Projects Shane's Project Thread......Wheew!....Finally!

Finally......I got the car coming my way! This is my Mom's 1960 Corvair that she has owned since I was a little boy. It is in Longmont Colorado. I grew up in this car! In the early 90's she had the engine rebuilt and had all the rust bondo'd up and painted. It was near mint after that. It was her daily driver for years. As she got older, she lost interest in the car and it started to sit in the driveway. It has 30,000 mile on the rebuild and still runs like a champ. It just has been sitting for a couple of years with no one to love it. She said she wanted to get rid of it, so I asked if I could have it. She said, you get it to Wisconsin on your own dime and you can have it.

Sweeeet!

So I started looking around and could not find anyone to haul it for under $1,000. Not that big of a deal, but just got married and bought a house this year. Couldn't convince Tammy to let me blow a grand on it yet. We agreed we would go out to Colorado and pick it up this summer durring our vacation. So, it has been on the back burner for months....untill.....

A buddy told me about www.Uship.com

I found a gentleman who will be in the area next week, got a smokin deal. Only $500 delivered to my house. He is insured and hauls vehicles for a living. So I should have it next weekend! I am stoked! More pics to follow!

PS.....The rims are the first thing to go!

 

Cool score! That's what I need.... relatives that give away cool stuff.

 

Shane, what are your plans for it?

 

Great score! I can see a cool little 60's custom.

 

Keep us posted Shane. Can't wait to see the direction you take it.

I have been sending you emails about equipment that I am going to purchase the last two weeks. Thank you very much for quotes and the info! Andy

 

sweet lil project....

 

I don't know. This will be my first project, so I will need some help from the board. I am getting rid of the rims right away. I will need to check and see who has parts local to me.

Maybe someone want to tade some body work for some baileigh equipment?

 

Shanes biggest concern was getting it to Wisconsin. Now I wont have so far to travel to get it. Great work Shane! Thanks amigo!
Your newest...bestest buddy, Todd.

 

Maybe someone want to tade some minor body work for some baileigh equipment?

 

Tomorrow is the big day!

I am stoked!

 

Sweet thanks!

Any other ideas?

 

I don't have the photoshop prowess of many here, but I can make suggestions with the best of them...they may not be good ones, but I can still make them!

My opinion is that there has never been a car that original TouqThrusts don't look good on. blackwalls!

Opinion #2 is that Astro Supremes run a close second. They were even made in 4 spokes for 4 lug hubs. Pinner whites!

 

It's on it's way!

 

Unsafe at anyspeed badass

 

"Wheels" Shane, "wheels"

 

I need some recomendations please They are 4 bolt

 

Shane , nice ride ! Had a 61 myself and was a fun car to have . I just sent you a PM with 2 emails of a good place to get all your Corvair parts . He is easy to deal with and will ship parts to you . He has a huge yard full of Corvairs !
keep the pics coming !

RetroJim

 

Simple painted steelies with baby moons would be period perfect.

My high school buddie Chuck had a '62 700 series... with a hopped up 80HP with a 3 speed... we had a lot of fun in that car when I was a youngin'...

I remember the night we stole a case of "Harvest Wine" from his employer in Milwaukee... Mader's German Restaurant. The plan was for me (age 15) to drive his car down the alley where he had stashed the contraband...on his break, he'd toss the case of wine into the trunk. Worked great until we found that those special 36" tall bottles (kinda like a grenadier bottle) wouldn't allow the trunk to close!

So here I am, 15 years old, no license, driving thru downtown Milwaukee on a busy Friday night, loaded with wine, with the trunk of the Corvair wide open...

How I pulled THAT off I'll never know.

Good luck with the car.... keep it HAMB friendly and we'll see you at the Shakedown.

 

It has a 900 Monza engine. What does the 900 stand for? CC?

 

Yeah! It's here!

 

Congrats! I know you must be excited! The car looks to be in really good shape.

Take a look at the new R&C. In the dream car section there is a corvair with supremes. Looked very good.

Good luck and keep us updated!

 

Chevy Monza Spyder rallye wheels. I had a bunch, but finally had to throw them out. They look really nice with the cast bowtie centers and trim rings.
http://www.dragtimes.com/images-cla...SPYDER-COSWORTH-GT--for-sale_180479826047.jpg

 

Very Cool!!!!!

 

how about a shot of under the decklid panel.curios as to the damage youll find under there from your other thread.

 

I'll shoot a pic when I get home

 

if anyone has any of these 4 sale, let me know

 

Update!

It has been sitting for years.....so I checked the oil, squirted a couple drops of gas in the carbs and it fired right up. Started purring like a kitten right away. Man does it run good....Drove it up to the gas station and put air in the tires. I am stoked!

Check out all of the books my Mom gave me with the car. She also included the original hub caps and the original am radio.

 

See if the original hubcaps will fit those wheels. Slap em on for now. Redrill the hubs to 5 lug chevy, thataway your wheel choices go way up.

 

Finding custom custom 4 lug wheels will be fun. Not really any choices out there. My '63 I had, had a set of Datsun/Nissan Z car wheels on it when I got it and they were there when it left.

There are disc brake kits out there for the front. if you get a later spindle ('65-'69) and the late model brake kit you can easily swap the front to disc brakes and get 5 lug. The rear will have to be re drilled as mentioned before. This will make your wheel options limitless. The only problem you might have is fitting a smaller wheel with the disc brakes, I know some disc brake kits will not allow anything smaller than a 15" wheel.

Do a google search for Rafe or Raffe. He is in OK and does brake kits for the Corvairs.

If you want to lower it the front will just be like any other car, as far as the back goes, good luck.