I had a ‘65 500 with 3 speed manual. Had an AM radio as the only option. Drove it all over the country. Great all around car. The bench seat was uncomfortable and the hot vinyl would give me 3rd degree burns in the Summer. I swapped it out for a pair of junkyard Audi 100 bucket seats. The flat floor made the swap a breeze.
I like everything about your Chevrolet Corvair 500; The exact number of 1967 Corvair 500 Coupes produced was 9,257. Those 95 HP engines are very stout, & reliable. Your quite right not many 500 around anymore. I own 3 Corvairs a 64 Greenbrier Deluxe, 65 Corsa turbo coupe, & a 67 Monza Convertible. That 69 Malibu Convertible looks pretty sweet as well. Thanks for the chat on your 67 500.
Great looking 500! Tasteful upgrades. I love the 67-69 model years, primarily for the added safety features. I live in Sacramento County and I have not seen Lou Williams Chevrolet anywhere. Many old name dealerships are gone. The prices for a good paint job are astronomical these days! Have fun with that very special 500.
I had a 1969 500; #512 as I recall, built two weeks from the end of Corvair production. They were trying to use up parts and my car had quick steering and a heavy duty 3 speed shifter. Not as much fun to drive as my other Corvairs. It was done in by a collision with a deer.
Thanks for the video. I was a car enthusiast at a very young age, and, when I was 14, I remember going to the nearby Chevy dealer when the second gen was introduced for 1965. It looked so futuristic. And they sure look great in blue - as do the Corvettes from the same period. Have fun.
Cool Corvair, cool owner. Dad bought a new Corvair Monza ('62, as I recall), later took it back as the rear end had a habit of passing the front on wet, muddy, or oily pavement. Do not oversteer. I rather like the 'gen 2' Corvairs. Tony Dow (remember Leave It To Beaver? ) lived in my neighborhood and another neighbor (Barry Bushnell) got him into Corvairs. They were rather 'advanced' for a U.S. auto of the day. The styling of the second generation Corvair (like this one) was a step toward lines of the original Camaro.
95 HP ! ! ! That is the Best Engine for Todays' Corn sweeten Gas. The Engine is the Best Strong Engine for Longevity. 500 She is a Beauty it is Like a Beautiful Lady that Needs no Make or Lipstick like the Monzas and Corsas. Just Don't Lend it Out. That's the Way I lost Mine (Crashed). Park it in a Secure Alarmed Garage. It is a Keeper. Ex-Corvairite Shingle Springs, CA
I'm about to strip my CTS Caddie though only using the thinnest piece of the two. Great tips from ya. Rather than the cleaning agent you showed, I'm using alcohol to clean the surface. Thanks for the tips & tricks...
Thank you for this video. "Thanks for all the history." "That's just some of it." !!!!!!! Wow amazing to see Zaki again. He has not aged since I saw him in the late 1980's. Good health to you Zaki! I used to work around the corner from this shop. He worked on my Chevy Van; from water pumps to carburetors to tune-ups. I hung around that place for many hours listening to Jazz while he worked. You could do another one on Zaki's knowledge of Jazz. He gave me a hat that says Bird Lives............Miles Ahead...............Chasing The Train. Still have it.
Here's a few things I've heard. Maybe you can confirm them please? Was the dirt from McArthur Tunnel used to build the berms along PPB? Was Funston side between Balboa and Fulton used to experiment growing trees that might grow well in the City? PPB is a part of the original path Juan Bastista DeAnza used when he settled at Mountain Lake Park and founding San Francisco. The Lake was much larger then. Also, there was a walking path recently built on the southern side of PPB, or 14th Avenue, from Lake to Fulton. Those of us living on 14th Ave were experiencing numerous homeless encampments. I presented a plan to SF Rec & Park that suggested adding a path along this side of PPB would make the greenbelt safer because it would be used by walkers and bicyclists. I was thrilled when SF Rec and Park embraced this idea around 2010 and blazed a formal city trail from Lake to Fulton, complete with signage designating it as a park path. It has made a HUGE difference -- and it is a joy to see people and bicyclists using the pathway.
In the 1920 photo the berms on both sides of PPB are already there. By the time the tunnel was dug the trees were mature, so I don't think that they used dirt from the tunnel on PPB. The tree story might be true. I read where numerous trees along PPB were removed and replanted in the Marina for the 1915 Worlds Fair.
I remember seeing the very last production Corvair at the Pate Museum of Transportation outside of Ft Worth, TX, back in 1977. We had a 65 Monza convertible with the 140HP engine, great car.
Actually nobody knows what happened to the very last Corvair, #6000. The second to the last Corvair, #5999, is now in the Corvair museum. Watch our video " The Last of the Great '69s" to learn more.
That's one sweet 1967 500 coupe; I only saw two options on her the Power-Glide trans. & the radio. Looks like 95 H.P. engine; I didn't see any badges on the rear deck lid. Good luck with her; That's going to be one sweet ride. Thanks for sharing your moment with us.
Thanks. I added a NOS clock, glove box lite, blue carpets, NOS floormats, chrome drip mouldings and a Monza steering wheel because the original one was out of round. (I'm not trying to turn it into a Monza.) 500's are rare now because people didn't keep them.
@@lonetreechannel5423 It seems that all the 67 Vairs were a little more zippy than the 65, & 66 95 & 110 engines; I believe it was do to the jetting on the carbs. I have a 67 Monza Convertible, & that was one of the 1st things I noticed when I drove it. I've heard the same thing from the few other 67 owners I've talked to. & I think was Larry Claypool that did a article on the subject in the CORSA communique a year or so ago talking about this subject.And it was before A.I.R. engines of 68 & 69.
@@lonetreechannel5423 All the 67 Corvairs had a oval shaped steering wheel from the factory, & it was exclusive to 67 only. & it's a shame how the 500 models were considered a trow a away. They really look sharp with out all the bright trim work, & it's nice that you put a nos clock in; I can't believe how many people never checked that on the option list.
Wow i love all the history behind your car. Im kinda new to the Corvair world. And im not even sure but i think im the 3rd owner of my "66" monza. Iwish i knew the whole history of my Corvair
Needed a flat bed because it was a automatic. I had a 4 speed 110. The speedometer is optimistic on both of them. But they could go around corners quickly. Easy to work on. Pulling the engine to change the clutch also easy. Hint shopping cart, 2X4 sawed off to fit and a hacksaw. Not like the nightmare maintenance monsters they build now. Oh and they got got 30-35 MPG. If you kept the goes faster pedal off the floor. Way better in the snow the than a AWD Trax.
Thank you so much for putting together this video! I had one of the production models when I was 11 years old in 1970 and living in Ohio. Mine was painted orange with the with white stripes. I had a paper route at the time and one of my customers had the cart just sitting beside their garage wasting away. Every Saturday was my collection day. I would beg them to sell the cart to me every week. Eventually, I wore them down. I had the cart for a couple of years. Working on the engine was how I eventually learned about working on real cars. Your video has answered some very old questions for me. I always wondered about how the carts came to be. Thanks!
