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Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:40 am
by Censport
Here's my "old girl", looking somewhat out of place on the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour in 2003:
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And here she is more recently, after a bath in the back driveway:
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For those wondering, she's a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair 700 sedan. Yes, she has the Powerglide transmission with the shifter on the dash. And only 130,000 miles, just a few more than my MX-5 Miata. She's a sweet old girl who runs and drives like new. Better, in fact. She's going to my friend's restoration shop this year to have her body massaged and repainted.

PS: Nader's a fraud!

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:52 am
by flyboy 28
Wow. Haven't seen a Corvair in a while. :)

p.s.- your second shot is 150 pixels too wide. I resized for ya. ;)

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:11 pm
by Censport
Wow. Haven't seen a Corvair in a while. :)

I get that a lot. :)

p.s.- your second shot is 150 pixels too wide. I resized for ya. ;)

Thanks. I didn't remember the limit for photos.

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:29 pm
by Willit Run
I knew the President of the Corvair Cub of the northeast chapter.  PA, NJ, DE.  
He has seven Covairs including two Spyders which I think were turbo charged. :) :)

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:36 pm
by Fitter
She is ugly but she is nice ;D

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:42 pm
by Censport
She is ugly but she is nice ;D

:P Thppptt! I think she's cute, in a girl-next-door kind of way. So there, nyah!  :P

:D

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:05 pm
by Ecko
Lovely she is.. :)

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:20 pm
by F3Hadlow
Very nice :)

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:21 pm
by beaky
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Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 10:30 am
by edzmen
Thats a shame - I thought yours was the red Austin Healey, a propper sports car!  :P : ;) ;D

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:02 pm
by Censport
[quote]Thats a shame - I thought yours was the red Austin Healey, a propper sports car!

Re: Censport's old toy

PostPosted: Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:05 pm
by edzmen
By the way, that "Healey" is a kit car with a small-block Chevy V8.


Ah so its not authentic - shame - I'd rather have the real thing...