And now, for fans of forward control Corvair 95s, here's a better look at the Greenbrier shown in the background on the previous page.

As trucks in general grow in popularity in America, more and more people are restoring Corvair 95s.

I didn't make contact with its owner, Earl Jones, so I can't tell you much about it, other than it appears to be all original, right down to the chrome hub caps.

Early Corvairs had a tendency to toss fan belts, because the belt operated in two planes. I remember riding in my father's first Corvair, a 1961 700 model 4-door sedan, on a trip from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Bathurst, New Brunswick, in Canada's Atlantic Provinces. We had just arrived from England by DC-8, and he'd decided we were going to make it home that night. We did, but had to stop at least five times to put the fan belt back on.

The problem has long since been corrected by using a lighter fan, belt guides, and a special belt design. However, whenever I see an early sedan, I always think about how disturbed my Dad was that night, trying to make time and pushing the little 80 horsepower sedan as hard as it would go, only to see the FAN/GEN idiot light come on again, signaling another roadside session with the tire iron. I always thought it amazing that with all that grief, he bucked up for a '65 Corsa when the second-generation Corvair was introduced. He must have understood that it takes time to perfect a unique design.

Clark Hartzel's Monza 900 sedan was the top-of-the-line Corvair sedan for 1962. It is an impressively trimmed compact, with chrome all around the greenhouse, ribbed chrome rocker panel moldings and full wheel disks.

Corvairs of that period had no inner fender liners, which resulted in frequent stone damage to the rear grill. In fact, a good, fast run on a gravel road could blow the grill right off the car! Any good early '60s Chevrolet parts counter had replacements in stock at all times. Today, owners looking for replacements rely on Corvair parts suppliers such as those found in the Links section of this site.