Pretty Cool Little Car!

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Chevrolet's domestic Porche-killer. One of my favorite Corvairs ad's was captioned "Ever see someone go into a corner speaking Italian and come out talking American?"

That Corvair Stinger is rightfully a COPO. There were a few other COPO Corvairs done, like the 4-carb engine on a '67 Corvair.

I have a picture somewhere of a race-ready Yenko Stinger Corvair on a trailer behind a 1973 Chevelle SS station wagon from 1973.

Cool car. I was never really a fan of the Stingers.

Its got to be worth the money. It raced against Herby!!!!!!
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Honestly a $60k+ corvair?? I have now seen everything. I dont care if it is a Yenko, a copo, a double copo. It is bubble gum and bailing wire in mediocre form. Maybe I am just getting old.

Honestly a $60k+ corvair?? I have now seen everything. I dont care if it is a Yenko, a copo, a double copo. It is bubble gum and bailing wire in mediocre form. Maybe I am just getting old.

True, but you can't beat that cool belt set up it had.

the Yenko Stinger slogan was "Be a Swinger in a Stinger" and they had bumper stickers and metal buttons as promotional items with the slogan.

Yenko had to make 100 of them to get SCCA approval. That was a big job in a short amount of time for a small dealership, but they got it done.

here is an ad

Cool car. I was never really a fan of the Stingers.

Its got to be worth the money. It raced against Herby!!!!!!
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That's what I saw too! :hurray::thumbsup:

There were a few other COPO Corvairs done, like the 4-carb engine on a '67 Corvair.

???? The optional 140hp engine in the Corvair came with 4 carbs. It wasn't anything particularly hard to get, just order it up. The 140hp engine was available for many years. Most people modified them to use one small 4-bbl carb on a single intake made of chrome tubing since getting the 4 carbs in balance and maintaining all that throttle linkage was a chore.

Doesn't do it for me at any price. It is still a Corvair. They were ugly and designed poorly in 66 and that still holds today!!!!!!

Ugly is opinion, but I don't think it's fair to say they were designed poorly. The 65-69 design especially was a fairly remarkable design for the day. In fact, the Corvair had quite a bit more innovative engineering that the a-bodies ever had. For the most part, the a-bodies used pretty old engineering concepts; they were heavy for their size and handled relatively poorly (especially the Chevy versions).

I happen to think the 65-69 Corvairs are one of the best looking cars to come out of the 1960's.

It's sad that they didn't get the same recognition the other Yenco's got. I don't know why they didn't.

i've had several corvairs over the years, and let me tell you, a decent running one, was fun to drive. they came from the factory with lots of inovation, but little tire, and i've driven everything rear engine from that era with original tires, and they all had about the same problems, rear engin, no tire= disaster.

as stated, the real gurus ran 1 four barrel, and a guy who knew how to slide a car, could give novas and mustangs fits in the twisties. i think 60k is crazy, but i'm the same guy who thinks i should be able to buy b.b. chevelle for 10k. personally if i was ever to own another corvair, it would have to be the set up with the aluminium v8. reality was, they were slow as hell, and i have a "car life 1961" magizine in my hand to prove it. i do like the looks of the later models, and i really liked driving them back in the day (bought mine fo $50 & $90), but not today... my buck board 59 ford p/up rides and handles as well, and i can actually throw stuff in the back...

???? The optional 140hp engine in the Corvair came with 4 carbs. It wasn't anything particularly hard to get, just order it up. The 140hp engine was available for many years. Most people modified them to use one small 4-bbl carb on a single intake made of chrome tubing since getting the 4 carbs in balance and maintaining all that throttle linkage was a chore.

Rich, I guess I should have clarified. You're right, the 140 horse was offered for many years, but in '67 it and the turbo, along with the Corsa, were dropped. Some 140-horse 4-carb engines did get produced under a COPO in '67. For 1968 it came back as an RPO, where it had been in '66 and should have been even in '67. Nader, you know...

That's also a good point about the singe 4 barrel carb. It had better distribution through the tubing manifold (I think IECO made it) and the throttle linkage and carb syncronization ceased to be a problem.

Another neat swap back in the day was to put on a pair of triple-throat Weber carbs from a Porche 911. Finding those carbs today would neither be easy or cheap.


I never understood why they put such puny tires on the Corvair. Even 14x6 wheels would've been an improvement. Hey, for anybody who wanted there was always aftermarket.

The Yenko Stinger base car was fleet ordered with about 4 COPO options. They were for brakes, engine, gears, and wheel cover delete.

Most say this was the first time the COPO system was used to build a race car.

here is the back cover of a 1966 Corvair magazine. Its the Don driving a Stinger on Daytona Beach. The Yenko gang took this Stinger to Daytona for a press dog and pony show 1966.

Ugly is opinion, but I don't think it's fair to say they were designed poorly. The 65-69 design especially was a fairly remarkable design for the day. In fact, the Corvair had quite a bit more innovative engineering that the a-bodies ever had. For the most part, the a-bodies used pretty old engineering concepts; they were heavy for their size and handled relatively poorly (especially the Chevy versions).

I happen to think the 65-69 Corvairs are one of the best looking cars to come out of the 1960's.


Agree with Rich.

Doesn't do it for me at any price. It is still a Corvair. They were ugly and designed poorly in 66 and that still holds today!!!!!!

Yeah, Don Yenko was a real fool wasting all that money and time on those Corvairs. All that came out of that was:

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Jerry Thompson - First place in D Production at the SCCA "American Road Race of Champions" (AARC) in November 1967 at Daytona Speedway

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While appreciation of design, both engineered and esthetic's is in the mind of the beholder, I really like the fact that GM had the resources and ambition to challenge conventional wisdom and make the Corvair. It created a new market awareness when the Monza version appealed to the emerging youth of the early 1960s and went on to inspire the engineers at GM to pursue full independent suspension for the Corvette in 1963 and incorporate that design in the second generation Corvairs.

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Don used his creativity and strongly forged "Central Office" connections with Chevrolet to go on to create the legendary big block powerhouses we also love. But it was his love of sports car racing (Don raced Corvettes) that got him excited and lucky for us, he was the son of a respected Chevy dealer!!

Ya gotta give credit where it's due! :yes:

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Man, those Corvairs were MADE for a set of Minilites!

It was considered a big upset when the Yenko Stinger won the 1967 D/P Championship.

They had to beat Driver Bob Tullius in the Group 44 Triumph TR4.

The TR4 had dominated SCCA D-Production for years.

Ugly is opinion, but I don't think it's fair to say they were designed poorly. The 65-69 design especially was a fairly remarkable design for the day. In fact, the Corvair had quite a bit more innovative engineering that the a-bodies ever had. For the most part, the a-bodies used pretty old engineering concepts; they were heavy for their size and handled relatively poorly (especially the Chevy versions).

I happen to think the 65-69 Corvairs are one of the best looking cars to come out of the 1960's.

I agree its just my opinion and I may be in the minority but it would be a pretty boring world if everyone liked the same thing. Just think, if that was the case fat chicks would never ever get any lovin!!!!!!!!!!:yes:

Corvairs never really did much for me. But they sure took advantage of that chassis with Vans and pickups too.

I agree its just my opinion and I may be in the minority but it would be a pretty boring world if everyone liked the same thing. Just think, if that was the case fat chicks would never ever get any lovin!!!!!!!!!!:yes:

I love my big women! :yes: