Last weekend we had a few club members attend a Cars & Coffee event on Saturday morning in Gilbert and after that we headed to Tortilla Flat out past the Superstition Mountains about an hour away. Tortilla Flat is the last surviving stagecoach stop along the famous Apache Trail with a population of six.

The trip was a blast with many photo opportunities along the way. At Tortilla Flat are a few stores, a restaurant, a music venue and other wild west tourist attractions. There is also a water crossing that is dry most of the year but recent rains gave a couple of us an opportunity for some harmless fun in the water.

More pics on our Cactus Corvair Club Website.
[www.cactuscorvairclub.com]

Dave W. / Gilbert Arizona
65 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4 w/factory A/C
66 Corsa 455 Toro V8
65 Monza Convertible 110/4
66 Monza Convertible 140/4 A/C
65 Monza 4DR 140/PG w/factory A/C
65 Monza 4DR EJ20T/5

Dean F. Gemberling
Columbus, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Corvair Club Webmaster
Springfest Webmaster

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998

Obviously, as a fellow Yenko owner, I am curious as to the provenance and the owner of the Yenko pictured washing it's undercarriage.
Care to reveal ??
Bob C

Bob C aka Dryenko
Dobson, NC 27017

dryenko Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Obviously, as a fellow Yenko owner, I am curious as to the provenance and the owner of the Yenko pictured washing it's undercarriage.
> Care to reveal ??
> Bob C


Bob-

He did a write-up on it a while back. Its a tribute car, that looks really, really great!


Eric P.
DeWitt, IA

dryenko Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Obviously, as a fellow Yenko owner...

Oh I wish I was a fellow Yenko owner.

It is a genuine 66 Corsa 140 but unfortunately, just a Yenko clone that I put together about a year ago. I doctored it all up to look the part of a long neglected, recently discovered barn-find Stinger. Genuine Stingers #41 and #42 happen to be located in the Phoenix area and the owners of those cars provided me with details and templates for my tribute's nod toward the real thing.

Here is the write-up.
[corvaircenter.com]



Dave W. / Gilbert Arizona
65 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4 w/factory A/C
66 Corsa 455 Toro V8
65 Monza Convertible 110/4
66 Monza Convertible 140/4 A/C
65 Monza 4DR 140/PG w/factory A/C
65 Monza 4DR EJ20T/5






Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2023 06:24AM by azdave.

azdave Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
>
> It is a genuine 66 Corsa 140 but unfortunately, just a Yenko clone that I put together about a year ago. I doctored it all up to look the part of a long neglected, recently discovered barn-find Stinger. Genuine Stingers #41 and #42 happen to be located in the Phoenix area and the owners of those cars provided me with details and templates for my tribute's nod toward the real thing.
>

VERY well executed. Probably took as much time/effort as a 90+ point restoration. But now Dave has a "$200K" car that he can actually drive and enjoy.

Thanks for sharing Dave, great photos! When I was last in Arizona we took my grandparents on a drive and stopped at Tortilla Flat for some prickly pear ice cream.

'66 Monza coupe
4 speed
140hp
Gardner, KS

Heart of America Corvair Owners Association

Nice pictures. And look at that blue blue sky! Reminds me of the southwest.

Timothy Shortle Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Nice pictures. And look at that blue blue sky! Reminds me of the southwest.















Oh, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
WA. state, 1 mile south of the Canadian border, I am not at the end of the world, but you can see it from here.

I did the drive last year in my truck. Wish it had been in my Corvair. Great pictures. thanks for sharing.

Mark
66 Corsa
Memphis

Great photos Dave. When I made that trip in 2014 following the Tacoma convention, I thought that Arizona and New Mexico has some of the most beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing.

Cliff Tibbitts
Nicholasville, KY
CORSA, CKCE, Derby City Corvairs
66 Monza, 140/4sp

My red 66 Corsa vert is green with envy!

Doug Dumler
Fort Collins, CO

Ahh, the proverbial and rarely seen desert chameleon Corvair!
Would have been a nice addition to their caravan in either color.

Paul

Thanks for all the comments. I finally put a quick video together. Please excuse my amateur video skills/editing and just enjoy seeing some Corvairs on the move. It's only 3.5 minutes in length with a few slides and the beginning and end.

[youtu.be]

Dave W. / Gilbert Arizona
65 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4
66 Corsa 140/4 w/factory A/C
66 Corsa 455 Toro V8
65 Monza Convertible 110/4
66 Monza Convertible 140/4 A/C
65 Monza 4DR 140/PG w/factory A/C
65 Monza 4DR EJ20T/5

Amateur video skills?
That was as good, or better than some of the monetized videographers out there!
Heh, with that music, I kept waiting for the UFO to land.
Great video Dave, thanks for sharing.
I just love that Clone of yours. Too Kuel!

-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
WA. state, 1 mile south of the Canadian border, I am not at the end of the world, but you can see it from here.