Wave goodbye to the R+C Corvair

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
12/11/2017 at 18:00 • Filed to: None

Sold it yesterday. Funds will be split equally into installing a real interior into the Corvette and a dump into my newly formed Opel GT saving account. I’ve pretty firmly decided that the next car I buy will NOT be a beat to crap $3,000 chariot but a fairly nice $5-8k Opel GT. So the savings account must grow.

DISCUSSION (17)

crowmolly > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:07

So who doesn’t like crabs? And do they mean the pinchy ocean kind or the uncomfortable phone call kind?

Inquiring minds wish to know.

Good call on moving the car, IMO. If I remember correctly it needs nontrivial rust repair.

LongbowMkII > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:15

but europa?

Flavien Vidal > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:15

Opel GT go for good money these days... I remember wanting to buy one when I was like 18 year old or so :)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:16

Opel GT? Good call! I quite like those things, but they are VERY uncommon in Canada nowadays AFAIK...most rusted away :(

shop-teacher > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:16

This makes me sad. Too far gone for you?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Flavien Vidal
12/11/2017 at 18:17

Not really the case in Canada. $10k would buy you one of the nicest GTs around.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > shop-teacher
12/11/2017 at 18:50

Just didn’t make monetary sense even for my warped standards.

Steve in Manhattan > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 18:56

Did not know those 70s Opels fetched that much now ... used to see them all the time in high school.

shop-teacher > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 19:00

That’s unfortunate. Such is life!

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 19:02

Awww I love corvairs. Handling be damned, they just look so damn cool.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 21:16

Don’t tell me that. :P

SpeedSix > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/11/2017 at 23:56

Meanwhile I’m saving for a $5-8k Corvair 4-door.

I’m also entertaining the idea of a later-model (1926 or 1927) Model T in 2026 or 2027, so basically when the car is 100 years old.

Flavien Vidal > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/12/2017 at 07:16

Hum... Eager to see what you come up with... Never sat in an Opel GT. I wonder if I can fit....

1967ers - lover of dead auto marques > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/13/2017 at 11:27

Sad to see it go, but can’t argue in the slightest. I need to see the Opel when you get it. :)

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > 1967ers - lover of dead auto marques
12/14/2017 at 08:43

You bet!

Spridget > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/26/2017 at 00:29

The Corvair made a brief Curbside Classic appearance!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Spridget
12/31/2017 at 12:13

That’s so wild!