1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Convertible on 2040-cars
Staten Island, New York, United States
I bought this 1963 Corvair when I was on military duty in the Missouri back in 1990. I was at the US Army Engineer Officer School at Ft. Leonard Wood and saw this car for sale right outside the gate. I bought it from an older gentleman named Shelby.
Well I liked the way the car looked and there really wasn't much to do at Ft. Leonard wood after our courses were finished for the day, so I bought this car and began to drive it around post. I brought it to the auto club/shop and worked on tuning her up just right and waxed and washed her often. Well when duty was over at EOBC I had a friend fly out to MO from NY and we drove it back across country upon my graduation. I had aviator shades, we had a boom box in the back, and my friend got a pretty bad sunburn on that trip, but we were young and had the time of our lives in that car on that trip. Unfortunately, that was really the end of my use of the is beauty. I got to drive my Dad in it once, and then it just sat for years in my driveway. I got busy with life, had a family, some point along the way got deployed to the middle east, survived that, and now I'm a middle aged guy. I have wrestled with the idea of fixing her up again to give my son, but I own a few businesses now, and I really don't have the time to restore her. It was beautiful when I first bought it but she all those years then about a couple of years ago when I towed it to a garage to get the mechanicals back up and running. I spent about 3 grand to get her running again and then it sat again for a couple of years. It's time to cut her loose for someone to restore the splendor back into this car. I believe I'm the second owner, although not sure. She started up fine after I got her back from the garage, but as mentioned I let her sit again. I went out there last week to put a chargepack on the car, and the ignition turned the electrics on, but she didn't crank. This cars electrics and systems are so simple, it's probably a simple fix. She has quite a bit of surface rust, but I took an automotive sander to one corner of her, and was happy to see that she would sand down to nice shiny metal. The floorboards will definitely need replacing and same with interior. Make no mistake about this car, it is definitely a project car and I'm selling it "as-is", but I also think that with a bit of "can-do" attitude, and some time this car will make a nice restoration. Hell, if you do a good job, contact me, I might even buy it back from you! But for now, she does have to go, I bought another muscle car, that I'm anxious to actually drive around in , but wifey wants this one gone now. So help a retired US Army Officer and bid away on this symbol of Americana (but only bid if you are prepared to take on a project or use her ...dare I say this, for parts...). She has a clean title from Missouri. Not sure of mileage on vehicle, but I certainly didnt drive it that much and I seem to think it's in the mid 50's. According to this a VIN Checker she was manufactured in Willow Run , MI.
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