Was looking to replace my horn button because of some stress / heat cracks on the face of it (Photo Attached). Realizing replacing it might be easier said than done. I'm not finding any assemblies that I can just snap on so some questions on my options;

1. Does anyone have a Corsa Horn Button in good shape they'd be willing to sell?

2. Is there anything I can apply similar to the glass repair products that would simply fill in these stress cracks without discoloring the whole thing?

3. I see Clark's has replacement inserts, does that include the clear plastic that is the main issue with my button?

4. If I do go the insert replacement route, what does one do with the retaining clips that appear to be part of the chrome ring? Past experience with stuff like this is as soon as you try to spread them they break off.

Unfortunately when someone drilled the retaining clip holes out for bigger screws they went all the way through the ring, so if possible I'd like to replace the whole thing. Given the results of my searching so far it may end up staying as is.

Thanks in advance,
Gary

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Gary
1966 Corsa Convertible
Northern New Jersey





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/20/2021 01:31PM by MattNall.

I believe I have several spare 66 Corsa horn buttons at home. I can check condition tonight.

Eric P.
DeWitt, IA

Same as '65? If so I have 2

Buster Tindel
Gulfport Mississippi

65 Corsa 140 4 speed

vairygood Wrote:
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> Same as '65? If so I have 2


Buster, good question, I need someone else to answer that question.

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Gary
1966 Corsa Convertible
Northern New Jersey

isucorvair Wrote:
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> I believe I have several spare 66 Corsa horn buttons at home. I can check condition tonight.
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> Eric P.
> DeWitt, IA

Thank you, I'll send a PM with my contact info.

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Gary
1966 Corsa Convertible
Northern New Jersey

Same on both years.

If you have good chrome ring, Get the Clarks Corsa insert C8423 and Screws C8425. Gently grind away metal holding clips on ring. Then drill new holes for screws.

Repair Horn Button Retainers: Allows you to repair loose 1960-69 horn buttons held on by the bent metal retainers that are held on by rivets. You need a #35 drill bit and a drill bit in the range of 13-64"–17/64".

Al
Georgia

Lane66m Wrote:
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> Same on both years.
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> If you have good chrome ring, Get the Clarks Corsa insert C8423 and Screws C8425. Gently grind away metal holding clips on ring. Then drill new holes for screws.
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> Repair Horn Button Retainers: Allows you to repair loose 1960-69 horn buttons held on by the bent metal retainers that are held on by rivets. You need a #35 drill bit and a drill bit in the range of 13-64"–17/64".

If possible I'd like to replace my chrome ring. If you look around 8:30 on the posted picture you can see where one of the clip retaining screw holes was drilled all the way through. Thanks for clarifying the Clark's clips and need for drilling, makes sense now.

Gary

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Gary
1966 Corsa Convertible
Northern New Jersey

Locate a Monza button that has a good ring and swap a new Corsa button into it.

There are none at our Vair vendors, nor eBay. All eBay buttons are worse than yours.

You will probably have to post a WTB post on this forum to find one.

Al
Georgia

Fun fact: When I sold parts at a Chevy dealer in the '70s, the 65 & 66 Monza cap was NLA and it superceded to the 65-66 Corsa cap at the same price. Free upgrade!

Craig N. Coeur d'Alene ID.
66 Black Monza 4dr, 4.2L V8 49k
61 Seamist Jade Rampside 140 PG
60 Monza coupe (sold, sniff sniff)
66 Sprint Corsa convt - First car! Re-purchased 43 years later
2+2 gnatsuM 5691

+17 Tons of parts

I always "assumed" that the wood look steering wheel was stock on Corsa models but apparently that was not the case. At least based on pics I've seen in the last few years here.
The one for this discussion looks to be the standard black steering wheel, correct? Does not look like the one I remember my '66 with "wood" wheel.

Does anyone happen to have pics of all the '66 type buttons (with or without the wheels) next to each other by any chance? Would love to see them side by side.

Thanks

Paul

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> I always "assumed" that the wood look steering wheel was stock on Corsa models but apparently that was not the case. At least based on pics I've seen in the last few years here.
> The one for this discussion looks to be the standard black steering wheel, correct? Does not look like the one I remember my '66 with "wood" wheel.
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> Does anyone happen to have pics of all the '66 type buttons (with or without the wheels) next to each other by any chance? Would love to see them side by side.
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> Thanks
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> Paul

"Wood" wheels were an option.

Should be pics in Clark's online catalog.

Thanks Robert. I'll check it out.

Paul

It seems that I read somewhere that you could put something like WD-40 on the fine cracks and it would wick into them and they would go away for awhile?

RJ tools
Salem,Oregon

Gary - If/When you replace the center plastic piece, I could use it (cracks and all) for a particular project I am exploring. A Monza one would do fine.(Anybody?) I do not want to tear one apart that is usable, but if the Chrome is bad, or the face discolored, I can use some parts.

Seth Emerson

Check my new Performance Corvair Web site [www.perfvair.com]

That is a "fun fact" Craig. Seems in the old days I saw many 65-66 Monzas that had Corsa horn buttons. I always thought people liked the looks of the C over the Monza emblems. Now I wonder is that was all that was available so they got Corsa horn buttons?

Tim - They probably told the buyers that the "C" stood for Corvair!

I have seen a lot of otherwise original appearing cars that had the Corsa button.

Joel
Northlake, TX
5 Ultravans, 114 Corvairs and counting...

I have a spare thats ok - sent a PM, but have not heard back?


Eric P.
DeWitt, IA

vairygood Wrote:
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> Same as '65? If so I have 2


Thanks Buster for parting with on of your Horn Buttons! Much better than what I had in place.

Gary

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Gary
1966 Corsa Convertible
Northern New Jersey

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COCoCo
I always "assumed" that the wood look steering wheel was stock on Corsa models but apparently that was not the case.

Of all the Corsas I have worked on or seen over the years, a wood wheel was maybe on 10% of them. Not a common option in these parts.

It is more common than a three speed transmission, though.

Frank DuVal

Fredericksburg, VA