1966 Chevrolet Corvair Yenko Stinger Stage II # 76 & Engine Sound on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

Unbelievable restoration Lou. The car is completely new. I have never seen such before. Great to see the owners generation, they are good guys

Interesting fact that Yenko started with Corvairs. Good job Lou. 👊 Thanks.

Superb restoration. Way to go guys and thank you Lou for bringing this incredible car to your video audience. In 1968 I built an AMT model of one of these and I swore that when I got older that I would own one someday. I'm pea green with envy because it hasn't happened yet.

1 thumbs down likely means Ralph Nader was here.

One of the rare Yenko Stingers! I've heard of these cars and have seen them here and there in magazines, but this the first "closeup" video I've seen of one. Thanks!

That exhaust is nuts!

Loved the Corvair. Even the 64 four-door power glide I had. I could take it out hunting and drive past the four wheelers that were up to their axels in mud.

What a awesome Corvair! My gosh I just loved that engine sound!!! It is just gorgeous! Love the colors so much! The owners were just awesome too! That is the biggest part of the cars you shoe it is the owners and their stories! I loved the sound if these cars in general but this was very healthy! The only thing is they were hard on fan belts! They always said you need a spare in your trunk just in case but of course this one is never driven. So clean underneath you could literally eat off it. Thanks Lou for showing this special car to us!!!!

The year 1966 put out so many nice cars it really gets over looked.

Lou, i remember Don Yenko and his array of hig performance Chevys. I grew up in Pgh. Yenko Chevrolet was located in Canonsburg, Pa. (Home of Perry Como and Bobbie Vinton!) Between city of Pgh. and Pgh. Intn'l airport. Truly unique for their time!

My first new car was a 61 monza corvair, black with red interior. Loved it !

I've had 7 Corvairs, early and late models, turbos too! I prefer the later models (65 and up) and loved them all, but never had a Fitch or Yenko this one is very well done. Kudos to the builder!

I've owned 16 Corvairs and currently have 5. Never had a Yenko or a pickup. Bought my first one in 1973 for $100. It was a 1963 Monza.

Brings enlightenment to me. My uncle would street chase in the 60’s with a beautiful Corvair Spyder. I believe it said Spyder, not sure though. He would take streets with hard turning and scare the crap out of me!!

I have been to Chris's showroom many times and can say his corvairs are the best out there. Anyone looking to buy one needs to go see what he has to offer. You won't be disappointed.

Learned so much from Lou's video. Never knew Yenko made a Corvair Nevermind the 1st Yenko competition application. Beautiful podcast Thanks to Lou.

Oh well my goodness my friend that is awesome. I’m in the initial stages of planning to create a collection of classic cars and what better would there be to have a 66 Corvair in the collection of some sort. Maybe this gentleman can help me acquire one worth collecting. Obviously will stay in touch. Thanks again for the great treat.

Corvair heaven, The best Yenko Stinger I've ever seen, it doesn't get better than this, it's heart breaking to know that we used to make cars like this in America and now we don't and can't even if we wanted too.

You can smell it! You can smell it!

Thanks for link on this one Lou. I really like these cars, they're sporty and sleek and super collectible. Thanks again 👍

Lots of great info on this car! Excellent job explaining all the intricities, and beautiful restoration!!!

I love corvair's. The stinger is badass for sure. Listen to the rumble of that can.

I remember reading a test in Road&Track which said that the Stinger’s on track performance approached that of CanAm cars. ‘

wow, that's a rare one, nice too, you don't see these around anymore.

I first saw a Yenko Stinger on Jay Leno's channel!

Chris Shade is one of the nicest people i know. Love looking at the Corvairs in his show room. Keep it up Chris!

You always amaze me with the cars that you find !! Thanks Lou !! Great car 👍👍 !!

Chris Shade is a leader in the Corvair community, with a dedicated Corvair repair and restoration business in Hastings Nebraska where he also buys and sells Corvairs. I want to get out there some day but, since we live just outside of Philadelphia, it's not like we can hop in the car and cruise on down on the spur of the moment! Chris and his family are Christians (as am I), and he operates the business by Christian principles. I've been a Corvair nut for well over 40 years now, but sadly, I haven't had one since 2010, and I miss it terribly.

Hi Lou, I always knew about Yenko Corvairs because Im a long time Corvair fan. Very under appreciated cars! Thanks for the nice video on this one!

Wow awesome car Lou by a father and son who really appreciate these cars for what they are ........Great!

Wow. What a beautiful example. Not a big fan of the Corvair myself but there's no doubting the quality of this unit. Thanks for sharing Lou!

A friend has had a number of 'vairs over the years and just picked up a '66 with automatic. I finally got a chance to drive one, something I've been wanting to do for years. it was a surprisingly nice driving car, really nice, good torque and no bad habits or tricks (at least because I wasn't going to push someone else' car!). Since he's been in the corvair club for many years, when I'm ready to find one he'll be there to help as he knows quite a lot more about them then I do. I have my eye on a '65 or later Corsa hardtop with 4 speed. he says the 3 and dual carb engine are actually better, but I still want the 4 carb..

I was interested in a 65 monza that the Shades have for sale. And talked to Chris about it on the phone. Nice to put a face to his name. Hope to travel to their showroom when all this madness is over!

Good job

The Corvair Corsa was a beautiful car! It's a shame that Ralph Nader ruined the continued production of the Corvair..I'm sure Don Yenko was not a Nader fan..great car Lou!..thnx

They are such a cool looking car. Ahead of it's time for sure.. very slick, keep finding all these gems Lou!!👍

Spectacular

My first car was a 62 Corvair S/W. When you are 16 and broke, you will take anything. Took it into my high school auto shop and rebuilt the engine. After that it ran like a top. My teacher gave me an A.

Nice Job !!! Didn’t Know A Car Like That Was Made !!! First Yenko !!!

I definitely didn’t know that about your yenko

Another rare find as always you never fail to show me a awesome car, very much appreciated, have a great weekend and as always"Howdy from Texas 😁"!!

Hi Lou! How are you? I am glad to see you again and watch your report! Yes you are right, it is, that’s WOW! This is a beautiful Corvair, I like it! Paint, stripes, and a badge, that's cool! Thank you for the video!

thanks Lou I love corvairs have a great sound smooth running engine thanks for your service

I had the lowly 66’ Monza. Fun car to drive as a teen though. Hauled around plenty of girls. Most of the other students drove around in moms mundane four door sedans. Not me, I had an American Porsche. Wish I had one all over again.

VN 64 to 66, saved my money. Couldn't decide, hemi charger or Corvair. Bought the Vair 66 turbo, white convertible. After a while I took it to Yenko to have it made into a stinger. No dice, wrong engine. They did some modifications for me, cost me a lot of army paychecks. The upgrade was awesome. Owned it for about 2 years. I'll always hate New Haven Conn, large station wagon ran over me at a stop light, and totaled the car.

Why didn't I buy one in 1966? They are great looking cars and being the flat 6 rear engine it is the American made 911. Fantastic restoration. Great video thanks Lou. BTW these gentlemen sure do look like brothers rather tahn father & son :-)

Corvairs had (optional) turbo'd 6 cylinder boxer engines and independent rear suspension in the early '60's! It was Motor Trend's Car of the Year in 1960 but Ralph Nader and the Mustang choked it off by 1969.

...hermoso, veloz, severo pique...

They are cool cars for sure, I did not know that Yenko massaged them into race cars. Cool family story as well.

Awesome, always loved the Corvair

It's beautiful

Thank you for sharing this beautiful car . I have seen one other Stinger but that one there is a tops !

Hi Lou! Enjoyed seeing this car! Only 100 made makes it a pretty rare and special car!

The second series Corvairs were really great cars without most of the problems of the first series.

Truely unique, and amazing!

Corvairs were great ....sad Nader screwed everything up. If GM had the Corvair during the 70's oil embargo they might have dominated the small car market. This Yenko RULES...!!

Hi Lou, did not know Yenko made a Corvair. Very nice and thanks for the share. P. S. gorgeous stinger!!

I've always wanted one, what a lot of different cars were available back in the 1960s, I'm Mopar to the Max,but I like other cars and trucks as well and this is so cool I'd love to have it.people listened to the critics and believed all the criticisms were true and that they were junk and unsafe. not true

Good video! The engines would fall to the ground after the rust attacked. While the car in the video is a 'model' and not a daily driver, the daily driver suffered from an engine that was not very substantial and was difficult to tune.

An amazing amount of GM engineering and resources went into the design of the Corvair, much of it discounted because of a single flaw that was later corrected. They were better engineered than the Porches of that time, and far more durable. I grew up with these cars, knew many people who owned them and had good luck with them. Some were owned by racing enthusiasts who put many thousands of safe miles on them. Others were owned by women that had ice cold factory air conditioning and Powerglide automatics. Had they been allowed to evolve like the Porsche, it may have displaced the Corvette. Most of the ones I was familiar with went to the junk yard because they high miles and were worn out.

I saw that one when I was there, this car was in st. Charles Illinois for the 2019 National corvair Convention

I love this video!!!! ❤

Beautiful

That car!😍

Beautiful! But they sound like brutes if you add tube exhaust with genuine turbo mufflers. Had a '63 Monza with later 140 engine set up that way and the thing would move VAST amounts of air and absolutely roar! I'll bet this baby would sing a really nice song.

Beautiful!

My wife and I both own a '64 Corsa Turbo and a '65, but they are in desperate need for tlc.

When I was a little kid, my parents had a Corvair. We were hit by a drunk driver from the rear going 60 miles an hour, and the police said the rear engine saved Our Lives. Ralph Nader put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Jay leno has #54 stage II stinger.

Beautiful workmanship! I'm betting Ralph Nader would need a fresh Depends if he watched this video. I mean how could Good Year test a 13" tire up to 140 MPH on suck a death trap? We need less Nader's and more Yenko's!

The C8 Corvette should have been named the Corvair and the Corvette should have continued as a front engine.

Great work again !! I was a wee lad of 5 or so in '62 and a guy on our block bought a Corvair, new, black. We had a 265 "56 four door Chevy and my dad was not sure about these. Could be great. I used to see an orange Monza from this later era. Been awhile.

Stinger 2nd owner #99 made into a CORV8!

As far as I know the word "frunk" was coined by the AW11/first gen MR2 guys who are mid engine and also have a frunk.

Nice car.

What cam did the stage II- III, stage IV use? What is in this one that is fired up? Thanks

Very interesting!

double thumbs up

My first car was a 1965, Corvair Monza, 110HP (only two carbs), it was a great car, much fun till my dad flipped it end over end...

I absolutely loved the Corvair. It was one of Chevys best car, and anyone who's ever driven one knows what a liar Ralph Nader was with his stupid book, "Unsafe at any speed." The guy lost his heart because his daughter, who unfortunately had no clue how to drive, was killed in one in an accident! Why Chevrolet stopped producing such an awesome car without even trying to upgrade the vehicles safety components, simply because they lost a suit to a grieving, emotionally bankrupt consumer advocate who thought he stood a chance at becoming president of the US, when he'd have had an easier time becoming president of any foreign auto manufacturer in the US, behooves me! Now that Ralph Nader is dead, and retro is in for auto styling, I think Chevrolet should seriously consider bringing their rear engine Corvair back with all the modern safety equipment, and a modernized, more efficient, "pancake " motor, that was so far ahead of its time during the 1960s! HeLl , they brought back a retro styled Camaro, with a 6.2 ltr motor, and it's been selling spectacularly! Now that the idiot in the white house decided to destroy American energy independence, and basically insist that we go back to when his idiot friend Jimmy Carter caused the ridiculous 70s gas shortage, demanding that America stop being an exporter of fuel, causing oil products to cost AMERICANS what the Europeans pay OPEC for THEIR oil, when WE could sell it to them for LESS, STILL PROFIT, AND KEEP AMERICANS PAYING LESS THAN HALF WHAT WE'RE PAYING WITH A COMMUNIST BUFFOON IN OUR WHITE HOUSE, trying to insist that we the people save our money to pay utterly ridiculous 100k for teslas and the big 3s alternative electric cars, that AMERICANS DO NOT WANT, AND SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO DRIVE! THE PEOPLE OF THESE UNITED STATES LOVE THEIR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES, - AND WE ARE FREE, NOT NEEDING SCOLDING FROM SOME ARROGANT, INCOMPETENT, EGOTISTICAL, BRAIN DEAD FOOL WHO HAD THE MEDIA PUSH HIM INTO HIS ROLE AS ACTING PRESIDENT, WITH THEIR FAVORITE MARXIST, ANTI-AMERICAN , WORST , MOST ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT EVER TO OCCUPY OUR WHITE HOUSE PULLING HIS DODDERING STRINGS, KILLING MILLIONS OF GOOD PAYING AMERICAN JOBS, DESTROYING ENTIRE INDUSTRIES WITH HIS UNPLAYABLE BLOATED MINIMUM WAGE, AND PAYING PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO WORK PAY EQUAL TO THAT OF THOSE WHO ACTUALLY SHOW UP FOR THEIR JOBS! IT'S SICK! OBAMA GAVE GOVERNMENT MOTORS A BAILOUT BECAUSE THEY MISMANAGED THEIR OWN PENSION FUND, AND DRASTICALLY OVERPAID THEIR CEOS WHEN THEIR QUALITY WAS IN THE SHITTER! NOW, OBAMA SHOULD ORDER HIS FRAUD OF A CAR COMPANY TO BRING BACK THE LITTLE CAR THAT WAS GREAT, BECAUSE ITS LYING NEMESIS IS DEAD AND BURIED!

Frunk is a term that Tesla has coined and is now an accepted word in the dictionary concerning front trunks in mid engine and electric cars.

Great looking car! I owned a 1965 Monza coupe 110 for many years. I assume Yenko named it the stinger because of the rear engine.

Your into data sheet says 1 of 76 COPO ? What made the cars need to go through enginnering ?

Can really see how this cars body lines evolved into the Camaro. Beautiful.

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if only the head gaskets would stay in... But great cars. had a half dozen or so, including a Greenbrier. Were the cars preferred by mechanical engineers and airplane pilots.

Lou, wow, you just cut him right off at the point of interest of the dual master cylinder. OUch. You thought the underside was more important at that moment?

that sound like it had a badass cam in it did you hear it lobbeing

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Go Big Red.....

10:48, what you really came for😅

5:57 Looks at the 4 carb and thinks its a turbo??

Lou, why is the quality of this video so crappy? It claims it's HD, but it's certainly not.

2:47

my 66 never sounded like that.

ok......and the brake cylinder.....let's look under the car, thanks.

You just ruined Ralph Nadar's day! 😂.

When GM was innovative.

I'd like to see a Tesla powered Corvair..

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