Hi. Great to see another video. Awesome your Son is helping. One tip if I may That hole in the part that holds the lug nut is for putting your washers and nuts on the axle flange. Needle nose pliers work great and a socket for the nut with some paper stuffed in to keep the nut from going to far back in the socket . Hope this makes sense . Keep the videos coming . Liked and shared. All my very best.
Thank you, I really appreciate your support and encouragement. On the flange fasteners, that’s a great tip. It was hard to get them started the way we did it. I’ll keep your trick in mind. I’ll definitely be dealing with that again! Thanks for watching!
Outstanding, My first car was a 1962 2 door automatic coupe. White with a Blue interior I bought in 1975 that lived on the beach in southern California. Between the salt air and ozone in the LA basin the floor boards looked a lot like yours. Fun times! brazed some sheet metal from the scrap yard (Hey I was 17) bought a carpet kit and I was driving in style till I traded up to a 66 Turbo Monza coupe. Didn't take long till I blew up the engine leading me to your next series. I'm looking forward to reliving that (kinda). Got to admit those little cars taught me a lot of what you can and and what you shouldn't do. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your supportive comments and for sharing your own Corvair experiences. They are such interesting cars and I’m learning a lot from this one. Much more to come. Thanks for watching!
I just came across your videos and you are doing a remarkable job not only De-construction but videoing the process for the rest of us. I learned to drive on a 1964 Corvair Monza in the early seventies. Loved that old car and have been thinking of finding another one to bring back to life. Your videos are exactly what I would expect I would be confronting if I were doing it. You are giving me the vision to know if I really want to tackle the project or not. You mentioned you are a doctor...by any chance are you a dentist? I am an orthodontic lab tech and rebuilt my 2019 Ranger from a bent frame accident, a little easier with a late model vehicle. I will be following you closely when you Re-construct your Corvair.
Hello and thank you for your comment! I'm a medical doctor, but my daughter is a dentist if that counts. I'd say if you can rebuild a 2019 Ranger with a bent frame you can take on an old Corvair. They're pretty cheap still and you can definitely find examples in way better shape than this one. I hope you go for it!
I have a 65 Corsa 180HP with a bad body and a 65 Corsa turbo convertible with only a body. I plan to: (1) strip and restore the convertible, and (2) place all the ingredients of the one with a bad body into the restored convertible body. So, before I do, I am watching all the Corvair videos like yours I can find. Thank you for showing the way you stripped the interior, including all the labeling and placing parts into labeled bags.
If you decide to make some videos of your project let me know, I’ll tune in! I warn you though, it definitely adds time to the endeavor! Sounds like a cool project. Thanks for watching and good luck!
I'd forgotten the trick you used for undoing that seat bolt of using a ring spanner to extend the leverage on the other spanner, thanks for the reminder.
Force x distance! As Archimedes said, 'If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world.’ Not sure where I learned that trick, but I’m pretty sure it was from another UA-camr. Wish I could give credit. Thanks so much for watching! Cheers!
Hold on to that 1962 penny and when the floors are finished and before putting new carpet in, put that penny back under the carpet. The ppl that bought the car when it was brand new probably put the penny there for good luck and obviously the car has had good luck to still be here , for you.
I had to pause the video, that intro killed me. Keep up the great work man! And yeah those Allstate belts are out of an old Sears catalog, hell, they may have been installed in a Sears garage. This car may well have had it's service done at a Sears, These are such underrated cars, GM is one of those companies that, when they decide to build an odd automobile, they do not go half way. What's up with the name on the radio? Gayle? I wonder if they did that to deter theft or something silly?
Haha thank you! I had fun making that intro. I figured Sears bc Allstate was associated with them. They even made a compact car in the ‘50s called the Allstate which you could order from a Sears catalog! The name on the radio is a previous owner’s high school sweetheart from the 70s. Thanks for watching!
@@lostwrenchgarage It's strange how a company like Sears can come along, make such monumental changes to society, and then just fall silently into irrelevancy, also a bit horrifying, but mostly strange. Side note, I feel like it should be mandatory that once this car is on the road, something like Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" or John Mellencamp's "Little Pink Houses" is blared out at full volume. Something about these cars just screams this is from the era when America was on top.
Wow that interior was so much harder to take a part than a mustang. Wonder if convertibles are more complicated due to structral concerns. If you do decide to rewire the car, I do recommend American Autowire. I used their kit for my Mustang and it has been great. Easy to install and provides a lot more options for support of more mondern things such as phone charging.
It might be harder than a Mustang, or it could be that I just made it harder lol. I do believe the lack of a top puts more stress on the floor. I’ll have to make sure to consider that as I put that floor back together. Thanks for watching!
Hi Scott, I have a 1963 Corvair Monza coupe. Unfortunately the seller sent me a set of keys to the car that don't work. I want to get keys for the Corvair and I have a couple of questions: How many keys came with Corvairs from this period? Does the glove box key work on the ignition switch? I watched your videos on disassembling the car and saw that getting to the glove box door would be relatively easy. Thank You
Hi. Great to see another video. Awesome your Son is helping. One tip if I may That hole in the part that holds the lug nut is for putting your washers and nuts on the axle flange. Needle nose pliers work great and a socket for the nut with some paper stuffed in to keep the nut from going to far back in the socket . Hope this makes sense . Keep the videos coming . Liked and shared. All my very best.
Thank you, I really appreciate your support and encouragement. On the flange fasteners, that’s a great tip. It was hard to get them started the way we did it. I’ll keep your trick in mind. I’ll definitely be dealing with that again! Thanks for watching!
@@lostwrenchgarage You are always welcome. And thank you for the kind words on the tip. All my very best.
Great video there is so much to the disassembly you made it look easy
Thank you sir! DEstruction is a bit easier than CONstruction. We’ll see how that goes. Thanks for watching!
Great detailed video. Thank you
Thank YOU. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!
Outstanding, My first car was a 1962 2 door automatic coupe. White with a Blue interior I bought in 1975 that lived on the beach in southern California. Between the salt air and ozone in the LA basin the floor boards looked a lot like yours. Fun times! brazed some sheet metal from the scrap yard (Hey I was 17) bought a carpet kit and I was driving in style till I traded up to a 66 Turbo Monza coupe. Didn't take long till I blew up the engine leading me to your next series. I'm looking forward to reliving that (kinda). Got to admit those little cars taught me a lot of what you can and and what you shouldn't do. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your supportive comments and for sharing your own Corvair experiences. They are such interesting cars and I’m learning a lot from this one. Much more to come. Thanks for watching!
Great video. Answers a number of questions that I have. Thanks much.
Excellent! Thank you!
I just came across your videos and you are doing a remarkable job not only De-construction but videoing the process for the rest of us. I learned to drive on a 1964 Corvair Monza in the early seventies. Loved that old car and have been thinking of finding another one to bring back to life. Your videos are exactly what I would expect I would be confronting if I were doing it. You are giving me the vision to know if I really want to tackle the project or not.
You mentioned you are a doctor...by any chance are you a dentist? I am an orthodontic lab tech and rebuilt my 2019 Ranger from a bent frame accident, a little easier with a late model vehicle. I will be following you closely when you Re-construct your Corvair.
Hello and thank you for your comment! I'm a medical doctor, but my daughter is a dentist if that counts. I'd say if you can rebuild a 2019 Ranger with a bent frame you can take on an old Corvair. They're pretty cheap still and you can definitely find examples in way better shape than this one. I hope you go for it!
I have a 65 Corsa 180HP with a bad body and a 65 Corsa turbo convertible with only a body. I plan to: (1) strip and restore the convertible, and (2) place all the ingredients of the one with a bad body into the restored convertible body. So, before I do, I am watching all the Corvair videos like yours I can find. Thank you for showing the way you stripped the interior, including all the labeling and placing parts into labeled bags.
If you decide to make some videos of your project let me know, I’ll tune in! I warn you though, it definitely adds time to the endeavor! Sounds like a cool project. Thanks for watching and good luck!
The item in question is to secure the convertible top frame in the down position. 20:55
Mystery solved! Thank you!
I'd forgotten the trick you used for undoing that seat bolt of using a ring spanner to extend the leverage on the other spanner, thanks for the reminder.
Force x distance! As Archimedes said, 'If you give me a lever and a place to stand, I can move the world.’ Not sure where I learned that trick, but I’m pretty sure it was from another UA-camr. Wish I could give credit. Thanks so much for watching! Cheers!
Hold on to that 1962 penny and when the floors are finished and before putting new carpet in, put that penny back under the carpet. The ppl that bought the car when it was brand new probably put the penny there for good luck and obviously the car has had good luck to still be here , for you.
Haha that’s a wonderful idea! I look forward to the day I can follow through on that. Thank you for watching!
I had to pause the video, that intro killed me. Keep up the great work man! And yeah those Allstate belts are out of an old Sears catalog, hell, they may have been installed in a Sears garage. This car may well have had it's service done at a Sears, These are such underrated cars, GM is one of those companies that, when they decide to build an odd automobile, they do not go half way. What's up with the name on the radio? Gayle? I wonder if they did that to deter theft or something silly?
Haha thank you! I had fun making that intro. I figured Sears bc Allstate was associated with them. They even made a compact car in the ‘50s called the Allstate which you could order from a Sears catalog! The name on the radio is a previous owner’s high school sweetheart from the 70s. Thanks for watching!
@@lostwrenchgarage It's strange how a company like Sears can come along, make such monumental changes to society, and then just fall silently into irrelevancy, also a bit horrifying, but mostly strange.
Side note, I feel like it should be mandatory that once this car is on the road, something like Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" or John Mellencamp's "Little Pink Houses" is blared out at full volume. Something about these cars just screams this is from the era when America was on top.
Original shifter knob. I remember well😀
I would guess that the door shell on the interior was all red originally. Looks like someone rattle canned those and in the back seat too.
That’s helpful- I think you’re right. Planning to return all the metal on the interior to original red.
Wow that interior was so much harder to take a part than a mustang. Wonder if convertibles are more complicated due to structral concerns. If you do decide to rewire the car, I do recommend American Autowire. I used their kit for my Mustang and it has been great. Easy to install and provides a lot more options for support of more mondern things such as phone charging.
It might be harder than a Mustang, or it could be that I just made it harder lol. I do believe the lack of a top puts more stress on the floor. I’ll have to make sure to consider that as I put that floor back together. Thanks for watching!
Any more new videos of this?
Should be one out in the next week!
Hi Scott, I have a 1963 Corvair Monza coupe. Unfortunately the seller sent me a set of keys to the car that don't work. I want to get keys for the Corvair and I have a couple of questions:
How many keys came with Corvairs from this period?
Does the glove box key work on the ignition switch?
I watched your videos on disassembling the car and saw that getting to the glove box door would be relatively easy.
Thank You
I'm sorry, I'm not sure on the answers to your questions. If you join The Corvair Owners Group on Facebook I'm sure they can help you out! Good luck!
floor pans are are an easy fix,,,the rockers on the rag tops need to be ok
Great video !! You're really doing it the right way .
Thank you!!