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I grew up driving my 57 all around SoCal. To the beach, up to Paso Robles, heck even drove it Wyoming. I learned to manipulate the ebrake once when my master took a crap on the 134 through Pasadena traffic.
Do I harbor some fear that my baby could be carved up by an idiot in a Prius? Yes. But she can get the same crossing the street for ice cream. I’ll grind my teeth and pray she learns defensive driving and patience when pulling into traffic.

 

Agreed.

For a modern kid, even learning to remember to shut off your headlights is a valuable lesson in paying attention.

 

1964. Last year for the early body design

 

Too bad it's an auto. The manuals are a lot of fun.
Corvairs are easy to work on, and there are some good, easy-to-read manuals out there

 

Absolutely. I do parts and service for heavy equipment and there is a huge swath of youngsters that don’t have the same backyard education we did. They’re smarter than we were, but much less practical common sense

 

That is Awesome ! Enjoy

 

probably the only cool car in the High School parking lot these days

 

Very Kool

 

When I was in high school I had a long roof. Definitely agree with those that said never buy a daughter a long roof.... Lol.

 

Congrats to your daughter.And she's got a great dad....congrats for that too!

 

Did the local Chevrolet dealer run out of new corvettes ?

 

Super cool move Dad! She and the 'Vair are a great pairing!
It'll look good with some old school drip rail mount surf racks. Don't forget the Cal Custom foot gas pedal.

For peace of mind; an alarm system, jumper cables, can of Fix a Flat and fire extinguisher.
I taught all 4 of our kids (3 girls/1 boy) to drive and part of the curriculum was they all had to be able to jump start the car and change out a tire with the spare from A-Z and be familiar with all the under hood fluid checks. If they forget but have the tools on hand, they can always Face Time you or someone to walk them through a jump, etc. (I've FT'd roadside issues a few times). They may also be able to assist a stranded friend rather than wait for AAA, etc.

 

This is awesome. Best of luck with the great car. Ever since Hemi Joel's amazing thread about driving his 61 Corvair Spider 2000 miles from Arizona to Minnesota, I've been eyeing one for myself. Looks like an absolute blast of a car to drive

 

This weekend she has to adjust the brakes.
The seller threw in a pair of new cables, too!