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John and Chris
Miller
1966 Corvair 500
sport sedan
| This is
our '66 500 with 110 Powerglide. We purchased the car sight unseen on Ebay.
Its original owner died in 1994, and the car was kept in the estate
until '99, when we purchased it. We flew to Ohio, met with the seller at
the airport, and drove the 500 sedan back to our home in Iowa. The
odometer read 19,486 miles at purchase.
These pictures were taken just about a year later, after exterior strip down and new paint. The wheels came off my '97 GMC pickup; 5 on 5" that I machined to fit 4 3/4". They are 8 by 15" American Racing 200s. That's me (below) in the black Corvair shirt.
We put front and rear spoilers on the car to make it more stable and fun to drive at Interstate speeds. We usually drive it about 300 miles on the weekends. That's Chris in the background, below. The yellow tinted headlights were an experiment, and were later changed out for clear units with stainless wire rock shields. 
The engine was resealed and the car was made more roadworthy with new brake lines, wheel cylinders, a new master cylinder and silicone brake fluid. The heater boxes were flushed and new hoses were installed.
We get out with our Corvair club, too. The picture below was taken at Snake Alley in Burlington, Iowa...the most crooked street in the world (according to Ripley's). That's our car at the top!
With $3300 invested...I get asked if I want to sell it all the time...I just smile and say "no." The car now has just shy of 29,000 miles on it.
October, 2002 |
