Car of the Week: 1965 Corvair Resto-Mod

[dodgechargerfan]

I bought a 1965 Corvair Monza for my wife back in early 1967. She was a stay-at-home mom and this was our first “second” car. For her and our two kids, this was a freedom machine. No longer did she need to take me to work when she needed/wanted the car. Both of our kids have fond memories of riding in the car — and my wife loved it.

In late ’68 my youngest brother — who had just turned 16 — begged her to sell the car to him. She wasn’t too keen on selling it, but I told her I’d order a brand new ’69 Corvair spec’ed any way she wanted it. She agreed and I ordered the ’69. As a replacement for the ’65, the ’69 was a dismal failure and after a few months she vowed never to drive the ’69 again — that’s another story.

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[dodgechargerfan]

My dad has one of those for about 3 weeks.
He got run off the road and it barrel rolled down an embankment.

I never did get a ride in it.

 

[68R/T]

They were a lot of fun to drive on curvy roads.........................until it rained. [smilie=f: Then you'd usually end up looking where you just came from. The turbo Monza's were pretty decent, performance-wise. but the weird setup they used as a fan belt was a disaster waiting to happen. It was driven from the crank, twisted onto an idler pulley, then onto a fan pulley on top of the motor, back to another idler pulley and then un-twisted to the crank. :doh: Many motors burned up because of broken fan belts.

 

[J.C. Corbett]

I know very little about Corvairs, and am pretty cool with that. There is one here in Reno that I find interesting, though. It has a very well hidden cage, and a 500 Caddy. I can't imagine it turns well....