IIRC, weren't all the Corvair vans called Greenbriars, not just the camper equipped models? BTW, most VW camping events accept Corvair vans, after all, rear engined-air cooled. If seen a few at some east coast camp outs, most recently at Natural Bus I believe. Jeff Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> 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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