We are not a business. See "about us" to learn more about how we encourage, educate and rescue.
The cars listed here on the home page are all the ones currently in the collection. To the left, the last link shows the ones
that we've had the pleasure to own or find for friends.
Welcome to the affordable vintage car.
Almost 2 million were made, gas mileage is good.
They drive and handle like no other vintage car:
Unibody construction,lightweight aluminum engine.
Many features in today's autos came from the technology
developed in the 10 years Chevy produced Corvairs.
The only car proven safe on US highways in a court of law.
All Electric car? See the link below to Electrovair II.
Links:
Electrovair II
Jay Leno's Garage
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1964 Greenbrier Sport Van: 110hp 4 speed This van was destined for the scrappers and what a project it has been. A series of events brought the van to us, in an unexpected way. We've made the best of the situation. 2024 has seen it painted a GM Tangier orange with creamy white giving the GB the name, "creamsicle" after an orange frozen treat of the same name.
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1967 Monza 4 door hardtop. 110hp powerglide automatic. 80k miles, the car is a really sweet driver. Arriving with some simple issues, it needs shocks and tires and it should be pretty much ready for a road trip. Watch it come back to full life as a confident driver in 2025. That is what we do!
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1964 Greenbrier van 110hp 4 speed We picked up this Texas van in February of 2022. Where it wasn't rusty, it carried a lot of Texas red dust/sand and had bumps and scrapes it had collected along the way. The engine was tired so we had the drive train completely rebuilt. We scored a spot in the body shop, kicked it in high gear, and are amazed at how much work the vans are VS the trucks!
We were so pleased with the dark glass we had put into the trucks that we had all new glass, including windshield installed.
2024 has this van as a confident driver. It loves the highway, traveled to Wichita for the roundup where it won 2nd place.
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1966 Corsa convertible 140hp 4 speed 3.55 gear. Restored in 2014, this car is still solid with a few rock chips to show for all the happy miles. Rebuilt an engine 30 over, 270 cam and all new pistons, bearings and associated parts. Tom Knoblouch built the heads so we'll have many miles without worry of dropped seats.
"Old Reliable" this is the car that anytime you hop in, you'll get where you're going in style!
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1962 Monza wagon 84hp power glide automatic.
ONLY 2362 were produced for the first half of 1962, Chevy discontinued the Corvair wagon half way through the year. Originally had the cloth bench seat, we replaced it with bucket seats. The black 1962 reproduction vinyl from Clark's Corvairs is highlighted with stainless buttons. We're very pleased with the outcome.
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1967 Monza 110hp powerglide This beautiful car came to us in 2012 with 27k miles.
Bought new by a lady who loved her car, she left it to a grandson
who was only 13. Her brother kept the car until the grandson was older,
the grandson snubbed the car and put it on Craigslist.
We had it repainted in 2014. The enamel paint had faded and there were a few flaws that we just couldn't leave on a car this nice.
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1965 Monza Sport Sedan SS. 110hp 4 speed This 4 door hardtop is a 'rebound' car back to the collection. A tribute car, it won't be leaving again. February of 2012, we purchased this car from Tom Sauter of Murphy TX. Hal Turngren of Illinois got his eye on it and HAD to have it. When Hal passed, it went up for sale and Jami Schield of Belleville purchased it for her husband Rob as a surprise.
Rob found one of our cards in the car and called John.
A deep friendship developed and we were heartbroken on
Labor Day 2020 when Rob was killed in an accident.
He was a 'one of a kind' friend and will never be forgotten
#wwrd what would Rob do #staglife *Not for sale, ever
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What is it? Why is it on a Corvair page? It's a Whale
1969 140hp powerglide, the Corvair Ultra Van is a unique beast.
#509 is the last Ultra Van assembled to have a Corvair drive train.
With the Corvair discontinued in 1969, the folks in Hutchison KS
would have to come up with other options to keep their unique RV
on the road. There was limited success and the Ultra Vans
stopped production in 1970. There are currently believed to have been 376 Ultra Vans built:320 were equipped with Corvair engines (1-11, 201-509)
49 were equipped with 307 cid Chevy V8 engines (510-556, 558-559)
1 was equipped with a 455 cid Olds V8 engine (TU-100)
3 were equipped with 350 cid Olds V8 engines (601, 603, 604)
1 was equipped with a 1.6 liter Chevette inline-4 engine (700)
2 were unpowered (602, 605) Weighing in at about 3500 lbs, they can get between 15-20mpg
Corvair Ultra Van
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1965 Corsa project. Formerly a red car, someone painted it evening orchid without regard to changing the interior. "Red Hat Lady" is what I call the car. It will have a nicer future, as there is a nicely modified engine, rebuilt trans and diff for the car. Plans are to repaint the car white, and re create John's favorite racer. Perhaps 2025 will be the year!
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1965 Monza A 38k mile car, it started and ran right away. It could use a paint job. With new tires, a good tuneup, it's ready for the road. 110hp pg
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1961 rampside project Just when you swear you are done...along comes yet another rescue. Likely an 80hp pg, it's a pretty clean truck, coming from AZ and in storage for a great many years. No words...just here we go again.
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1968 Monza 500 In a package deal with the rescue 61 rampside. Previous owner's son says it is supposed to be an extremely low mileage car. Will wait till it arrives to make determinations.
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1963 coupe AKA "Rusty"
In the category YARD ART, it's here
for the enjoyment of the tourists and locals.
It is amazing how many times this car has been
photographed in the past 8 years!
We don't leave our good Corvairs outside, so it's fun to have
one that is available for those tourist "kodak moments"
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