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| Car of the Day: September 3, 2015; Hubley '61 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood wagon | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Sep 3 2015, 03:55 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is from corvairjim's collection, and is Hubley's 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood Wagon. ![]()
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| Hobie-wan | Sep 3 2015, 10:31 AM Post #2 |
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Interesting, that has a tab, but looks like there was never an actual hitch on there. |
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| craftymore | Sep 3 2015, 10:03 PM Post #3 |
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Sweet to see an old school USA made toy featured. I approve! |
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| corvairjim | Sep 3 2015, 10:34 PM Post #4 |
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This one holds a special place in my collection. Being a station wagon fan, I knew I needed at least one of these Hubley Lakewoods. I found this one, my first (of four... and counting!), at a Corvair swap meet/cookout hosted at the shop of the President of the North Jersey chapter of CORSA (the Corvair Society of America). Quite a drive for those of us in the Philly area. But it was worth it, not only for this wagon, but moreso for some quality "Dad & Daughter" as well. (I'll always remember the part of the trip where the radio was playing Joe Walsh's "Life's Been Good To Me": He sings about "My Maserati does one-eighty-five... ". My 7 year old daughter Becky asks : "What's a Maserati"? Her timing couldn't have been better because just at that precise moment, a Maserati Ghibli blew past us, doing at least a hundred! I just pointed and said "That's a Maserati"! Anyhow, I grabbed this little Lakewood for, as I recall, $3, then made the mistake of carrying it around in my back pocket for the next hour or so. That accounts for the paint being rubbed off the fenders above the headlights. At one point, the owner of the business next door decided to crash the party. Seeing about 25 Corvairs sitting out in the sun gave him the idea to drive over with his late 1920's Franklin Touring Car, the most successful air-cooled American brand until the Corvair came along 30+ years later. One of these days I'll get around to restoring one of my Hubley Lakewoods and resto-modding another by grinding down the casting flash, changing the color and doing a bunch of paint detailing. It won't be this one, though - like I said, this one is special to me. |
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| pjedsel | Sep 3 2015, 11:01 PM Post #5 |
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Neat toy car - it was an interesting choice of model by Hubley - not just because it was a Corvair but a wagon no less. Old toys like these are wonderful.
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| juantoo3 | Sep 4 2015, 07:15 PM Post #6 |
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I think will get my vote this week, not often we get slush mold cars and not often we get something like a Corvair Lakewood Wagon! Now, to find a Crown V8 conversion...(I'd settle for a Kelmark...) Oh yeah, back to diecast...we still need some "legit" forward control Corvairs, guys! AW, M2, GL...are ya'll listening??? |
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| corvairjim | Sep 5 2015, 11:07 PM Post #7 |
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Oh heck yeah, Juan! If Matchbox can make a plebeian Dodge A100 pickup, imagine how much more interesting a Rampside would be. And seriously, what's up with that "THING" that Hot Wheels calls a Greenbrier??? That thing is an insult to the sensibilities of Corvair fanatics everywhere. I had the opportunity to buy one of them about a month ago... and passed. |
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Neat toy car - it was an interesting choice of model by Hubley - not just because it was a Corvair but a wagon no less. Old toys like these are wonderful.

2:33 PM Jul 11