Rare and very early 1962 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible Turbo

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Take a look at NADA pricing for my car increasing... remember this is for the std Spyder without my special options or extremely early build date!

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Here is a link (November 2, 2006) showing a thread talking about my car, a gentleman shows his car, explaining that he thought he had one of the first spyders, until he compared it to my car:
http://www.virtualcorvairclub.com/showthread.php?p=271644#post271644

ABOUT THE CAR:
1962 Turbo Convertible Corviar Monza Spyder similar to 1963:
The car is amazing. No rust... NO rust, NO RUST. The paint is laquer and *Might* just be orignal. The car is NUMBERS MATCHING: orig engine, trans, turbo, carb...
Equiped with Black paint, White convertible top, black interior. Decoding the car I found out that it is VERY EARLY and just MIGHT be one of the oldest spyders in the WORLD. I sure cannot find mention of an older one...please read my communications (below) for corroboration. Decoding turned up some odd options besides the extreme early build date: tint windows, interior used to be gold, a very rare combination (one year only). The build date combined with the odd options combine to make this one special collector car. I have maintained the car, not modified it - in fact the car is in such good shape, I will let the pictures speak for it; however please ask me any questions you desire and I will answer. If you want a specific picture, I will take the picture and post it online for you.


I had the turbo and side-draft carb professionally rebuilt at Larry's Corvair. The total cost for just those two things being rebuilt was over $1000.00 The car is simply amazing. I have the orignal parts for it, such as the steering wheel and radio. There is a very nice walnut + aluminum steering wheel installed, which compliments the stock brushed aluminum dash, also keeping with the theme are vintage U.S. mags wheels on 4 corners, and a vintage Lyons drag strip licence plate frame (people have offered $50 for the frame alone!)


The below is some communication I had when decoding the car:



Hi Matt
Great car, Are you located in Orange county? I am currently in Central Ca. but lived in Orange county for a few years when I was in college.
…The Black with gold interior is definitely a strange combination that I have never seen before.
Good luck with the car. You should go to the Fanbelt toss at Palm springs this year. Lots of cool Corvair stuff to be found. I will be there this year, maybe I'll see you there.


Regards

Bigwave Dave

From: Corsa
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 5:24 PM
To: matt
Subject: Re: "Big Wave Dave": Corvair Turbo Guru: 1962 black convertible Spyder!!

Hi Matt
Thanks for the info. I'd love to get some pictures of your car if you get the chance. You have a very early Spyder convertible.
I'll decode the bodytag in order:
04C = body built date April, 3rd week 1962
STYLE 62-0967 = 1962 Monza Convertible

BODY WR 2550 = 2550th Monza Convertible body built at Willow Run
TRIM 795 = Gold interior Upholstery
PAINT 900 - 9 = (900) Tuxedo Black exterior paint, (9) gold interior paint
ACC ADHKL-10 = Accessory line
A = DIRECT AIR HEATER
D = SPYDER TURBO OPTION
H = PADDED DASH
K = TINT GLASS ALL WINDOWS
L -1 = CONVERTIBLE TOP COLOR WHITE
0 = MANUAL TRANSMISSION

ENGINE Code : TO413YR
T = Tonawanda assembly plant
0413 = April 13th 1962 built date.

Turbo Number 3817254 is definitely a 1962 specific turbo so it is probably the original one from the car. The engine number is also correct for the build date of you car, so it appears to be a all original component numbers matching car. Did you know that most of the components on the car are dated. Thes include the transmission, axle,carbs, distributor and starter. Even the glass is date coded.

I'd love to see pictures of your car, it is one of the earliest I have heard of. I have only seen one older and it was a GM showcar. When you get a chance, could you send some pictures to photo document your car. I'd like photos of the engine compartment, trunk, interior and various photos of the body. Since your car is such an early example, I'd like to see if there are any differences from later Spyder convertibles.

Feel free to drop me an email if you have more questions.

Regards
Bigwave Dave

From: matt
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 3:54 PM
To: 'Corsa'
Subject: RE: "Big Wave Dave": Corvair Turbo Guru: 1962 black convertible Spyder!!


TURBO #
SERIAL NO. C 4589
PART NO 3817254

ENGINE #
T04I3YR

From: Corsa
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:28 PM
To: matt
Subject: Re: "Big Wave Dave": Corvair Turbo Guru: 1962 black convertible Spyder!!


Hi Matt
I'd be happy to help you with identifying aspects on your Spyder. Can you please send me the engine block number located in front of the oil filler neck and the Turbo charger serial number and part number on the turbocharger id tag. I can tell you if these are "number matching" and I'll decode the bodytag stuff in the mean time.

Regards
Dave Trull

----- Original Message -----

From: matt
To: 'Corsa'
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:12 PM
Subject: "Big Wave Dave": Corvair Turbo Guru: 1962 black convertible Spyder!!

Dear Kind Sir,

I was referred to you as something as a Corvair Turbo Guru, and in that capacity, it is my hope that you may help me! I have had my 1962 black convertible Spyder for about 15 years now, and have just recently pulled it out of storage to restore it and start using it! I am wondering if it really is what it seems, and I would like to know the infinitesimal details about it!

I have been trying completely as possible; glean all info from the body tags and VIN numbers on my Corviar! Usually web-search savvy, I have been quite stumped!

I have placed images on my web server to aid anybody looking to help me on this one, AND I THANK YOU KINDLY!!!

http://www.thatmetalbox.com/Automotive/CorvairID.jpg

THANKS
Matt Hamutoff


Here are the numbers; I have tried to capture everything from the tags, the picture may be more helpful, THANKS

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VIN #: 20967W247752

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Body tag:
CHEVROLET DIV. GENERAL MOTORS CORP
04c DETROIT, MICHIGAN
STYLE 62-0967 BODY WR 2550
TRIM 795 PAINT 900-9
?CC ADHKL-10
THIS CAR FINISHED WITH MAGIC MIRROR ACRYLIC LACQUER
BODY BY FISHER



:::CORVAIRS::::

In 1962 the convertible was introduced to the model line along with a revolutionary powertrain with a factory installed exhaust gas driven supercharger. The 'Spyder Turbo' was born.
Car Life magazine tested a pair of Corvairs in its August 1962 issue. One was a "town or touring" automatic-equipped Monza coupe with the 84-horsepower engine. They recorded a more than modest zero to 60 m.p.h. (96 km/h) time of 21.6 seconds, and a top speed of 90 (145).

The "fun and games" Spyder coupe was a whole different matter.

Fitted with a four-speed manual transmission, this 150 horsepower turbocharged Corvair would sprint to 60 (96) in 10.8 seconds, and reach a top speed of 105 mph (170 km/h). According to the testers, the turbo completely changed the character of the car, and "puts this compact into a class by itself."

Corvairs were manufactured in the model years 1960 through and including 1969. Corvairs came in the following configurations; 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan (1960-1964 had posts, 1965-1969 were hardtops), Station wagons (1961-19962), convertibles (1962-1969), Vans (no side windows, 6 or 8 doors), greenbrier sport wagons (windows on the side, 6 or 8 doors), pick-ups (side loading ramp and over the side loading). All Corvairs have six cylinders from the factory. If you've seen them with 4, 8, 12 the General didn't make them that way. Cubic inch displacements were 140-(1960), 145-(1961-1963), 164-(1964-1969). Carburator configurations were either 1-(turbo Spyder and Corsa only), 2-(all standard engines), 4-(140 HP and non-turbo Corsas only). ALL SPYDERS HAVE ONE CARB. Transmission configurations were 3 speed, 4 speed, and 2 speed powerglide. THERE WERE NO PUSH BUTTON AUTOMATICS AND NO 5 SPEEDS. A total of 1.7 million Corvairs were produced in the 10 years of production.

From an engineering standpoint, there were a lot of obstacles to overcome. Weight distribution being of a primary concern. The solution - an extensive use of aluminum in the power train induced more challenges. In October 1959, amidst grand media fanfare Chevrolet introduced the Corvair. The Corvair production carried on till May of 1969.
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They may be unsafe at some speed; I've only been to 170 mph.
-Tom Keosababian, Bonneville speed record holder

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