The corvair was manufactured and marketed in 4 door sedan 2 door coupe convertible 4 door station wagon passenger van commercial van and pickup truck body styles in its.
Fitch corvair roof.
What was about to back down the ramp was a 1966 corvair corsa and not just any corsa.
This 1965 chevrolet corvair corsa convertible is believed to be one of the period modified examples done by john fitch co.
Chevy corvair 1969 strip calk by qrp.
More information on the fitch sprint is available in the extra section where you ll find a vintage car and driver article with photos.
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I know very little about it.
This was a genuine corvair sprint a car designed and sold by none other than john fitch inventor world war ii fighter pilot and one of the finest road racing drivers this country has ever produced.
This example was purchased by the seller s father in 2003 and was inherited after his passing in 2009.
It is still the only american designed mass produced passenger car with a rear mounted air cooled engine.
To have a look at john fitch s incomparable corvair based fitch phoenix sports car click on the road sign.
Besides upgrades such as a four carb induction that bumped the horsepower from 102 to 140 fitch also developed special coil springs a tuned muffler fast ratio steering a short throw shifter various appearance items and the so called ventop a fiberglass fastback roof add on for the corvair coupe.
Condition is for parts or not working.
The tacky caulking strips fill any voids left to.
He had the cars for two weeks and tested them at the lime rock track in connecticut.
Last time it made a fitch roof was in the 70 s.
Corvair fitch roof mold for making a fitch roof.
In fact you can still buy the roof piece from clarks corvair parts a big corvair parts vendor based in massachusetts.
I ve owned it approximately 40 years.
The fact that an old corvair has the 904 ventop roof does not mean much for a person could simply add the roof without installing any of the other fitch components.
Find great deals on ebay for john fitch corvair.
The chevrolet corvair is a compact car manufactured by chevrolet for model years 1960 1969 in two generations.
Seal your roof rail channels to the body of your car with this reproduction of original equipment from the 3m corporation.
Used no completed pieces.
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