Turbo Tempest Twin-Drive (first posted 2/19/2015) While researching last week’s write-up on a 1962 Buick Special, I read Paul’s earlier write-up on a Y-body Pontiac Tempest. In the article, he showed a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Pontiac-tempest-twin-drive.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1962 Corvair Monza Wagon (Lakewood) – Why Did We Go Ahead And Build This? (first posted 8/16/2011) Bittersweet. That’s the best word I can come up with to sum up the Corvair. It failed in its intended role as a mainstream compact to compete […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Corvair-wagon.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 500 – Double or Nothing! (first posted 11/26/2014) The original generation of the Chevy Corvair certainly never lit the sales charts on fire, at least not by Chevrolet standards. Neither did the Y body compacts […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1965ChevyCorvair50004.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1963 Corvair Greenbrier – We Don’t Want A Better VW Bus (curbside images by captchris from the CC Cohort) (first posted 3/29/2012) Sometimes being great just isn’t good enough. In every objective parameter, the 1961 – 1965 Corvair Greenbrier had the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Corvair-GB-fq.jpg)
![Cohort Pic(k) of the Day/QOTD: “My Rusty First Car” – Did You Have A Rusty First Car? John Lloyd posted this picture of his first car, with this comment: 1950 Oldsmobile 88, in 1963. Five litre V-8 (303 cubic inches), four speed Hydramatic transmission, weighed 3500 pounds. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2981631653_4c1de26fd3_k.jpg)
![Vintage Snapshots: Columbia, Missouri, Then And Now If a person finds a stocked pond, they are often wise to fish it for a while. Such is the case with the Facebook group Missouri’s Historic Highways. The photographs […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/old-columbia-4.jpg)
![Hindsight Classic: 1962 Pontiac Tempest LeMans Convertible – This Is What I Should Have Driven Back From Last Summer’s Meet-Up As the days grow cooler and the nights grow cold, ones thoughts sometimes turn introspective. This evening I found myself scanning through older photos and I came across these two […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1472.jpg)
![In Motion Classic: A(nother) Vair-y Nice Day Way back in 2011 I spotted a great little Corvair on the move at a particular intersection near my home. How strange that at the very same intersection eight years […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/VairyNiceDay05Small.jpg)
![Curbside Classic: 1961 Falcon – How To Build A Winning Compact (first posted 3/21/2011) That could be me sitting in that barber chair, for two reasons. Well, that is the exact chair I sit in when I get my hair cut. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CC-51-042.jpg)
![Automotive History: How The 1960 Corvair Started A Global Design Revolution (first posted 8/5/2011. Updated and expanded 1/22/2019) The Corvair was a revolutionary car, but in quite different ways on each side of the Atlantic (or Pacific). In the US, the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/corvair.jpg)
![Automotive History: 1960-1963 Chevrolet Corvair – GM’s Deadliest Sin? (first posted 11/24/2012) Every silver lining has a cloud, and the Corvair’s is a deadly thunderhead. We’ve reveled in our love for the Corvair on these pages repeatedly, (here, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Corvair-kovacs.jpg)
![Curbside Outtake: Corvair Coupe with Rake Given the love lavished on the Corvair here at Curbside Classic, I had no choice but to stop and collect a few pictures of this ’61-’64 Coupe parked in front […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Raked-Corvair-Coupe.2.jpg)
![Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising Despite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rsz_1.png)
![CC Outtake: 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible – Things Go Better With Coke I’ve noted previously that October is really “high convertible season” in the San Francisco Bay Area. As Friday slides into Saturday Brunches and Farmers Markets, the first weekend of October […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10660263_10152333469887201_4685983160681827395_n-e1412398969956.jpg)


