"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
11/07/2020 at 09:46 • Filed to: None
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"Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer" (dash-doorhandle-and-bondo)
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No update, still crashed. Some pictures of my greatest oppo hit: road trip across six states with no brakes.
It will rise again.
Just Jeepin'
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 09:57 |
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No brakes?
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> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2020 at 10:01 |
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Increasingly sketchy brakes. Replaced master when I got home. # years on I can admit, no brakes. That’s how I found out how fast one can take corners in a corvair. Parking brake works good.
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Just Jeepin'
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 10:05 |
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I’m appalled. That could have ended badly for someone else on the road at the wrong time.
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> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2020 at 10:12 |
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I’ll backtrack on my hyp erbolic statement: Brakes became increasingly unbalanced and would lock the right rear under heavy braking, so I had to plan stopping farther back to avoid weird squatting and rear engine handling dynamics. It had brakes when I left and has them now. But I do like to say I drove across the coutry with no brakes, it part of the sad tale of the corvair, if not necessarily true.
WilliamsSW
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 10:13 |
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That is one of the coolest Oppo stories I recall. Until the beastie (elk IIRC?) got in the way.
Hope it rises again soon!
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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
> WilliamsSW
11/07/2020 at 10:15 |
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White tail deer, would have gone right under an elk (they biggies)
shop-teacher
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 10:26 |
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Thay was an amazing trip to watch. I look forward to seeing it rise again, wherever we all end up.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 10:37 |
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> WilliamsSW
11/07/2020 at 10:37 |
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Just Jeepin'
11/07/2020 at 10:37 |
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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer
11/07/2020 at 10:41 |
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just like they came out of the factory!
Heh. I’m lusting for a Monza Coupe myself these days. Seeing yours has me back on the Search Engines again this AM. Thanks for the memories!
DipodomysDeserti
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
11/07/2020 at 10:54 |
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I daily’d this guy for a year. Very fun car to cruise around in. There’s a guy in Phoenix who owns five or so along with a shed full of parts. He used to give me parts for free. There’s a Corvair graveyard eat of Phoenix in Apache Junction. He almost always has a couple for sale at CP prices. I bought mine from a kid in Tempe for $500 as he had no idea how to work on it. I want another one.
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SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
> DipodomysDeserti
11/07/2020 at 11:04 |
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Wow. Missed that before. It must be the Apache Junction guy’s cars I see turning up on the Tucson CL searches.
There was a gorgeous ‘65 Monza coupe, nicely restored, out in San Diego last year. I thought he wanted too much for it, but have kicked myself ever since for not going after it harder. He’d put it on IROC wheels, with a not-quite-midnight-black exterior-- and a contrasting silver in that accent panel on the back. It was a stunning combination.
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DipodomysDeserti
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
11/07/2020 at 11:38 |
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Yeah, it was about six years ago. Sold it for a couple of vintage motos.