CHEVROLET CORVAIR GREENBRIER, 6/9 SEATER, 1962 VERY RARE, NOT VW,SPLITTY,OR BAY.

VERY RELUCTANT SALE OF MY CHEVROLET CORVAIR GREENBRIER FROM 1962. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE A YEAR AGO AS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A GREENBRIER. WHEN I BOUGHT IT I KNEW IT HAD A POSSIBLE CLUTCH PROBLEM AND THE CLUTCH MORE THAN LIKELY NEEDED REPLACING. IT WAS DRIVEN ONTO A LOADER. BUT HAD TO BE ROLLED OFF HERE AS THE CLUTCH HAD TOTALLY GONE NOW. THERE WAS ALSO A STARTER PROBLEM. SO THE FIRST THING I DID WAS SOURCED A NEW STARTER. AND AFTER THAT THE ENGINE STARTED PERFECTLY AND RAN VERY WELL. IT WAS STARTED VIA A BORROWED BATTERY. AND WILL NEED THE CORRECT ONE FOR USE ON THE ROAD AS IT FITS IN A LIDDED COMPARTMENT. THESE ARE READILY AVAILABLE FROM CLARKES CORVAIR IN THE USA. BUT I SPOKE TO CORNWALL BATTERIES WHO COULD GET ONE ALSO. THE STATE OF PLAY IS; I STRIPPED THE ANCILLIARIES FROM THE ENGINE WITH THE INTENTION OF DROPPING THE ENGINE OUT AND CHECKING TO CONFIRM THAT THE CLUTCH WAS GONE. BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS IT HAS GOT. I HAD TAKEN SOME OF THE BOLTS OUT TO SEPERATE THE ENGINE FROM THE GEARBOX. BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS I GOT. AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ON WITH IT. AND NOW THE COVER HAS TORN OFF IT AND MY LAND IS UP FOR SALE SO IT NEEDS TO GO TO AN OWNER WHO GIVE IT THE CARE IT DESERVES. AND A DECENT GARAGE !!!!! ALL OF THE INTERIOR IS ORIGINAL BUT WILL NEED A CLEAN. AND UNLIKE THE VW'S IT HAS WIND DOWN SIDE WINDOWS APART FROM THE BACK TWO. SO VERY COOL. AND THEY ALL WORK. I HAVE RECIEPTS FOR THOUSANDS FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER FOR PARTS ETC BOUGHT FROM CLARK'S CORVAIR IN AMERICA. WHICH I WILL LIST LATER. THE PREVIOUS OWNER ALSO HAD THE CAR FULLY RESPRAYED AT A COST OF OVER TWO THOUSAND POUNDS. IT IS A FAIRLY GOOD SPRAY JOB. BUT DUE TO STANDING IT HAS STARTED TO BUBBLE IN SOME PLACES WHICH IS MY FAULT. IT HAS RARE PERIOD CRAGAR SS WHEELS AND WHITE BANDED TYRES WHICH ARE GOOD. BUT THE WHEELS COULD DO WITH A REFURB. THE FIRST THREE PICTURES ARE OF THE VEHICLE YESTERDAY. AS STATED THIS DOES NEED SOME WORK. BUT ONCE THE ENGINE IS OUT AND CLUTCH IS SORTED AND THE VEHICLE IS CHECKED OVER. IT WILL BE BACK ON THE ROAD IN NO TIME. AND MY PLAN WAS TO GET AN MOT AND THE HAVE THE PAINT TOUCHED UP. THE ENGINE WHICH IS A 2. 4 FLAT 6 WAS RUNNING GREAT BEFORE REMOVING THE STARTER ETC. FAR COOLER THAN ANY VW IN MY OPINION AND HAS THE POWER IN THE ENGINE TOO!!!! STAND OUT IN A CROWD. ANY QUESTIONS ASK. WILL NEED TRAILERING/LOW LOADING TO REMOVE AND MORE LIKELY WINCHING ON AS VERY HEAVY.   THESE ARE RARE IN THE UK AND BECOMING VERY SOUGHT AFTER IN THE USA AS WELL. ESPECIALLY WITH THE ORIGINAL INTERIOR AS MOST HAVE BEEN STRIPPED OUT.

*************************** UPDATE; THE BUS STARTED OUT IN 1962 BEING USED ON FITZSIMONS AIRFORCE BASE MEDICAL CENTRE. AURORA. COLORADO AS A BUS TO TRANSPORT PERSONELL AND PATIENTS AROUND. AND NOT ACTUALLY USED ON THE ROAD OR ROAD REGISTERED. IT STILL HAS THE MILITARY AIRBASE STICKERS FROM 1962 ON THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS !! IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT FROM THE MILITARY IN 1963 BY A GERMAN MAN WHO RACED NSU CARS. BUT NOT SURE IF IN US OR GERMANY. BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED ON A CAR TRANSPORTER WITH THE RACE CARS AND JUST USED FOR TRANSPORTING PEOPLE TO THE PITS ETC AND AROUND THE RACING CIRCUITS. IT WAS REGISTERED IN GERMANY AT SOME POINT AND GIVEN ANOTHER GERMAN VIN PLATE. SHOWING THE YEAR ON MANUFACTURE AS 1963 !! I STILL HAVE THE GERMAN VIN PLATE. BUT NOT ON THE VEHICLE AS IT STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL ONE. NOT A LOT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE VEHICLE AFTER THIS. WHERE IT WAS USED ETC. BUT IT WAS INHERITED BY THE GRANDSON OF THE GERMAN OWNER AFTER HIS DEATH IN THE 90'S AND WAS LOCATED IN A BARN NEAR HELIBRONN. GERMANY. THE GRANDSON DID NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE VEHICLE. BUT KNEW HIS GRANDFATHER RACED NSU'S. HE PUT THE CAR UP FOR SALE. AND IT WAS BOUGHT BY A MAN IN BELGIUM IN 1999 CALLED THOMAS STINGL. WHO WAS A CAR ENTHUSIAST AND RESTORER. HE DIDNY GET ROUND TO FULLY RESTORING THE VEHICLE. BUT DID A LOT OF WORK ON IT AND THEN SOLD IT ON EBAY IN 2006. WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED BY SOMEONE IN THE UK AND I THINK IN CORNWALL. IT WAS THEN SOLD ON TO THE OWNER BEFORE ME WHO HAD THE WINDOWS OUT AND SPENT £2. 50 HAVING IT RESPRAYED BY A BODY SHOP. AND BOUGHT ALL NEW RUBBERS FOR ALL OF THE WINDOWS AS WELL AS DOOR SEALS AT GREAT EXPENSE FROM CLARK'S CORVAIR PARTS IN THE US. I STILL HAVE THE RUBBERS AND FELT CHANNELS FOR THE WIND DOWN WINDOWS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN FITTED YET. BUT THE NON OPENING WINDOWS AND SCREEN AND DOORS ALL HAVE NEW RUBBERS FITTED. I HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF PAPERWORK ETC FOR THE VEHICLE FROM GERMANY AND BELGIUM AS WELL AS RECIEPTS FOR PARTS ETC FOR ABOUT £2. 00. AND THERE IS A BOX OF PARTS IN THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS SOME SPARE STEEL WHEELS AND TYRES ETC. ****************

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