I have had problems with noisy lifters if I don't run the engine to full operating temperature before turning it off. For example, if I start the engine (cold) and just drive the Corvair into the garage and parks it there, the next time I start the engine, some of the lifters are noisy until the engine gets warm. I never have this problem if the engine is fully warmed up when I park the c
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Kent Sullivan has found three different Spyder face plates, 180 KPH on a 1963 and both 190 and 200 KPH on two different 1964 Spyders. More information can be found here: Ronnie Stensson Sweden (Owner of a 1966 Monza with a 200 KPH speedometer)
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That 64 Monza Spyder is owned by Autostadt, Volkswagen's own museum in Wolfsburg. It was originally sold new in Sweden, but a couple of years ago when it was up for sale, Volkswagen bought it and imported it to Germany. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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Could the Engine come from a Canadian built Corvair? In Canada, they stamped the engines with partial VIN:s even in 1965 and 1966. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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ral1963 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I reached out to the owner of the Canadian built > wagon that I posted the picture and VIN from > above, requesting a photo of the build tag. I > will post it if I get it. > > In 1961 & 1962, there were combined total 3,679 > Corvair exported as CKD (complete knock downs) to > other cou
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66vairman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ronni - Others mentioned the "WHITE" gasket on > another car showing through the lens. > > I didn't notice that in your picture. > > Perhaps your gaskets are GRAY in color or not > installed. Maybe it's just the original lens has a > slightly "frosted" appea
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I have a pair of white lenses on my spare parts shelf (sorry, not for sale). I would say the material is clear (not frosted), but the "pattern" on the back side give them a bit of a frosted look. GM apparently used the same tooling as for the amber lenses (it would have been very costly to make new tooling just for the limited production of clear lenses). Even the part number in the
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Timothy Shortle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yuck. I also see rotting BMWs, Benzes, and maybe a > Porsche (or Alpha?). I guess you mean the white car to the left (first picture below)? I think it is a Saab Sonett (second picture), but it´s difficult to say when you only see a small part of the fender. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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Normally the dates of the engine and differential would be much closer. Since Positraction is quite unusual, it is possible that it took a while for the assembly line to use up the differentials they had in stock (but in that case, the differential must have been assembled february 18 1963). Maybe the car was assembled late in 1963 but didn't sell until march 1964? It is possible that
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The extra front lights are just to get better visibility on dark roads, it is not a swedish requirement. In the rear there are reflectors hanging under the bumper (you can only faintly see them in the picture), and they are a swedish requirement. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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I bought this magazine yesterday after reading the tip about the article here. I came to think of that we have a 1965 Corsa Turbo here in Sweden that the owner started to convert to a Toronado drivetrain. The car was never finished, as far as I know. A Corvair with a Toronado drivetrain must be a terrific performer. I have only driven my friends 1966 Toronado (425 ci) with about 36000 mil
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I'd say it's a horn button for a 1960 500 or 700 or a 1961 500 since it's bare aluminum. The 1961 700 had a chrome horn button, but otherwise very like this one. The 500 and 700 didn't have a horn ring like the Monza, only the horn button in the middle of the steering wheel. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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That picture of the Mercedes looks to be from Sweden, based on the decal in the middle of the windshield. The "H" is a symbol for "högertrafikomläggningen" when Sweden went from driving in the left side of the road to the right side of the road. That took place september 3 1967. This page tells you more about it, but is in swedish of course: There is a picture from a st
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Another welcome to the forum from Sweden. I live in Linköping, in the eastern part of Sweden, 200 km south from Stockholm. I find it a bit strange that the tag you posted a picture of is red and the rest of the car is white. The rivets holding the tag doesn't look original though, so the plate has probably been taken off while the car has been repainted some time in the past. Ronnie
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glivorsi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What years were those stickers used? 1967-69 according to Clark's (page 238 in their catalog, if the link doesn't work).
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SwedishVair Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Ronnie > It's also the same as Volvo 240 untill -84 I found > out. Yes, for the 50.8 mm diameter drive shaft. The 44.5 mm diameter drive shaft has other u-joints.
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If you look for universal joints for a Volvo 164, you will get the right ones. They are used on other Volvos too (like 240, 740 and 940) but if you go to a parts store and ask for a u-joint for these other models you must also know which diameter of the drive shaft your Volvo has, since there are two variants. The 164 only has one variant of u-joints, so I find it easier to get the right ones if
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I think I might have a metric (kilometers/hour) speedometer from a 1960-61 passenger car that I could sell to you. I must check first so I didn't include that when I sold my -61 4-door sedan. I'm not sure that the car speedometer is exactly the same as the F/C speedo though. I think that the F/C has gear shift points marked on the scale. The passenger car speedo goes up to 160 km/h a
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SwedishVair: Sorry for my late answer, but there is a company in Sweden the sell parts from Auveco: It might be just as easy for you to buy from eBay though, and I don't know how much of the Auveco assortment RD Autoline has in stock. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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SwedishVair: Did you recieve the e-mail from me, with the updated excel-file on Corvairs registered in Sweden? It was sent a week or two ago. Ronnie Stensson Linkoping, Sweden
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Congratulations Per! During the years I have owned Corvairs (since 1984), I have taken notes of registrations numbers of Corvairs registered in Sweden. I have never seen or heard of any Rampsides or Loadsides here, but I have notes on six Greenbriers/Corvans. There is one recently imported Rampside listed on "Blocket" right now though (search for "Corvair"), but it seems l
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Wow, $6.35 per Gallon, that's cheap The cheapest gas here in town cost 15.58 SEK/liter. At the current exchange rate that would be equal to $8.80 per US gallon ($1 = 6.70 SEK, 1 US gallon = 3,785 liters). Ronnie Stensson Linköping, Sweden
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Standard equipment on a 62 700 was the smaller "dog dish" hub caps, see #26 in this link: Optionally you could order the full wheel covers, the same as on Monza models but with a different plastic center (and that is obviously the ones Bill were asking about).
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1966-Corsa-GT-180 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's interesting - I've never seen a later late > model with the dash pad off before. > They "Swiss Cheesed" the dash face to make it give > more in a collision. > Vairrry interesting..... The "Swiss cheese" was introduced 1967 or 1968 (I'm not sure on wh
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I took a look in the 1966 Corvair Assembly manual, and the clamps shown there are spring clamps. They are not "wire" spring clamps as shown in the Clark's catalog, instead they are "band" spring clamps, if you understand what I mean. Edit: The part # in the assembly manual is 3866998
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Many years ago I restored a 1965 Corsa Turbo. The oil drain clamps I used (and thought to be the original type) were not like the ones pictured above. They were spring clamps. In the Clark´s catalog they claim that the spring clamps are original style (part # C8491). Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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Sticker #1: Sticker #3: Both these pictures, and lots of other differences between Canadian and US Corvairs can be found here on Kent Sullivans Website: Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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slow61 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > IS the heater resister in the same place on an EM? An EM has the resistor in the RH defroster nozzle, in front of the glove compartment. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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Many years ago I had an engine lid support re-galvanized by a professional galvanizer. When I got it back, the small "release handle" was missing. It's made of aluminum and didn't survive the galvanizing process. Luckily, I had a spare lid support that I could take the handle from. I must say though, Richards polished parts looks even nicer than re-galvanized parts. Ronn
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Kent Sullivan has some information about metric speedometers on his homepage Uglytruck: The Parisienne was also available on many export markets, for example many european countries. Here in Sweden, many "american" cars were actually canadian built. The Corvairs sold new in Sweden in 1965-66 all came from Canada, for example. Ronnie Stensson Sweden
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