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1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Coupe 140 4speed on 2040-cars

US $4,300.00
Year:1965 Mileage:99999 Color: Black /
 Black
Location:

Roanoke, Virginia, United States

Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Manual
Body Type:Coupe
Engine:H6 140HP
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
VIN: 107375W175616 Year: 1965
Number of Cylinders: 6
Model: Corvair
Trim: Corsa
Drive Type: RWD
Options: CD Player
Mileage: 99,999
Sub Model: Corsa
Exterior Color: Black
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: Black
Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... 

UP for Auction here is a 1965 Corsa Coupe 140 4 speed car. This car has lots of goodies so please read carefully.


Exterior   Black (Base Clear) has decent curb appeal a great 20 footer or driver quality car. Previous owner let it sit under a pine tree to long and the sap ate into the clear coat. I have done minor cleaning and polishing to bring it to it's current state. The Body shows one bad spot of rust bubbling under the paint on the drivers side just in front of the door. With one rust spot and a cheap paint job (Maaco) you could make this into a real head turner.

Interior   Black   Good carpet, New headliner, New door panels with matching rear cards. Stock rear seat in great condition not hard or cracking. Front seats are aftermarket fabric seats with black and grey charcoal  inserts.. Proper Corsa Dash  just completely re worked and Odometer rolled to 000000. Dash has new wrinkle finish and is fully functional except for the clock. Radio is a Sony CD player with front input jack for an mp3 player. Speakers are Alpine 6 x 9 in the rear window.  

Chassis   good mechanical condition. Previous owner did some Autocrossing with this car and every suspension joint is either Nylon or Delrin. Front has been converted to Disk brakes and it has a dual Master Cylinder. (DOT 5 Silicone Fluid) Rear end has a Corvette sway bar and it fits perfectly.  All springs are stock... not cut down or modified in any way.  Front end has Aftermarket Quick Steering arms and the shifter has a Quick Shift adaptor.

Engine / Drivetrain   Correct 65 transaxle is in the car it drives and shifts nicely. Engine is not the proper Coded RB block. It is however a late model 140 engine. The engine was internally inspected and the rod bearings looked perfect. The heads where extensively rebuilt with a complete new valve job and had the chambers cut to raise the compression to 10 to 1. It has a bolted and balanced flywheel with a new clutch disc. No oil Leaks ..  Dual exhaust is welded together and sounds good (not rusted out junk). Car can come either as pictured with 4 individual air filters or with a stock style snorkle air cleaner... your Choice... Engine has a MSD 6AL ignition system firing from a set of points in the dist. the fuel pump is electric.

Floor pans have all been replaced with new units from Clarks Corvair parts. I don't know how bad they where but the previous owner cut out the old and replaced them.

Everything Mechanically is good and it can be test driven and or driven home. 


The Bad   To be a real nice car it will need a paint job and minor exterior rust repair . Tires are worn it will need them soon.  Engine has a sometimes hearable wrist pin knocking.. I have personally checked the rod bearings and the condition of the internal engine and all is good. 

If you don't know my user name or me personally ,,, My shop builds and repairs Corvairs all the time and with the size of the Corvair community my name is well known. I wouldn't attempt to sell this car if it wasn't ready for a new owner to enjoy.

With that Said
It is a used car and please bid accordingly. Check out my feedback rating..

Some may ask why sell this car if it so good...  Bottom line is that I took this car as payment for performance engine work I did for a customer. I have put a ton of labor and parts into this car to bring it back to driver status and now I need to turn the car back into Capitol.

My reserve is set at what any running driving 65 Corsa Coupe should bring.. If the reserve isn't meet I will keep the car for a few months fix the rust and repaint it. then sell it for twice as much. Or buy it and pay me to do this work and when you get it it will be beautiful.




On May-18-13 at 07:18:16 PDT, seller added the following information:

Things to note that I forgot when listing the car... 


 The door jambs are solid no rust in them and the doors do not sag when opened.

 Trunk is solid no rusted through holes. A quick clean up and can or two of trunk splatter paint and it will look new.

 Windshield is a replacement aftermarket unit very good condition. (no scratches or nicks)

 I can provide any additional pics requested by serious bidders. All of the pictures in this auction where taken Friday the 17th of May. The car was  not cleaned up for the pictures. In these pictures it is currently covered in a coating of pollen.

 

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