[justincampbell]

Found a '65(I think) Corvair today for what seems like a reasonable price. I had gone to look at some '58 Chevys that turned out to be pretty rough and the guy also had several Corvairs. The only reason I even took note of this one was that it had decent blue bucket seats. It was probably a nice car when it was parked. Sheet metal/chrome looks nice and the interior looks like it was excellent before the backglass and passenger door glass got busted out. Its a turbo car and looks pretty complete. The bad is I'll bet it's stuck tighter than heck as it appears to have been sitting in a somewhat damp environment for some time and it also appears to have been sitting just a couple inches off the ground for a long time so I'll bet the pans are toast. I forgot to ask about a title because I really only wanted the seats. Mind you, I don't "need" the seats. But some parts are hard to walk away from(bucket seats. vintage mags, mulit carb intakes, etc). He priced the whole car for $500.

Any ideas what the rest of the car may be worth(low side) if I buy it and keep the buckets?

I forgot to take any pictures. Sorry

[bdk1976]

There was one for sale locally a few months back that I was briefly tempted by, as it was less than $1000, looked complete, etc., had been garaged forever, but was non-running. I did some quick research on prices (parts and cars), came to my senses (thankfully) and let somebody else have the headache.

[Aaron65]

I suggest you go to corvaircenter.com and look around a little. If it's an actual turbo car for $500, it's probably worth the money, but I wouldn't count on making a killing flipping it. I own one, and one thing I've learned over the years is that Corvairs are worth less than you think.

[Stuart]

Find out if the motor is free and check the underside for rust first, but for $500 I don't think you can lose either way.

[Chief of the 60's]

Lou Gramm's brother-in-law, Ron, has a bunch of them. 2 wagons, a convertible, a Crown and not 1 but 2 Stingers. So when I found a nice convertible, the first person I went to was Ron. Sadly, that's when I found out Corvairs get the same respect as Fieros, very little unless it is the top of the line, like an '88 Fiero GT, or a special model, like a Yenko Stinger. The Corvair convertible I found was a nice, original paint, 50,000 mile car for what I thought was a steal at $3500.00. According to Ron, that was pretty much all the money and he said that I better really like it because it would be hard to get my money back as well as difficult to find a buyer when I wanted to sell.

[justincampbell]

Thanks for the input guys. I knew they used to be a pretty hard sell and apparently that hasn't changed. I'm thinking I may do well to walk away. The only long term place I have to put it is over an hour away and it sounds like I would have it for a while.

[newmexguy]

There was a guy at one of my previous jobs, who had a running one. (las Cruces NM). More may have survived down here, as runners, due to less humidity and near zero road salt. It had a terrible oil leak. He always parked it in the same place, and it looked like a superfund site. Have heard it is due to the type or design of the engine, it is a flat six, and apparently there are two halves that can be split, and has design similarities to both Subaru (flat four) and VW (also flat four).

[400 4spd.]

Originally Posted by Chief of the 60's

Lou Gramm's brother-in-law, Ron, has a bunch of them. 2 wagons, a convertible, a Crown and not 1 but 2 Stingers. So when I found a nice convertible, the first person I went to was Ron. Sadly, that's when I found out Corvairs get the same respect as Fieros, very little unless it is the top of the line, like an '88 Fiero GT, or a special model, like a Yenko Stinger. The Corvair convertible I found was a nice, original paint, 50,000 mile car for what I thought was a steal at $3500.00. According to Ron, that was pretty much all the money and he said that I better really like it because it would be hard to get my money back as well as difficult to find a buyer when I wanted to sell.

A body man that I used to work with (he passed in '97) was a native of Pa. He told me about driving the Corvair Stingers from Yenko to his shop and putting the stripes on them.

[1965gp]

I have a 63 turbo spyder and they are a blast to drive. I paid 6k for a nice cruise ready car. May get my money out of it, may not. My dad has always loved these cars so it seemed worth it.

[Chief of the 60's]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

A body man that I used to work with (he passed in '97) was a native of Pa. He told me about driving the Corvair Stingers from Yenko to his shop and putting the stripes on them.

I actually learned a lot from Ron about the Stingers. Pretty cool and interesting cars.

Ron's one Stinger has to be the most documented car I have ever came across. Ron has the cancelled check that Don Yenko signed as payment to his floor plan for the Stinger. I have never seen a dealer to floor plan check outside of my own. Ron's car is also 1 of only 2 "Sleeper" versions. Outside of no stripes, the other tell-tale signs is that the car does not have the trademark Yenko quarter window block-off sail panels.

[Half-Inch Stud]

Probably a good car to convert to battery powered electric ?