Worlds Largest Chevrolet Corvair Graveyard
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Showing this amazing place, 100’s of Corvairs
Every style made, even had some Stingers stored away! Follow my Instagram account to see more classic car finds and abandoned exotics @officialchrisstephens
Glad someone had the forsight to save these corvairs and I hope that some of the more complete cars are sold to someone to restore and be on the road again.
Those cars are in such bad shape, it would cost a fortune to restore one. I feel bad for the ones who will have to clean up this junk yard at some point when the state makes them due to environmental reasons.
@@trvman1 i have been lucky enough to go their in person and this is totally correct
No music and how quiet it is... Serenity. Thanks for the show.
I’m glad the Corvair Ranch exists. I have a very nice 1967 base 500 model coupe. A few years back, my door window mechanism went bad, and I couldn’t roll the driver’s window up & down. Bummer! Naturally, I called Clark’s Corvair Parts, and surprisingly, they didn’t have it. I thought they had everything, but In fact, it just didn’t exist! However, the Corvair Ranch came through for me and shipped me a good used mechanism, and it’s working perfectly years later. 😃
Normally, watching auto graveyard tours, if I don't see a Corvair, it's not a legit auto graveyard, but this makes up for those that don't have a Corvair in their collection. ;-)
It would be kewl to make complete (best, running and moving) vehicles as possible out of these.
Thank you for a great trip down memory lane. The first new car I ever purchased was a 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder, 4 speed, 150HP and what a great little car. . With a few modifications it was quite quick. As long as you kept the tire pressures at the correct settings the car was quite safe and GM never wanted to take on Ralph Nader and his ridiculous claims of "unsafe at any speed".
When I was growing up we called these junkyards. Now they are called goldmines. LOL Great vid.
You’d be surprised in what gems are still hiding in local Pick N Pulls, was at two of em yesterday and still filled with 50’s American Iron and even classic European cars too.
Tall, when I was growing up, my uncle had a small one. My dad would visit him if he needed a part for his car, so my brother and me would go out back and play in them. Play cops and robbers through all of the cars. Never even worried about snakes or rats. To this day, when a part is needed, the first place I think of is a "Parts rescue center" or as you said a "Junk yard".
EXACTLY
i realize Im kinda off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream newly released series online ?
@Ricky Johnny flixportal =)
Yes , it’s an absolutely gorgeous design car.
One of my 1st love's, 1st cars was a Covair. Everytime, I hear the word or see one (which is almost never) I think back to how beautiful that little car was, and how he, and his dad, Art, who worked on them, loved it. If I had the money, I would buy a couple of restored ones, save some unrestored ones, and give them as gifts to myself, him, my daughters and my great niecea and nephews.
I LOVE that you took the time to document, and peer into so many of the vehicles. Thanks for taking the time, and for all the information! This was a great video, and I am definitely subscribing, even though I am 3 yrs late to this party 😃
I hope you, and those you love, are doing well. I live in Maryland, so we may even be neighbors!
I loved the Corvair Ranch when I owned my '63. Lots of parts for cheap!!!
Where is this? Thanks!
@@hughbegg274 PA.
@@robertbusack2100 thank you Robert, I found it thanks to you!
Jim
Corvairs had a ten year run. First generation 1960-64. And second generation 65-69. Love the second gen the best, have a 65 turbocharged Corsa
I wish i could buy all of them, mass restore many as possible.
1:30 ~ Wow, strong roofs compaired to how delicate they appear. I'd love to start with the yellow one.
WAAAAAAAAAT Corvair is my dream vintage car! I would love to own one or two!
CORVAIR RANCH, GREAT PLACE!!!!!!! porche did not come out with a air cooled 6 until 65. CHEVY AND MR. COLE. A ENGINEERING GENIOUS TEAM. I OWN A 67" MONZA
. MOST ENJOYABLE CAR I HAVE EVER DRIVEN. 👍❤😊
the paradise for corvair s lovers !
A long time fan of the Corvair. Enjoyed the video. Own a 64 / 4 dr. What huge corvair junk yard.
In the early 1960s I knew several people who owned Corvairs but by the late 60s Corvairs were already becoming a rare sight on the roads of Los Angeles. It's too bad this Corvair graveyard isn't located in a more arid state like Arizona or Nevada where metal rusts more slowly. The comparison to the Tesla seems appropriate, I'll bet the Corvair body would make an excellent electric car conversion.
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There used to be guy just across the river from Atchison, Kansas that had a bunch of Corvairs out front. The story I was told was that he didn’t collect them because he liked them. He collected them to keep them from ever being driven again. He hated them. He wouldn’t sell any. He just wanted to watch them rust.
That’s nuts
a few of those appear to be worth rescuing!
I'm not a fan of the Early models, but that lemon yellow EM looked like it was in relatively decent condition. I thought I saw a LM convertible who's ragtop was looking good in the drone shots.
@@jackielinde7568 i crawled underneath in person when i visited you would need a total underbody resoration as the floors and firewall are shot
Growing up, our family had a 64 Monza convertible (110), later on I had a 66 Corsa convertible (140).
My Mom worked at a tire store and was given a free set of Michelin radials, it was funny seeing mechanics shake their heads when my five foot and a bit mom tried to tell them the tires weren't flat. ;-D
I read about successfully mounting a Tornado drive train "behind" the rear seat (notch for a pulley) of a second generation Corvair.
Seeing that I thought about a transverse front wheel drive V6 (3.8L), then saw a video of someone using a Fiero drivetrain. ;-)
I liked the Corvair. Drove it many times in Chicago loop traffic . Handled well nd great in traffic. Best friend had a Corvair spider convertible. I worked for Westinghouse and used to go down from Milwaukee to Chicago and get parts.
It's sad seeing all these Corvairs rotting away, but at least their parts can go to save other Corvairs. I wonder how many are left on the road today. I myself have a '60 700 sedan that's been a major learning experience, as it's also my first car. Parts for '60s are hard to find because many things were unique to that year.
THESE beautiful Corvairs have a Soul and always Dam shame I love them all
LOL IN 1966 MY WIFE ABSOLUTELY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CORVAIR!!!
SHE IMMEDIATELY INSISTED THAT I TRADE MY 1963 OLDS 88 CONVERTIBLE FOR ONE!!
I TOTALLY DISLIKED THEM, AND REFUSED TO TRADE THE OLDS!
SHE GOT TOTALLY PISSED , BUT I TOLD HER SHE COULD BUY ONE WITH HER OWN MONEY!!
THE LAST I HEARD OF HER , SHE WAS ON HUSBAND # 6!!
LOL, I WONDER IF ANY OF HER FOLLOWING HUSBANDS BOUGHT HER A CORVAIR!!!! LOL LOL!!
very cool!! i have always loved corvairs. they're a very rare sight nowadays, and the pickups and vans are even rarer. i always wished someone would have make a youtube build with a subaru boxer motor. that would be awesome.
Great observations, thanks for the very interesting look into this yard!
It’s always fun to be able to walk through history
Wow... the RV looked cool
That camper was cool! There used to be a bunch of corvairs in Holbrook Ne. Those all sold years ago.
This is just around the corner from me. I pass it every day on my way to work.
Thanks doing this vid, I just acquired a '64 Greenbrier that I am restoring and I can see that a visit to the Ranch will help me greatly. Cheers from Toronto!
When I was a kid, I worked for a bit at Cal's Corvair Service in Garden Grove rebuilding Corvairs. I know own 3 911SCs instead but I still love Corvairs and miss my Greenbrier.
I have a 64 panel van that I revived a few years ago. Mine was never driven in the snow / salt, but like most every truck out there the front floor rusted out due to water staying under the rubber mat, and of course that carried out to the rockers. There is NOBODY making any rust repair panels for the truck version. I had to fab everything from scratch.
Goa used 1960 2 door corvair in 1963. just to the left of the license plate, in chrome letters it read "GOOD" Had all kinds of problems. In real cold weather the front windshield would not defrost on it's own. Used an electric heater that plugged into the cigarette lighter. Motor wiring problems. Every 6 months are so I had to readjust the carburetors. Also the engine would stop running while driving and I would have to get out, raise the hood, and shake a big junction of wires on top of the motor and it was good for about another 5 months till it happened again. Sold it in 1965 when I went into the Army
So sad - but I guess there's room for people to restore these much maligned cars.
I'd love one of the later ones - wasn't so keen on the first series. it always reminded be of a bath tub on wheels, but the second iteration was gorgeous.
have had my corvair serviced there! great guy
So many memories, my dad was way into Corvairs back in the day. He had a corvair repair shop in White Center out here in Washington state. Appreciate the video. liked and subscribed 👍
Great video of these cars i had one of these cars back in my days with three of my sons and my wife 😊
I still see some around, one at the shop in for service this week actually
I drove my 65 Corvair there plenty of times in the 90's from Maryland
If these cars could talk, the stories there would be of their owners, and their families having fun, traveling or going through sad times, that would have been experienced inside these vehicles some time ago. They now sit here, long forgotten by their owners, slowly fading away in time. If only they could talk.
I grew up in Rockville MD. And went to Summit Point raceway with a friend Jack Dempsey who owned Hot Air Enterprises and watched him race his corvair.
My dad's blue 66 four door is rotting away in corvair ranch somewhere. after the engine went, he gave it to them, he had been using them for parts. got the car in NY for $200. I only like the earlier boxy ones.
Me too!!!
Should be called the Ralph Nader auto museum!
Poor corvair sitting and rotting. My mom has a 61 4 door. Love that car.
I only wish I could. Love the Corvair. Had a 67.
Wow what a place!! 👌🏽😎
There is a small factory/shop on Rt 2 in Shelburne, MA that makes Corvair parts.
I had two and live not far from Clark's Corvair it is called.
Great video those are a great peace of history l do like the car and truck you have shown here thanks 👍
Hi 👋 nice video, you found a gold mine!!! Where is this place? I’m looking for an engine to put in MGTF replica? I’ve never heard of these cars before, n when I heard of an air cool engine I just had to have one. Thank you for taking your time to make this video 😊
Cool yard. Unfortunately he stacked some crunching tops. Lots if good restorable cars there.
I hate the way they stack cars in junkyards. They have so much space there they didn't have to do it.
Quite a few of them look restorable
Corvairs Forever.
Save Those Parts.
Wow! So many lakewoods
Had a uncle lived beside me growing up in the 70s had about 10 corvairs ! Need little cars !
That silver coupe looks so GOOD!
Great video and some of them look like they could be put back on the road with a little work the wife just bought a 62 corvair and I will be stopping there for a couple of parts
Curious of they would sell complete cars. Really would like a source to do body swaps on modern cars.
Matts off road runs a great wagon called the Morvair great looking body albeit very moded for off road!
i have 6 corvairs they very good cars ,,,,an they dont flip easy... an they are very safe to drive,,,,
My first real car was a 1962 Corvair, it was not the hard top it had the door posts, it was brown with brown interior, smaller engine and three speed standard shift, (pretty basic car) . I got the car by working for my older brother, he didn't pay me but said he would buy me a car, (great deal for a young boy) so he found this Corvair for 25 dollars, the car needed a battery and it had a flat, but it started up and ran. My brother did body work so he painted it (bright Red for me with a sprayed on black vinyl roof ) I still have a picture of me with the car when I was 16 years old. This was in 1969, the car was only seven years old at the time. My first girlfriend (Connie/ no kiss sex or anything like that ) and I would sit in that car and smoke cigs and eat ice cream, it was a different World back then.
Awesome story, sounds like you have a great older brother!
@@etmracing Ur, NO, my older brother is today a real Jerk but I love him anyway (: . Like I said it was a different world back then. I hand sanded the car for him to paint, it was a great little car but I just wasn't old enough to really take care of a car at that time in my life, I wonder sometimes if that car is still out there?.
Very good video very well done lucky you’ve got such places in the states I’m subscribing shield channel is very good Eddie UK🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
I recently purchased a 1960 Corvair...it runs...runs well...77k original... solid body but surface rust...I plan to keep original but it needs interior....I would like to have an original Chevey Corvair from the showroom...but also a resto mod with a Corvair with the modern touches...AC.... Stereo...air bags... just an opposite of authentic but not lose that 60s vibe
I have always wanted to put a corvair motor in a boat!
I need a pair of the bucket seats (65?) that fold forward evenly, not off to one side...
Very nice farm. Here in Europe, unfortunately, a great deal of bureaucracy makes it difficult to return such old cars to the market.
Eternal struggle. The green organizational lobby has grown too big.
It’s beginning to be quite difficult here too depending on the states you live in, but plenty of loop holes
Dictatorships are still alive with the Greens!
It looks like the corvair ranch I once visited near Gettysburg Pa
A simple answer to the Corvair fanbelt problem is to use a fanbelt with a round cross-section instead of using a standard fanbelt with a "v" cross-section.
It would seem that the 1st Gen decklid would be a good resource for louvers ... to cut out & perhaps put on a 1996 Caprice hood ...
Hii.…this is corvair heaven eh?....heh wish I was there. From Canada thanks .*john
Wonder if any of them are salvageable and if they would sell any
There's another huge collection of junked and running Corvairs in Dempster, South Dakota.
Lindo maravilhoso esses clássicos. Eu quero todos
Nice video
Rare corvair, rare to see one running
mine run ,,just dont drive much anymore an having 15 cars i cant drive them all lol
Not to knock your video,but Chevrolet Corvair engine was 5 years ahead of Porches as far as being a flat 6 air cooled, also had a turbo charger in 1962 Porches did not offer one till 1976 the only thing they have in common is the amount letters in there perspective names . So it would be more correct to say the Porches engines are more like the Corvair which it is! because when Porches introduced there 1st A C flat 6 it was the same displacement as the Corvair 164 cubic inch . & the Corvair has always been a 6 not so for Porches they where always a VW engine A flat 4 , until early 1965, these are just facts! check out a old episode of Wheeler dealers where they are doing a 1st gen. Corvair & Ed China explains it all to well how GM spent the time & money on the R&D for the Corvair engine. Thank you for the video. & yes I'm bias toward Corvair & Chevrolet I own 3 Corvairs & 4 other Chevrolet's.
Well being that the English and also VW manufactured the flat Aircooled first, I also remember something about the Chevrolet development purchased a Porsche 356 for testing and research. No doubt the Corvair engines resemble VW/Porsche, but I believe they decided to scrap the 4 cylinder plan and manufacture and patent a 6 for the Corvair. So I’d say it’s still stands correct that the Corvair resembles German Aircooled designs
@@etmracing I guess You never heard of Continental engine manufacturing ? they design & built several types of gas engines including I 4 water cooled for Massey-Ferguson also they built & design a air cooled flat 6 for Cessna air craft during WW2 & used this design well into the 70's This was the design Ed Cole went with & yes they did purchase a 356 to see if that engine would work in that configuration which it did & further in the development they used a Holden platform & why did Ferdinand Porsche at one time own up 10 Corvairs & also Chevorlet developed a AC flat 8 in the early 60's & it was not Porsche , but GM that developed a AC flat 6 for the automobile . Just because something is similar doesn't make it the same! & there is more flying Corvairs than VW or Porsche& that is because the Corvair engine is closer in design to a aircraft engine & also the VW flat 4 was to under powered for the new interstates in the US.
@@ACF6180T glad you can read Wikipedia
@@etmracing I would say that iz corekt.
excellent video
I had a 110 hp twin engine car. Like that yellow one. 1 carb for 3 cyl
cool video.
sad to see them like that, I always wanted to have one
What a shame to see so many rare Corvairs in such rundown condition. That silver 69 coupe might be worth saving, only 2700 were built that year, most by hand at Willow Run.
Liked to have went inside and visited.
I actually did but did not want to film due to privacy concerns
Pretty sure I saw mine. Hadn't seen it since '65.
Great video mate 🙌🏼
Thanks for watching
At 2:32, I see a striking resemblance to Tesla...
I would love to go there and get parts for my corvairs
My dad put a 3.8 Buick in a Corsa .
Liked 💯👍
Any chance you might have a 1966 Aztec Bronze Corsa Convertible?
Ernie Kovacs died January 13th 1962 when his corvair Lakewood station wagon slid into a telephone pole😮
Also wondering if there is a vega version of this place
There used to be a guy in Pomona Ca that had a yard specializing in Corvairs. The city made him move in the name of redevelopment. the area still looks like crap.
Wow...
Wow
For those who need to know: corvairranch.com, located in Gettysburg, PA.
THANK YOU! like literally the most crucial information left out jeez Thank you!
@@ladreamin5008 could just look up the name corvair ranch
I did not realize till recently that Chevrolet was FIRST with a flat engine! Not Porsche, not anybody. Also, way more serviceable than Porsche.
Great video 👍 I enjoy looking at these junkie my suggestion go a head and capture more Nissan Ford Toyota you name it
I'd like to start a business like that. However I'd put each body on a pallet,and not stack one on top of the other. Pull out the drive trains, front suspension cross member's. Put them in a large building, and only take off parts a customer really requests.
I wanna see the rampside corvair trucks more that’s one ride I hope to build
I love stationwagons any type. If you run across any. Would buy a mid to late 60s Chrysler wagon.
cool. i want one.....or six