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| Car of the Day: September 5, 2015; Racing Champions '60 Chevrolet Corvair Police | |
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| Dean-o-mite | Sep 5 2015, 02:19 AM Post #1 |
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![]() Today's car of the day is from corvairjim's collection, and is Racing Champions' 1960 Chevrolet Corvair Police. ![]()
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| pjedsel | Sep 5 2015, 09:16 AM Post #2 |
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For those you might ask - yes this little Racing Champions Corvair police car represents an actual police car - all of the cars in the series did. Now, can any of you picture yourselves being pulled over by a police officer driving a Corvair? For whatever reasons this one was the hardest one to add to my collection - just never found it on the pegs so if sold by collectors always as part of bigger assortments. Finally found it on its own and it happily sits with my other Louisiana police cars.
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| juantoo3 | Sep 5 2015, 03:26 PM Post #3 |
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I have a tough time with the looks of the early Corvairs, except the Forward Control models, and for sheer oddity the Lakewood wagon. I prefer the styling on the later '65 and up models, but by then the Forward Control models were history. Don't recall any late run wagons either... |
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| Hobie-wan | Sep 5 2015, 04:06 PM Post #4 |
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Interesting choice to make a police car. Looks nice though. |
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| corvairjim | Sep 5 2015, 10:49 PM Post #5 |
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Frankly, Hobie, I prefer the "Late Models" too. The "Early Models" were an attempt to match the styling of the standard size Biscayne, Bel Air, and Impala. You can see that best expresses by the way the roof extends over the rear window on the sedans. Unfortunately, that styling cue went away on the big cars for 1961, and the Corvair's body was locked in for 5 years, by which time it was definitely looking dated. Then along comes the 1965 and it's modern looks. Seriously put a '65 Corvair Monza next to a '65 Mustang, and suddenly the brand new Mustang looks several years old. Performance? Don't put your 4-barrel 289 Mustang up against a Corvair Corsa with it's optional turbocharged 164 c.i. flat-6 'cause you'd lose! 225 h.p. in a 2,650 lb. car doesn't cut it up against 180 (under rated for insurance purposes, more like 230) ponies in the 2,400 l.b. 'Vair. Heck, I once dusted a modified 289 Mustang with my carbureted '66 Monza factory rated at 140 h.p. Of course I wanted more, so with some easy mods I got 225 h.p. at the wheels out of her. Yes, that's the car in the photo below. "Easy Mods" means taking the compression up to 11.5:1, 4 primary single barrel carbs instead of 2 primaries and 2 secondaries, dual Turbo mufflers (Today's Trivia: The ever-popular "Turbo Muffler" was in fact the standard muffler on the 1965-6 Corvair Corsa Turbo. VERY low restriction and, oh boy, that beautiful sound!) The late model's fully independent suspension put it in a league all to itself compared with other compact's handling. Funny thing: the early models, with their pillared roofs make them seem more solid and even somewhat quieter for a daily driver. So for fun, the late model is the best bet but for day-to-day driving, I'd take a '64 with it's standard "Camber Compensator" transverse rear leaf spring. The 1960-63 cars could be a handful if you make the mistake of inflating all the tires to the same PSI rating. If you follow GM's advice and keep the fronts about 7 PSI lower than the rears, you're golden. |
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| JustMatt | Sep 7 2015, 12:26 PM Post #6 |
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N'Awlins y'all! |
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| Dragnet_Supporter | Sep 16 2015, 11:00 AM Post #7 |
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Looks great. I don't have this one, but will certainly put it on my want list ![]() |
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| Stangfreak | Sep 16 2015, 12:38 PM Post #8 |
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This is a wonderful casting and RC did one fine job on it. Unfortunetly this is the only one I was able to acquire...![]() |
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| daniel60 | Sep 16 2015, 01:09 PM Post #9 |
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Steve that car is beautiful and thanks for the picture of it. |
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| jurcpa | Sep 17 2015, 07:27 AM Post #10 |
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charming car and amazing diorama,many thanks from Austria
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For those you might ask - yes this little Racing Champions Corvair police car represents an actual police car - all of the cars in the series did. Now, can any of you picture yourselves being pulled over by a police officer driving a Corvair? For whatever reasons this one was the hardest one to add to my collection - just never found it on the pegs so if sold by collectors always as part of bigger assortments. Finally found it on its own and it happily sits with my other Louisiana police cars.






charming car and amazing diorama,many thanks from Austria
2:33 PM Jul 11