Corvair guys!

[Blownolds]

Hey, you Corvair or ex-Corvair guys, I found something rare in the junkyard today on a '65 and I want to make sure I'm getting all the right parts off the car........ please PM me so I can ask a coupl'a questions, thanx!!!

[Rocky]

If it's that aluminum steering box, I left it there by accident, I need it back, if you'd be kind enough to mail it back to me? Thanks..........

[yorgatron]

found a turbo,huh? you wouldn't be this excited over a 140 h.p. 4x1bbl. set-up. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[tragic59]

I'm gonna quote a good friend of mine:

"You gotta wonder about a Corvair guy."

[Jive-Bomber]

I'd like to pick up a 64 Monza Convertible for the wife-
Last year of the old body, but with a 'helper' spring in the rear.
They are kinda cool cars, but you can't do much to make them kustoms.

[kyle paul]

damn i dident no there were good parts on corvairs?if there is let me no cause i no of a guy with like 30 corvairs in his feild. and he ll let everything go cheep .so whats with the good parts?

[lowsquire]

steering boxes.aluminium ones. if'n you get em, youll sell em all in a matter of minutes to hambers id say..
me first.quite serious.
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[purple]

<font color="purple"> I'm now helping strip down my buddies 65 Corsa 'vert. He has 3 64 and down, a parts 65 'vert, and a truck. But he's the expert, not I. </font>

[Blownolds]

A hint: It does have to do with steering boxes, but it's not an aluminum one. All '61-3's had aluminum boxes, they are dime a dozen. This was a '65 anyway....

[Paul]

uh,
a telescoping steering collumn?
a complete dropout front suspension?
a front wheel speedo drive?
Ralf Nader's toe nail clippings?

[prime mover]

Hey Jive bomber I'm about to put a 65 corsa convert on ebay for a friend if your interested let me know.

[Blownolds]

Nope, much rarer and much more desireable than Nader's toenail clippings. Quick-ratio steering.

I figger'd there'd maybe be some Corvair guys on board who'd PM me, they'd know what I was talking about if they was of the fanatic variety, or if they ran road-race Corvairs.

Well, I got all the steering stuff so no more questions on that. I just wanted to make sure I got every rare part off a car that was so-equipped. Anyone know about rare suspension parts for these cars?

[BigJim394]

Well...the 65 Fitch Corvairs had this done to the suspension:

"A GT suspension package added progressive rate, auxiliary rubber springs and a pair of adjustable Gabriel shocks on the rear. Rear camber was set to one and a half degrees negative. Front suspension was set at four degrees positive caster with a quarter-degree of positive camber. Heat-treated and Magnfluxed short steering arms took the steering ratio down from the stock 23:1 to 15:1. Also available was a Delco steering damper unit from the Corvette parts bin. It was mounted using special brackets."


Is that some of the stuff you got?

[BigJim394]

More 65 Vair box lore:


65 CARS - non-telescopic - now it begins to get more complicated! All cars from 65-69 have cast iron boxes. MOST 65 car boxes are of this type - shaft dia. of .625" and an overall exposed length of 47 1/2 inches. However, sometime late in the production year the shaft was shortened to the intermediate length used on the 66-67 boxes (listed next). IN ADDITION if two different 65 boxes aren't enough there are two more! Telescopic and quick steering!


65 CARS - telescopic - in 1965 Corvairs were first offered with an optional telescopic (adjustable) steering column. Naturally the box is different too! The worm shaft length is approx 14 1/2", and uses the earlier style two-bolt simple coupling. Or at least that is how the early 65 telescopic boxes are! Later in 1965 both the telescopic and non-telescopic boxes are the same with a worm shaft length of 15 1/2". 66 CARS (also late 65) - the worm shaft length of these is approx 15 1/2 " and use the double nut coupling with the large bell-type shield. Note that telescopic and regular boxes are the same for these years.

[Blownolds]

Thanks for the info, Jim. I'll have to check the suspension again. The steering box was quick-ratio, and I got all the arms and linkage that goes with it. The column was already gone. They probably grabbed the column out of it without ever realizing what the box was.

I didn't know that '65 had two different lengths of long shafts, I always just knew them as the long shaft. There is also a short 2-inch stubby shaft and I believe a 6- or 9-inch shaft on the '66 or '67-9 cars. So many things to know.

But quick-ratio is all I need to know. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Jive-Bomber]

Prime-

Sent you an e-mail.

thanks,

jay