There was a Corvair Van and a Corvair Truck. The trucks are really neat -
they had a tail gate and a side gate!

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Pete O
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 9:21 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL

How about those Corvan's?  Some folks still have them - they made a camper
version called the Greenbriar.  Kind if crazy - a GM made air-cooled
campervan.  Couldn't compete with Bays and Vanagons, I guess!

http://home.comcast.net/~mkellstrand/corvairs/my_64brier.html

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "JoesVan"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.org <http://WWW.Busesbythebeach.com>

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 09:58, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> There was a Corvair Monza Spyder - it was a twin turbo coupe.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> www.stir-plate.com
> www.towercooler.com
> www.kegkits.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rodgers [mailto:inua@charter.net]
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 10:38 PM
> To: Tom Hargrave
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
>
> Wasn't there something called a Corvair Spyder that was supposed to be
> a bit of a whiz?
>
> JOhn
>
> John Rodgers
> Clayartist and Moldmaker
> 88'GL VW Bus Driver
> Chelsea, AL
> Http://www.moldhaus.com
>
>
> On 11/11/2011 4:29 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> > If the engine fell out he did not have it properly bolted in and
> > that was not GM's fault. And if it happened to someone more than
> > once I suggest not letting him work on anything you value.
> >
> > Prices got so low by the early 70's that you could find a nice
> > driver for
> > $250 - $500. That's why your friends could pick up broken ones for
> nothing.
> > Owners were happy to have someone tow their non-running Corvairs out
> > of their driveways because the alternative was to pay a junkyard to
> > pick the car up.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> > www.stir-plate.com
> > www.towercooler.com
> > www.kegkits.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> > Behalf Of ed donnen
> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 3:35 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
> >
> > I know of one problem with the Corvair, the engine would fall out if
> > you stopped on a steep hill going up.  Happened to a friend of mine
> > more than once.
> > I know two brothers that spent a lot of time picking up busted
> > Corvairs and towing them out to their farm in Florida.  Must of had
> > about 30 or so, all over the place.  From time to time they would go
> > out and "gather" parts as needed.  I don't know what happened to the
> > farm by now.  The kind of stuff legends are made of.
> > ed- I got VW sickness, don't need no Corvair malady.
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