I just watched a 1966 Chevrolet advertisement comparing the Corvair and the Corvette models for 1966 and I must say for the first time the Corvair has more beautiful body lines.
Amacing awork. Congratulation !!! I have a Corvair Monza intact, total original, but 30 years into a garage in Chile. Now I will start to fix it to let and originately it was in 1965. Thank you for the lesson. !!! EdgarRS. Chile, Sud Amerika.
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate that 🙏 Best wishes with your Corvair project, share a link to a video if you happen to post one! All the best, Freddie
I met Freddie and his staff in 2015 after they highly modified a friend of mines Pontiac. All of the original drivetrain was removed and a brand new LS3, OD automatic and 9" rearend were installed after extensive chassis modifications. The car turned out great just in time for the Hot Rod Power tour all the way to Baton Rouge Louisiana. Freddie and his team did an incredible job in a super short amount of time. On top of all that, they welcomed me and my car into his shop for some much needed attention after it has supposedly been finished by another shop before I drove it to Freddies. Very professional but easy to speak to and deal with. Just watch out for the Bulldog Nelson hold, you might feel the rock.
Thanks Bulldog! 😂 Good memories from that experience… and some that I’d rather forget! Lots of long days and nights but we pulled it off and had a blast!!
The Nader story is fun to tell but little harm was done to the Corvair because of the book. The book came out in 65 the same year the Corvair got an all new suspension. The book didn't cause Chevrolet to do anything to the Corvair. GM did that to improve handling because the V/8 Mustang was coming for the Corvair so GM was forced to make improvements because the Camaro was two years out.
I’ve got a hard on at the moment. As a high schooler my first car was a 66’ Monza. I loved that car. I used to dream about that car with a modest 200+ hp. With that kind of hp I could dust off many a Porsche Carrera. In a car magazine back in the day they built the flat 6 to 300+ NA hp. 600 hp is almost lunacy. There are other nicely built Corvairs, front engine, mid engine, transverse mid engine here on RU-vid. I’ve been following a guy named John Reynolds nearing completion with his build. Not nearly as psycho as this thing. Keep us updated as you progress. Only thing I could wish more would be for Chevrolet to build a modern take on this beautiful car. Don’t change a thing about the body of the car just give us the goods underneath.
To say that I`m impressed would be a gross understatement. Your car is an absolute work of art, not one detail was overlooked. I really appreciate the effort that went into this project, as 40 years ago, I built my `66 Corsa into a mid-engine Corv-8, using a Crown conversion kit as the basic platform. Power was from a worked-over L79 small block putting down ~450-ish HP. Power-to-weight ratio made it an absolute blast to drive, it showed it`s taillights to many Chevelles, Goats, Boss Mustangs, Road Runners, you name it. While FAR less sophisticated than your car, it was light years ahead of just about everything else on the road. I once challenged a Lambo Countach that rolled up on me, and we ran it pretty well up into three digits....he couldn`t shake me off, even though he tried his best. He signaled me to pull off the road, and made me explain everything about my car. He had to know how his mega-buck exotic got humbled by "a lowly Corvair". I miss that car. Have fun with the Nader H8TR !
Ever since your videos came out on this car I've been watching. Love the build and style. What would it take to duplicate the chassis for the corvair in order to set my own body on? Already have the LQ9 and T56 setup also.
Monster Corvair! My father would be so proud, his first job as a Chevy Engineer was the Corvair in Ypsilanti Michigan 1958. He was a design engineer that got moved from the Corvair to the Camero in 63, compare the 65 Corvair front to the 67 Camero front and you see the Corvair.
Charles McClune; the body lines of the Gen 2 Corvair body are certainly seen in the Gen 1 Camaro/Firebird, not only the front, quarter panel, but the doors, rear quarter panels, windshield slope, rear and roof, slope, tail too; certainly accordingly to each with rear engine - front engine placement, thus proportions of the hood to rear trunk of the Camaro/Firebird to the Corvair rear engine. The one other slight difference is clearly the Corvair sits lower externally and internally. my father [O"H] bought a 1965 Corvair Monza in July, owned, drove for literally 10 years, over 100-110k miles with only basic maintenance; as he often said about the value, paid just $2k then, also drove, performed well during all weather conditions, spring, summer, autumn [fall], winter, sun, rain, snow had wanted to get that car to fix, repair, modify it in 1975 when he decided to get rid of it -> gave it on a 'deal'; worthless, fake 'trade-in', discount with purchase of 1975 Vega also in July (not a good value)]; but my mother opposed, desired the vehicle to be 'gone' -> only minimal repairs needed - oil leaks [mostly valve cover gaskets, some perhaps via head gaskets], burned oil - new rings, perhaps engine refresh, steering linkage, tie rod ends; along with the never repaired exhaust leak through the heat exchanger-heater [GM had a 'fix'] -> these were already known for modifying to become performance, racing vehicles - great stance, balance, low weight, rear to mid engine placement with increased power as Yenko or engine swaps; V-6, V-8, etc.
I love it! I have always liked the Corvair lines and think it is a very beautiful design. Fantastic work. I was looking around a few years ago and noticed that one of the newer Corvettes had a wheelbase very close to the late model Corvair. With the transaxle divorced from the engine, weight distribution could be very balanced. I wondered...what if you took the chassis and drivetrain from a C6 and rebodied it with the late model Corvair? I thought you might have to do some metal work to widen the body to fit the chassis from the Corvette, and wondered if you might have to fabricate a grill using the original grill from the 1966 Chevelle or the 1967 Camaro to help cool the radiator. And perhaps borrowing the front plenum from the GT40 to extract some of the hot under-hood air that you could make a respectable street car and occasional track car without getting into building a Corvair as a front engine car with a modern water-cooled V8. This has sat in the back of my mind for some time, and when I saw the article and video on your Nader Hater, I thought wow! By building a new frame constrained by the late model Corvair body, you went the extra mile engineering a fantastic race car. Very impressive engineering and build.
Another entry into the "What Corvair SHOULD Have Been" contest. Why the hell Chevy thought they needed an entire subdivision with a dozen models to meet the needs of EVERYONE is beyond my comprehension. If they had put all their money into only an actual Sport Car it coulda been a Porsche beater. Instead of Ford vs Ferrari it coulda been Chevy vs European cars, and amazingly advanced Corvairs might still be selling (sigh).
@@fastfreddiesrodshop Me too but that was way long ago when EVERYTHING about them was much less costly. When I cruise YT I still get the itch to build another toy but with all the upgrades from mild to WILD available now there's no way I could afford to put together what I really want. One like this is just a dream for me.
As everyone has mentioned very well done.! You seam to have quite a few haters of the Nader hater. Folks it's still a Corvair.! It will always be a Corvair .! But now it's a Badass Vair!!! FYI the name Corvair was derived by Chevrolet combining two names of their best models of the day the Corvette = the (Cor) and the Bel-Air= the (Air) and the fact that it was air cooled. If you ask me it's more Corvair now than ever before it's got front and rear C5 suspension and drivetrain!!!! I think the only thing I would change would be the color maybe a flat White w blue stripe to really capture the true Stinger look and feel. Cheers!
Wow - absolutely phenomenal build! I can't even imagine all the thought and planning that's gone into this project, coupled with next level skills of Trent and yourself to make it become a reality. Hoping I get to see it on the track someday...
Congrats! You're literally the first one to catch that reference! I can't believe it's taken this long for someone to catch it... No weddings yet, but it's still early in the game... just working on motorboat'n at this point ; )
@@fastfreddiesrodshop I use to say that all the time back in college parting days like 16 years ago. Lol. Hopefully it clings to the track! I've always loved Corvairs, since I was a kid, and all my car guy friends would make fun of me and think I was odd.
