Sometimes it becomes obvious that we live our lives according to emotion, not logic. No wonder we drove poor old Mr. Spock so crazy.
Our own proof of this tendency is sitting in the garage. It’s a 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder, one of the best examples that God ever put on this green Earth of emotion beating logic. There’s no other way to explain a car debuting to great accolades simultaneous with so many of GM's innovative firsts: fully independent front and rear suspension; unibody design; and GM's only attempt at a rear-mounted air-cooled engine, available with their first production turbocharger. Yet it came to be so reviled by the automotive-buying public—thanks to Ralph Nader’s sensationalist 1965 book, “Unsafe at Any Speed”—that its failure is still remembered today.
We’ve decided to sell our Project Corvair, so off to eBay we go.
We nearly eliminate the dreadful dead spot.
We take a stab at fixing our Corvair's boost issues.
We find out that our turbocharged Corvair isn’t really turbocharged.
Finding the solution for our Corvair project's slipping belts.
Getting our air/fuel tuning just right.
Our Corvair survived its Amelia Island trip. Time to fix its last few issues.
Our classic Chevrolet is back in business.
Diagnosing our driveline problems.
Our Corvair gets some love in the form of a Weber conversion.
After a two-weeks thrash, our Corvair project car was finished in time for the Amelia Island Concours--or was it?
Work progresses steadily on our Corvair project car.
We resume work in earnest on our Corvair project car.
While enjoying our recent Corvair club outing, we ran into a smallish disaster.
We took the Corvair to the local CORSA club gathering...
We take time out from the Tiger project to prep the Corvair for a club event.
Yes, we finally got a title for the Corvair.
Chevy had a hit, even if Nader didn't think so.
