JACK M Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Still has a web page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I own (for 31 years) and restored a 1964 Spyder with wire wheels... they are lovely cars to drive; I use mine daily when the weather is nice. If you have questions about this car, feel free to contact me: drjoewest at icloud dot com. Joe 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 On 6/12/2020 at 4:20 PM, victorialynn2 said: Here is a picture in our front yard in NH before it was shipped to Texas. About 1983. It just dawned on me... that is an unmistakable shadow of my dad with his trucker hat on. And it could be me next to him. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Walked by this today and thought of you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 2 hours ago, zipdang said: Walked by this today and thought of you! Nice! Hope it made you 😊! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I wouldn't blame your father about the pipeline, Why the hell they decided to put that ugly line right through the middle of this pretty area is beyond me. Even with tons of people opposing it, it is still going through. I have seen it further west of Harper and it is a swatch about 100 yards wide with no vegetation. UGLY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Can tell a turbo by the round thingie under the logo on the deck lid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteO Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Was the problem with the engine belts coming off of the pulleys ever solved? As a teenager I drove a '61 Corvair when I was delivering for the local drug store. Putting that belt back on was a constant chore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 Yes there is a small cover that attaches to the pulley and you can spring load the pulley. Clark's should have everything you need. I used to autocross a 65 Corsa with a Quadrajet on top and trombones underneath and a 3.89 posi in the middle. Added the spring to all of my Corvairs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 10 hours ago, PeteO said: As a teenager I drove a '61 Corvair when I was delivering for the local drug store. Putting that belt back on was a constant chore. Well, we all know WHY that belt kept coming off, don't we!😁 That was the drag racer's trick back in the early 60s. Pop the belt off when leaving the traffic light and get 15 more horsepower! Powerglide equipped Corvairs had very long belt life. 👍 1964 got both of the bet guards, top shroud at the fan pulley and on the idler pulley: "All Corvair Models produced after November 29, 1963, are equipped with subject guides to afford greater belt durability and to prevent belt roll-over." And of course, putting the belt on real tight is the other reason it keeps coming off. Leave it loose enough to turn the alternator/generator pulley fan with the engine off with the force of a finger or two. Lives a long time then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I must be the luckiest guy in the world. My belt never came off. Not once. When first getting the car I was told to get a spare belt and keep it under the seat because I "WILL" need it someday just as sure as it rains in Portland. When I sold that car the new belt was still under the seat. Can't remember my cousin ever loosing his belt either. What the heck were we doing wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 14 hours ago, Fossil said: Can't remember my cousin ever loosing his belt either. What the heck were we doing wrong? Not driving it "spiritedly" enough! Or, you had a Powerglide and did drive it hard. 140 PG is a great combination, and belt life is long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 17 hours ago, Fossil said: I must be the luckiest guy in the world. My belt never came off. Not once. When first getting the car I was told to get a spare belt and keep it under the seat because I "WILL" need it someday just as sure as it rains in Portland. When I sold that car the new belt was still under the seat. Can't remember my cousin ever loosing his belt either. What the heck were we doing wrong? Just goes to prove, The parts you bring wont be the parts you need. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Frank DuVal said: Not driving it "spiritedly" enough! That I can guarantee you was not the case. That poor Corvair lived a hard life. Working in an auto service dept. might have inspired me to check the belt tension more often than normal. It was the two door, two carb and three speed on the floor version. Edited June 20, 2020 by Fossil (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 12:45 AM, Bill Stoneberg said: I wouldn't blame your father about the pipeline, Why the hell they decided to put that ugly line right through the middle of this pretty area is beyond me. Even with tons of people opposing it, it is still going through. I have seen it further west of Harper and it is a swatch about 100 yards wide with no vegetation. UGLY. That’s true Bill. He fought a propane company that moved across the street from his garage. I found articles and legal notes and heard stories. Now I hear big new electricity towers are going in nearby also. The poor people that live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 My uncle Francis bought a new 64 Monza coupe, black, red interior, power glide. He took my mother ( his younger sister) my brother, 7 yrs old & me 9 yrs old from Halifax Nova Scotia Canada to Woodstock Ontario summer of 64. We went thru Maine, New Hampshire, New York, etc and into Ontario thru Niagara Falls to Toronto. I will never forget Petula Clark's "Downtown" on that AM radio in downtown Toronto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 22 hours ago, Frank DuVal said: Well, we all know WHY that belt kept coming off, don't we!😁 That was the drag racer's trick back in the early 60s. Pop the belt off when leaving the traffic light and get 15 more horsepower! Powerglide equipped Corvairs had very long belt life. 👍 1964 got both of the bet guards, top shroud at the fan pulley and on the idler pulley: "All Corvair Models produced after November 29, 1963, are equipped with subject guides to afford greater belt durability and to prevent belt roll-over." And of course, putting the belt on real tight is the other reason it keeps coming off. Leave it loose enough to turn the alternator/generator pulley fan with the engine off with the force of a finger or two. Lives a long time then. This one was built in March of ‘63. Not surprisingly, I found a couple extra belts in the frunk. I’m sure they are too old to use now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Said the answer is both guide AND spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Guide was stock, spring is aftermarket (though think stinkers had a spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 11 hours ago, plymouthcranbrook said: Guess I was trying to say that my cars did what they wanta do. Only remember a guide, maybe it had a spring. 52 years is a LONG time. Your memory is better than mine. I don't remember either one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Spring loaded idler was sold until recently. Only racers (drag, autocross, circle, road) use them. Others put them on because they look neat, not because they are needed. The belt guards came only on 1964 and newer engines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 12:59 PM, JACK M said: Still has a web page. I emailed him and so far no answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 I had them on all of my Corvairs, of course autocrossed most but you never know. Never threw a belt but now overly tight either. Probably still have a Corsa dash and new carbs somewhere... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victorialynn2 Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, padgett said: I had them on all of my Corvairs, of course autocrossed most but you never know. Never threw a belt but now overly tight either. Probably still have a Corsa dash and new carbs somewhere... I have a couple extra Spyder dashes, some emblems and other misc parts. Edited June 22, 2020 by victorialynn2 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Just a note but Spyder dashes should fit any 60-64 and the Corsa dash fits any 65-69. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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