<![CDATA[Corvair 95! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95! - Jalopnik Comments]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> The "95" refers to the wheelbase, it's 95 inches from the center of the front axle to the center of thre rear axle. Why that'd be important enough to name your vehicle after I don't know. We Corvair zealots tend to refer to them as "FC"'s. There were also windowed passenger fans and pickups - including one with a side loading ramp, know as a "Rampside".

mrhix01

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> @Collins1990: Just think of it as being the first one on the scene of the accident. Forward Control FTW!

KVHnik

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> I think the blue/blue stripes work for it. It fits the era. That's such a cool ride, too. I hate the midwest. That thing would last 2 months of winter and then rot into dust.

jeremyc

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> @78TLC: There's a long story behind the pseudonym... will get around to explaining it at some point. For now, it keeps me safe from roving gangs of enraged Corvair owners.

MurileeMartin

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> Didn't these things eject you through the windscreen if you crashed?

Collins1990

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> @Sam95: A Corvair geek, really, with a name like that?

When I was a kid the neighbor had a convertible Corvair coupe in his garage. Not even sure it ran. He was planning to restore it, but I think he never did get around to it. It just sat there parked with the top-down. He actually let his kids and me play in the thing, so that was pretty cool.

78TLC

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> Up until about five years ago there was a guy about five blocks from me that had TWO of the old rampside pickups parked in his back yard. I don't think they were daily drivers, but I'm pretty sure they weren't dead, either: every couple of weeks, they'd switch places.

Elhigh

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> Yes I am a Corvair geek, and I must say that, the comments above do describe the Corvair crowd. We also have a much bigger sense of humor than most other car groups and we are fully aware that we are the black sheep of the GM crowd.
The Truck version of the van is called a Rampside, and is one of the most handy vehicles I have ever owned. When I was driving it regularly I helped more move than any other time in my life.

Sam95

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> The Corvair lineup was really the "Saturn" of its times.

TPSreports

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> Nice pictures of the '63 Cayenne.
Corvairs WERE rebadged Porshes, right?

biminitwst

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> I love the pickup version.. I've only ever seen two in person. They have the side door still, which is really bizarre. Not the most practical pickup, though, with the non-flat load floor and the weird engine config. But I'd still rock it.

dculberson

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> My buddy Sam drove his Corvair van to work today. Officially his is called a "Greenbriar" and it's in near perfect original condition complete with a big "CB" whip antenna for keeping tabs on the smokies. Anyway, he informs me that the "95" designation represents the wheelbase. In inches presumably. He's a Corvair geek and should know.

KVHnik

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> Funky awesome! Big props to a working man rolling to the jobsite in a ride like that.

Gotta love the little perfunctory grille on the bow.

Elhigh

]]> <![CDATA[Corvair 95!]]> It's a pseudonym? Now I'm hurt, it was like I knew you, and now I don't...

Creepy, cyber-stalking-esque, kidding aside, I'm too lazy to google and a quick check of wikipedia came up empty, so anyone know why it was called a "95"? HP? Certainly not displacement.

78TLC

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