First Trip

Last week my Corvair hit the road for the first time in many years! No - not on it's own power, but on the back of a truck. The destination - Custom Truck in Rochester - to get sandblasted.

Later I'll show some closeups of the sandblasted areas - it is amazing what a difference it made. Here's some pictures of the ride to the shop and back.

Up in the Air

Thanks to a friend and fellow Corvair enthusiast, Dave Keillor, I have the use of a rotisserie to lift the Corvair and turn it so I can deal with the lower and underneath parts with as little stress on this 50 year-old body as possible (mine, not the car's). With it up in the air I've removed the suspensions and will begin work on taking off all the panels that I will be replacing.

I'm looking forward to the time when I stop taking it apart and start putting it back together. I'm also looking forward to when it stops leaking old barn dirt and mouse nests whenever I turn it on the rotisserie.

The Only Way To Go Is Up

Here it is. Not much that isn't rust. But in my eyes it is a beautiful 1963 Corvair convertible. Red with black interior and top. Can you see it?

Used Cars

While I was in college in Phoenix, flyers went up at my school asking for people with old cars to drive to a desert location to be part of a movie. Had I known more about the movie I may not have gone. It was a fun experience, though. We drove back and forth on an old dirt runway in the middle of nowhere (think drug smugglers) while Kurt Russell's stunt double fought with another stuntan in the back of a truck. For the less active passes Kurt Russell would replace the double. We sent two days filming and my car made it into theovie for about three seconds. I was driving but you can't see me. Here's a screen shot from the movie.




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Location:58th St NW,Rochester,United States

How it all started

In 1976 I got my driver's license. For the next four years I drove a 1966 Corvair Monza convertible.





More than thirty years later it's time to drive a corvair convertible again. Over the past six years I've purchased four rebuildable cars but they've always been late models and purchased for practicality, not for pleasure. This one is for me.