Delete it.

Looking good!!

Doug
65 Monza
Cincy, OH

Began installing the trunk and main wiring harnesses along with the long hard brake and fuel lines through the tunnel.

Also installed the rear hard brake lines.

Obviously waiting on a bunch of replacement grommets because the ones that I had previously purchased grew legs and disappeared













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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Looking Great, moving fast!

-Tom


63' Monza Spyder Convertable (in process) MY Build Thread
62' Wagon rebuild MY Build Thread
65' Monza MY Build Thread
73' NovaSS 454 Big block (Sold)
86' BMW 325es
67' UltraVan 211 "Violet"
NFCC, UMCC
Grand Island, NY

When you bleed the brakes watch the 3 way connector on the back wall. I had new lines and a new connector and I had to really torque down to get it to stop leaking brake fluid.

Doug
65 Monza
Cincy, OH

Thanks for the heads up on the 3 way connector, Doug!

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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

On Monday, Richard Payne (Ratt643) drove down from Tennessee so that we could visit a dear Corvair friend on Tuesday.

Naturally, he asked if I needed any help reassembling the V8 coupe.

After discussing things, we decided to pull the trigger on the Holley Sniper EFI for the Buick 215.

Despite the usual setbacks and challenges, we accomplished the mission today.

Click HERE for the video

Thanks to Richard's EFI experience and unmatched mechanical abilities, we also replaced the existing intake with a new Edelbrock Performer Dual Plane Intake.

Thanks Richard!



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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Doug
65 Monza
Cincy, OH

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!

-Tom


63' Monza Spyder Convertable (in process) MY Build Thread
62' Wagon rebuild MY Build Thread
65' Monza MY Build Thread
73' NovaSS 454 Big block (Sold)
86' BMW 325es
67' UltraVan 211 "Violet"
NFCC, UMCC
Grand Island, NY

Way to go Dean!

Enjoy the Corvair!

Paul Sergeant
CORSA Central Division Director / CORSA Treasurer
Lee's Summit, MO
CORSA since 1975
Member – HACOA, Corvair Minnesota, CORSA, Little Indians, POCI

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While looking for better headlights, I stumbled upon the Holley RetroBright LED headlights.

True plug and play technology that requires NO modifications to the headlight buckets or the wiring.

The high-beam RetroBrights are backordered thru mid July, so I installed the Sylvania Xtravision Halogen headlights for the high-beams.

Test fit the chromed headlight bezels from Dallas Plating here in Georgia.

















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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Dean,
I looked back to 2018 when you rebuilt this engine, did Ken use and you retain the stock 215 heads? Will your old manifold be for sale? Scott

Scott
Danville, In.
'65 Corsa coupe basket case
'66 Monza coupe

Scott,

Yes, this engine has the stock 215 heads.

I will send you a PM regarding the old intake manifold.

Thanks,

Dean

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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Cleaned up the stainless steel roof rail weatherstrip retainers using a flat tip screwdriver to remove the old rubber, followed by a wire wheel, then used Acetone to remove the sticky residue

Painted the rear windshield inside plastic trim using Krylon Fusion paint designed for plastic to change the color from red to black













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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Removed the ancient, crusty "felt" from the vertical window channels that are nearest the door latches.

Used a screw driver to remove the majority, followed by a wire wheel, then aircraft stripper to remove the residue.

Installed new "moleskin" using my technique from 10 years ago when I performed a similar operation on the 62 Rampside vent windows

However, for this installation:
1. Use a wooden yardstick that is shortened to 24" to make for an easier installation because you need to bend the yardstick to follow the curvature of the channels

2. Use "cable staples" because the rounded staples make it much easier to pry them out from between the yardstick and the inside edge of the channels.

3. Use a small flat tip screwdriver to pry out the cable staples. Maintain pressure on the top edge of the yardstick as you dig the screwdriver in to pry out the staple.

4. No need to use a razor blade. Simply fold the excess over the edges as needed.

5. Remember to run a toothbrush handle inside to ensure the moleskin is completely adhered to the inside channel.












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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

The chrome headlight bezels look great. Even polished the aluminum isn't a perfect match for the chrome bumper, so it really brings it all together.

How did you like Dallas Playing? They're about 15 mins from me, and I've considered using them for some projects.

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Chandler
Powder Springs, GA.



1965 Corvair Monza 110/4sp Coupe

Chandler,

I have used Dallas Plating for over 11 years with fantastic results.

They have polished a bunch of stainless trim and chrome-plated at least 2 sets of headlight bezels.

As you likely know, the plating industry has been savaged by the Feds with all their environmental lunacy, so I"m thankful that we have a good plating business here in Georgia who does good work.

For those who might be interested:

Dallas Plating
109 Old Cartersville Rd
Dallas Georgia 30132-2302
Phone: 770-445-8926
Email: dallasplating@bellsouth.net
Website: www.dallasplating.net

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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Began cleaning and painting the side windows today.

Wire-wheeled the rusty places, shot them with aluminum spray paint and then thoroughly cleaned the glass by using acetone and 0000 steel wool followed by Invisible Glass Stripper.







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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8

Wow, that looks great! Nice job, glass and hardware look like new

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‘63 Monza Spyder convertible [www.corvairforum.com]
SF Bay Area, CA

Looking good! Cant wait to go for a ride in it!

1964 Monza Coupe
1965 Corsa 140
1967 Monza Coupe

Maryville, TN
U.S. 129 The"Tail Of The Dragon"

Finished cleaning and painting the window channels and installed the "horse collar":







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

1963 Rampside w/305 V8 - Built by Ken Arnold in 1998
1965 Monza Coupe - Converting from Drag Race Car to Nice Street Car - 63 Buick 215 V8