VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

They were very popular in the early '60s! Do you know they sold nearly 2 million Corvairs ? Car magazines at the time had lots of hop-up articles and adds for accessories.

 

Way to go Biff !

 

Ummm, err... I still drive my 65 convertible. And have a 61 Rampside and 65 4dr hardtop rotting in the yard. Well and a '66 Corsa 140 also. But my daily driver is a hopped up 4 banger 28 Model A. Those Corvairs are too modern and reliable.

 

I had a 66 140 hp, the 4 carb version. I raced it at Old Bridge Speedway in N.J. It was a 1/12 mile strip on the front straightaway of a 1/2 mile asphalt oval. I kept working on it along with a good mechanic and got the times down by over a second. It would turn times better than five classes higher. In time trials I could beat newcomers running GTO's. The car was a ton of fun. I previously had a 64 Vette with the 365 hp, fast but a royal pain to keep running

 

NOW THAT is a very unique rain hat !!!! /////

 

Swi66 thank you for the pic of the Signal Gas & Oil service station. The pic with 1937 Chevrolet coupe driving flooded Ventura Blvd. I collect all items of Signal Gas & Oil and that pic will end up framed on my wall. As many of you HAMBers know, Signal Gas was only in the 7 western states. Although there were a few in southern British Columbia Canada. I have never heard of any in Mexico but wouldn't be too surprised if one or two in Mexico near the border.
After Signal sold off all their stations they bought up Regal, Hancock, Norwalk among others.
Thanks again swi66

1 more car I promise, Rex Winter
Dry n windy Lubbock Texas

 

I don't know if anybody noticed but I think that's John Ashley from the movie

Hot Rod Gang!

 

Great photos of the 1957 roadsters and the NOVI Team

 

A true one-of-a-kind. I believe this is the only Indy Roadster built by George Shilala. Entered in the1957 500 it failed to qualify and , near as I can tell, it was never raced again. Makes one think today there may be a garage/wearhouse/shed somewhere containing a almost prisstine Indy Roadster.

 

I think that address would have put it in Tarzana, CA.

 

I was starting to mask the windows on my doors with newspaper when I noticed this image on the newspaper I was about to use. It is from the local newspapers archives. Notice the guys are working on a hemi; probably from the Desoto just behind them.

 

There were almost 1.8 million Corvairs produced over a 10 model year run. That averages out to 180,000 per year. They were a lot more popular than you think.

Bill

 

Beach Boys in Paradise Cove. Great album.

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