Select to expand quoteAl G said..
Geez that is in super original condition sweet pic Al 
Select to expand quotethePup said..Al G said..
Geez that is in super original condition sweet pic Al
Heeey Pup,good to see ya back mate,the place needs ya,been busy hey? 
Yeah mate she's a 1961 Chevy Corvair Lakewood wagon,nice hey
mmmmmmm yeah brother been full on getting the house on the market & packing stuff stored - God's backyard has my name all over it 
might get to finally see that beautiful wagon in the flesh too
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..
Yes we as a family have sat on that front bumper and had a photo taken.
Yeah really, cool Mac,she's an old 1938 Chevy Sedan!
Select to expand quoteAl G said..Macaha said..
Yes we as a family have sat on that front bumper and had a photo taken.
Yeah really, cool Mac,she's an old 1938 Chevy Sedan!
Yes in 07 but I didn't see it there xmas 15 I think its gone.
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Al G said..
Macaha said..
Yes we as a family have sat on that front bumper and had a photo taken.
Yeah really, cool Mac,she's an old 1938 Chevy Sedan!
Yes in 07 but I didn't see it there xmas 15 I think its gone.
Might of rusted out to badly or someone bought it maybe 
Select to expand quoteAl G said..thePup said..Al G said..
Geez that is in super original condition sweet pic Al
Heeey Pup,good to see ya back mate,the place needs ya,been busy hey? Yeah mate she's a 1961 Chevy Corvair Lakewood wagon,nice hey
Edit:This wagon is also rear engined,like the Type 3 VW wagons 
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For the very young, the Corvair was quite remarkable and it's such a pity that they did on go one to fix it's problems rather than scrap the whole thing, it's the car that bought about that famous saying by the well known consumer advocate Ralph Nader "Unsafe at Any Speed"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
In may ways the corvair was GMs answer to the beetle invasion, but rather than a puny air cooled flat 4, it had an air cooled flat 6 that made some decent power, quite a few even made there way into some very fast VWs (they ran in the opposite direction to VW motors, but there was a kit that you could use to reverse their direction).
The one early VW feature they should never have copied was the swing axle rear suspension, in a light and underpowered VW beetle is was simply a manageable nuisance, but in the larger more powerful Corvair, it was deadly and if the Car had to change direction suddenly, the back ends would get what was know as "Wheel Tuck" and a roll was usually the result.
It's also ironic that one of the things that draws us to this thread, those beautiful big 60s era tail fins and bold chrome encrusted front ends were another thing that Ralph Nader had a hand in seeing phased out.
Select to expand quoteobct said..Al G said..
For the very young, the Corvair was quite remarkable and it's such a pity that they did on go one to fix it's problems rather than scrap the whole thing, it's the car that bought about that famous saying by the well known consumer advocate Ralph Nader "Unsafe at Any Speed"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
In may ways the corvair was GMs answer to the beetle invasion, but rather than a puny air cooled flat 4, it had an air cooled flat 6 that made some decent power, quite a few even made there way into some very fast VWs (they ran in the opposite direction to VW motors, but there was a kit that you could use to reverse their direction).
The one early VW feature they should never have copied was the swing axle rear suspension, in a light and underpowered VW beetle is was simply a manageable nuisance, but in the larger more powerful Corvair, it was deadly and if the Car had to change direction suddenly, the back ends would get what was know as "Wheel Tuck" and a roll was usually the result.
It's also ironic that one of the things that draws us to this thread, those beautiful big 60s era tail fins and bold chrome encrusted front ends were another thing that Ralph Nader had a hand in seeing phased out.
Yeah I know what you mean OB,they did have the Flat 6 in them,I've read a little bit about Ralph Nader but I didn't know he had a hand in phasing out the big finned cars
of the late 50s and early 60s though!...
The caddy tail fin evolution was interesting, it hit its peak in 59, then they slowly disappeared over the next few years.
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But I will always remember that as a kid, none of these upright tail fins impressed me, for some reason, it was the horizontal bel air fins that I preferred and I still prefer them
Select to expand quote Al G said..
aaaaaaahhhhhhh classic later model Impala ..... and it looks like she has the equally classic 327 under her knickers too
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Cool old pic,the top one,love it
It's in UnZed Bru.
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Al G said..
aaaaaaahhhhhhh classic later model Impala ..... and it looks like she has the equally classic 327 under her knickers too
Right on the cash Pup,she's a 1966,327 Caprice very similar to the Impala just got the pillars,geez they're big cars.I used to have a 62 Impala loved it,they get that sway up on the highway like you're in a boat
