1964 Corvair Convertible Monza 900 Spyderized With Turbo-supercharged Engine on 2040-cars
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
I bought the car in 2006, and have done additional restoration. The car was spyderized, including a turbo engine, before I bought it, and it is running. Odometer reads 84,787, but on the new turbo engine the mileage is 449. I have replaced one door that had some rust. In addition, I replaced the front floor pans (nicely welded!). The seats are in good shape, apparently recovered. I installed a new top and seatbelts in 2010, and replaced the stripping around the doors and windows. The car, originally Palomar red, has been repainted. The dash meters function, as does the turn signal (though it must be manually turned off). Headlights work. All natural heat and air, as the vents are not connected (no tubes). Carter YH carburetor and new serpentine belt installed in 2012. Comes with 1964 Shop Manual Supplement and spare carburetor, for parts. The car runs well; the carburetor was just checked by the mechanic, and a tune-up would be a good idea. I've loved this car. It is a lot of fun. Ralph Nader was wrong; it's a great car, at any speed. |
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That $350 million is being divvied up for a pair of programs at Spring Hill. The first will take the bulk of the money ($223 million) and create 1,000 of the 1,800 jobs, while the other will take the remaining $127 million and generate the leftover 800 positions. But GM says the investment will cover "midsize vehicle programs." So what could they be?
The leading candidate in our minds is a new crossover for Buick, called the Anthem, that will slot between the Encore and Enclave, but will be slightly smaller than the Equinox and Terrain. As we've explained, the new model will likely be the first product to sport GM's new D2UX platform, which will eventually replace both the Delta and Theta platforms. Spring Hill is already building the Equinox, so there could be some credence to this theory.
NHTSA could add 1M cars to GM recall
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The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may expand a recall campaign for faulty brake lamps. The agency is currently looking into complaints that certain 2004-2011 Chevrolet Malibu models as well as some 2007-2009 Saturn Aura sedans may have brake lights that do not illuminate when the driver presses the pedal. Alternatively, the lamps may also illuminate without input from the driver. General Motors recalled 8,000 Pontiac G6 models from the 2005 model year for the same problem, and NHTSA is currently investigating whether to add 550,000 more G6 models built between 2005 and 2009 to the list for the same issue.
In addition, investigators are currently examining 97 complaints from Malibu and Aura owners with the same trouble. If NHTSA adds those models to the recall campaign, more than one million units could be covered. GM, meanwhile, says there have been no accidents or injuries as a result of the problem.
Vert-A-Pac train cars kept your Chevy Vega's price in check
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At the time, rail cars could fit 15 vehicles each, but Chevrolet was able to lower shipping costs by making it possible to ship 30 Vegas per rail car, in turn allowing the price of the Vega to remain as low as possible. Each rail car had 30 doors that would fold down so that a Vega could be strapped on, and then a forklift would come along and lift the door into place. All the cars were positioned nose down, and since they were shipped with all of their required fluids, certain aspects had to be designed specifically for this type of shipping, including an oil baffle in the engine, a special battery and even a repositioned windshield washer reservoir. See for yourself in our image gallery above.