Not VW (still aircooled) - 1963 Chev Corvair

Hi All,

Have put my 1963 Chev Corvair 700 on Ebay.
Need to fund a new love.
Ebay link has all the details:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1963-Chevrolet-Corvair-700-Great-Cond-VW-Rat-Rod-RARE-/260712843078?pt=AU_Cars&hash=item3cb3b24746

Car is in SA, Sheidow Park 5158
Ph. Darren 0450 211 356
$8000 Negotiable

That's a beautiful car.

Thanks mate. Yeah she is. But I need $$ to satisfy my VW hunger once more.😁

boristherat wrote:Thanks mate. Yeah she is. But I need $$ to satisfy my VW hunger once more.😁

Your Crazy! What are you getting your hands on now? Would be about time that we caught up mate, you know how to find me...

WOW

WHAT A RARE CAR....

and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....

Lee

68AutoBug wrote:and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....

I'm pretty sure that the book actually extended the life of the Corvair. Chevy was going to let it go, but couldn't risk losing face by appearing to drop the Corvair due to Nader's book. So in actual fact they continued production for a couple of extra years just to spite him.

Yes,
I just read where they were going to stop production in 1966
as the car was too expensive to build compared with front engined chevy ll s chevette etc...

but after the book... and the only the first chapter was about the 1960-63 rear suspension which was improved already when the book came out....
so, GM kept making the Corvair until the middle of 1969...

also made pick ups and station wagons...

They did sell 1.8 Million of them.....

no wonder there is still a following...

LEE

waveman1500 wrote:

68AutoBug wrote:and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....

I'm pretty sure that the book actually extended the life of the Corvair. Chevy was going to let it go, but couldn't risk losing face by appearing to drop the Corvair due to Nader's book. So in actual fact they continued production for a couple of extra years just to spite him.

Yep, production continued until '69. The Corvair was only covered off in the first chapter. Criticism was levelled at almost the whole auto industry of the time. Nader also criticised VW's heavily too (as well as anything rear engined) as they had a similar suspension setup. The Corvair was later proved by an independent body to be safer than most cars on the market in the US through the whole of the 1960's.
The Mustang actually killed the Corvair with stupidly good sales brought on by very clever marketing for what was actually an antiquated car by Corvair standards.
Damn....I'm almost talking myself out of selling it😂