1962 Corvair Monza Wagon

http://www.ebay.com/itm/201393056136

Looks real nice -and you don't see many Corvair wagons ...

1962 Monza Wagon - 102HP, Automatic, dual mirror, factory clock, radio NOS Roof Rack, bumper guards, bucket seats, tinted windshield, fold down rear seat. This is a very nice car that you can drive or show no disappointments. This is a rare Corvair as only just over 2500 Mona Wagons were built. I am a lifelong Corvair guy and have others, I just need to thin the herd. It was in Norwich auto museum the last two years. I have owned this car about 7 years and it came out of Vermont. It runs and drives beautifully. You can tell when an original car has never never apart and this one drives that smoothly. I installed new Clarks seat covers, dash pad, carpet and door panels. Its an older paint job that shows nicely. The chrome it all very good, the left front fender stainless has a few dents. I installed the roof rack NOS see the sticker still on it in the pics, a nos clock was installed with the dash pad. The interior is beautiful as well I have not seen any sign or rot or rust repair on this car. There is one blister on the front of the drivers rear door towards the bottom and it has some chips. Looks really nice. The Kelsey Hayes wheels do not come with the car. It will come with four decent tires and nos wheel covers with used inserts.

 

Probably a decent buy for the Corvair lovers.

 

Definitely a nice car, but I am just not certain that it is worth the $11,995 buy it now price tag. As a Corvair owner, I can see a few items that I know would have to be addressed immediately, such as repairing the water leak in the trunk. This isn't a big item to fix properly, just more time than anything else.

 

My mistake. i didn't look down that far !....US $7,067.00


How do you know the trunk leaks?

 

Having owned a number of early model Corvairs, the tell tale sign is the white caulking at the upper right side of the trunk. It is on the left as you are looking into the trunk, right under the hood hinge. There is also a "white" spot further toward the center on the same plane, and I believe that this is another bandaid type of repair also. This is where two pieces of metal are spot welded, and the side of the metal that faces the cowl opening, where water enters in a rain, is formed in such a way that it catches the water, and rusts out the piece of metal that forms the trunk interior. The fix is to clean it well, and then reseal and waterproof the seam from inside of the cowl opening, not putting putty on the trunk side of the leak. Putting the putty on the trunk side doesn't stop the problem, and actually makes it worse, since the water has no place to go, so it stays between the two layers of metal and continues to rust. I have seen them actually rust through at this seam, and then it is a bigger problem to resolve.
Also, note the rust under the master cylinder. This is a strong indication that the master cylinder is leaking or there is another cowl rust issue in that area also. Only a critical examination of these areas will determine how advanced the problem is. If attended to early, then it is an easy fix. The longer that these type of problems are ignored, the more sever they become. I would rather do any type of mechanical repair than have to repair rust, because with mechanicals, you can do it a number of times, until you get it right, however, with a rust repair, you only get one chance to do it right. If you mess it up, then it is a lot harder to re repair the area, and get it right. With body work, it is always best to fix it right the first time, then to try to fix it again.

 

We all leak a little by the time we are 53

 

Tell me about it........

 

You guys are real pissers!!!!!

 

I forgot the question!