There is a guy near me in NJ/NYC area trying to sell a convertable one. If
anyone is interested in it he'd probably like to get it off his hands for
dirt cheap as its just sitting in the back of his autobody shop for awhile
now. Ricca Autobody: 201-488-8423
-ed
2 x68 SRL 311
New York City
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 Geegc@aol.com wrote:
> Corvairs -- Don't do it.
>
> I had a 1965 red over black Corsa 4 speed convertible and while it was a
> beautiful car, and drove well when it drove well (much better than the 65
> mustangs I have driven) that was not that often. It got out of tune in a
> week (4 carbs to balance), leaked oil (even with new modern seals), smelled
> inside when the heater was on, which didn't work anyway, and generally was
> not a useful car for days when the top had to be up.
>
> I was actually happy when my son totaled it (he was fine).
>
> As to values, a cherry 65 or 66 convertible is probably worth $8 to $10K
> tops, they are priced like roadsters, and the restoration costs are usually
> not recoverable.
>
> There is a Corvair users e-mail group much like this one.
>
> Gary C
> 1966 1600
> 1968 2000 solex
>
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