Driving My 1961 Corvair 1000 Miles into the Desert! 

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I’m really bummed that I missed this trip. Never again.

I always love to see matt helping out his son who is grown up. There is so pure and man bonding and matt is really nice person and Rudy let's matt lead always that shows his respect towards matt ❤❤❤

I needed to change the clutch on my Greenbriar van and had never changed a clutch before. I started at 6 PM, and after completing the change I learned there is a right way and a wrong way to put the disk between the pressure plate and the flywheel. I had to change the clutch again using only a floor jack and jack stands to raise the car and lower the engine. In the end, over about 6 hours I removed the engine, changed the clutch, and reinstalled the engine by myself twice. I really enjoyed that 6-door Greenbriar van, which I had installed a 140 HP Corsa engine along the way.

Great to see Rudy stop by his Dads for a bit of assistance! Both share their love of Corvairs! Trip ended up a success!!

That's pretty amazing!! Being able to pull that engine so fast and fix a problem that looked like a trip ender ! Matt sure knows his stuff ! Rudy too, Wow!!

It's great to have a father that is concern and loves his kids, you are very fortune to have him.

I like how they just randomly pull a whole engine , I’m just amazed , I struggle changing oil filters

What a awesome family. You all should be proud of each other. Good content Rudy. Just wished I seen more projects get finished.

My father bought new a ‘64 Corvair, 4 dr. 4 speed, it was a very nice car for the time, and even today I would like one especially a convertible. The only issue he ever had was if he took it to have the oil changed anywhere other then the dealership it would blow the oil filter off and dump the oil, I do not remember why if it was the incorrect filter or what but it happened 2 different times. The only issue was it could have used A/C but at the time A/C was not a standard issue or as efficient as they are now. It was very affordable at the time and I remember very efficient as far as gas mileage, 25 - 28 mpg regularly.

Looked like a lot of fun . I like the salt flat hubcaps they look cool

The wagon is definitely cooler than the Coupes and Convertibles. There's just so much more you can do with a wagon.

Thank god for DADS

The old gas station with all the old shoes , it had a lot of soul at one time 🤣🤣🤣🤣

love how close this family is !

Fun video. Great job. And great pic of ya on the hood. Classic! Corvairs seem to have a whole separate set of unique noises to learn.

How the hell did they let you get that close to the Ospreys? Wild, man!

Those are some cool pics of the ospreys! I got to fly in them multiple times and they are cool!

Those aircraft are V22 Ospreys. I saw one up close and personal flying into Oakland in a Mooney.

This made me miss my very first car the '62 Corvair Monza. After it was stolen I did get a '63. All I have left of the '62 is the license plate hanging up on the bedroom wall and one hubcap hanging up in the garage. I'm glad you had a fun trip ! Thanks for letting us ride along. 👍

Those aircraft are Navy/ Marine Ospreys (VTOL). Very cool pieces of equipment…

This video reminds me of why Ralph Nader, while maybe well intentioned?, was a hype artist. Great Video.

If in needles, rivers edge is accessible , what a gorgeous blue green river , not sure of the name, just know it’s a cool off after coming across the Mohave from the east

Glad it's fixed good luck

Not a freeway beast? Hah! My dad took our Corvair wagon everywhere on the freeway! Mind you, it was in the late sixties, but it should still do fine.

Great job guys. Thank you 😊

Yay! Rooting for Rudy. You got a new subscriber

The Osprey's are awesome machines.

Thats a loose nut behind the wheel right there ! 😅 Not safe at any speed , i believe that was the book title ... but i remember being a little kid riding in a spyder turbo , ill never forget those rides !

Well I never have seen a corvair engine and Trans out, pretty cool

Good times!! I might have missed it, but it looks like you might have been the only one with a wagon at the show!!??

The aircraft are osprey, they can do a vertical takeoff

that was one lucky rattle/Corvair find....

Nice little trip for the vair..... Great job Rudy!

Those aircraft are Ospreys, MV22's

You have way too much fun.

Love you Rudy, but I'm halfway into this video and I need more Janelle. The tilt-rotor aircraft are Ospreys, no?

Osprey Thanks for bringing us on your trip, kewl cars too. Your Dad for another win. Oh, is running out of gas a family trait????

That was a great commercial Rudy!

Always have heard about the loose screw behind the steering wheel.😊

Ospreys you need to get out more often

evil eyes squadron from yuma deployed with them in 96, may6 have gone to mirimar though

Have you ever thought about aiming your headlights?

28.00 their a CV-22 Osprey

In the infamous words of Paul Cox its not a road trip till you run out of gas.

Osprey - Plane/Heli

Rudy u need to make a trip to Seattle's pikes place Market and see the gum wall 😂

She did good 🎉🎉

Awesome video sweet ole car

Hello from La Paz México

Those were V-2 Osprey 's

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Your family is awesome. 😅 I'm a car 🚗 guy and I would've liked to see more of those sweet corvairs. I almost bought a turbo Spyder back in 65. Black, 4 spd. Sweet 😋 😂

Rudy , i didnt know the aint no gas in it was hereditary , sorry Matt 😂

I think you are right about "most" drivers. As I remember it "most" drivers of the Corvair spent more time upside-down in the ditch than on the road. I think that is why Nader was so successful when he testified before Congress about the Corvair and the unsafe condition of many other products sold to the American public. He was instrumental in the mandate forcing auto makers to make seat belts standard equipment in new cars.

Good adventure. Please wear your seat belts after you install them and avoid telephone poles. Osprey aircraft.

Yeah "Nice Hat"

Great vid! Enjoyed seeing your adventure.

Loved seeing the classics. RAD is a must watch channel. I find it hard to believe your Corvair would only do 65mph on the freeway. My ‘62 Monza would run 75 all day long. Back in my younger, dumber days I raced a ‘65 Mustang with a 260 V8 on I-75 in Kentucky. My speedometer only went to one hundred but the Corvair kept going past that with the Mustang in my rear view mirror.

Those airplanes are called osprea's or something like that

Yo what's going on with the Comanche? I was excited for that build

More Corvairs!

Rudy, what ever happened to DIY tracked upgrade mod?

great job again.

V-22 osprey. Marine killers

Wheres all the 4x4s !!?

You can feed a whole pack of wolfs with those dog dishes…..

The things we do for our kids!

MV-22's...More specifically, Marine Corps MV-22).

Gm should bring back the corvair & put porch out of business

Osprey.

Ospreys

Maybe you could trade some of those shoes for gas. 😆

There called airplanes I'm told they fly in the sky

Man, you are your father's son 😁

Idk about corvair But can you pull an engine out in 7 minutes. We have done it Volkswagen cars in the past.

Warthog?

Is Corvair really more a recipe for disaster than any other 60s-ventage car?

Have you ever considered putting a Porsche motor in a Corvair? Or a Corvair motor in a Porsche?

Vilken snälla pappa du har 🙂

V-22 Osprey is the aircraft you came across. I’m surprised they let you drive around them.

I love how you and your family are always ready to casually swap a Corvair motor!

The cool thing is, as busy as Matt is what does he always take time for? His sons and any of their problems! Absolutely awesome!!

Anybody else think "like father, like son" when Rudy said "it might be outa gas" :)

When I was growing up in the sixties and seventies, we had a neighbor that had a Corvair. I asked my dad why it always had legs sticking out from underneath it, he said they came that way from the factory. 😂

I love how Rudy describes it as a quick fix, that only involved a complete engine out.

Now that’s a good Father, no matter how busy you are, you make time for your Kids. 🙏🏼

The aircraft looked like V-22 Osprey. I live in north San Diego county not far from Camp Pendleton and hear them fly over from time to time - make a very distinctive sound. I believe the Marines are the only branch using them. There's a training center near 29 Palms.

When I was growing up my mothers car was a 61 Corvair Lakewood station wagon, with 4 on the floor, in the same green color. My father was a former Navy aircraft mechanic so he kept it running great. My sister and I both learned to drive in that car before we bought our own. I still remember the engine oil smell when you turned on the heat.. So.... throughout the sixties once a week mom would put a dollars worth of gas in it...... that was about a quarter to a third of a tank back then and that would last the whole week of errands.. In the early 70's once mom splurged and filled it up. to the top...... on the way home there was a funny metalic boink, boink, boink sound coming from the front...... We finally tracked the sound down by rocking the car in the driveway and it was the brass fuel gauge float boinking off the top of the gas tank.... someplace it had never been for the previous 10 years mom owned it. Lots of good memories watching this.

It's really nice to see your family working on things all together. Matt is really a very strong hold to all his kids.

I love seeing Rudy with Matt.

“There’s nothing that can stop us” famous last words😂

I like your videos but I wont lie, I enjoy seeing you and your dad interact. looking forward to more of your videos

Rhett is a spunge...soaking up the knowledge & experience around him. You are rapidly becoming a great problem solver & mechanic.

Nice to see Rhett helping out. 😀

Looking at this and I cannot believe the morrvair was born from this.

Great to see Matt and Rudy working together……

That must of made your Dads day he got to see his Son and work on a Corvair. Lucky your Dad has the biggest collection of Corvair parts and Covair knowledge

Its really hard for me to fathom having a vehicle over 10 years old thats not rusted! The sad part is both my 2004 impala and avalanche are pretty much see-thru lol I hit 2 moose a couple years ago with my avalanche just before xmas and when i got out to look, there must have been about 50lbs of rust on the highway!! Northwestern ontario canada, where the vehicles return to the earth naturally 😂

That was a fun trip , there was some really nice Corvairs there! Next time please have Janelle as the hood model! LOL. Thanks for taking us along and thumbs UP!! 👍

I'm glad your motor was good after all Hope it holds together it and the car for the rest of the trip. That military plane you saw I believe is called an Osprey. It takes off and lands vertically but transitions to regular horizontal flight once high enough to clear the props.