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Old 04-07-2006, 08:40 PM   #1
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Question 1961 Corvair Panal van?

Is there a corvair panel van? I met a man today that says he has a 1961 corvair panel van. Is this a real model? He really doesn't know much about it but says he thinks it is a panel. It's a bit of a drive but if it's a possible find I'll make the drive. Any help would be appriciated.
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Old 04-14-2006, 07:07 PM   #2
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Re: 1961 Corvair Panal van?

Yes there really is one but I am unsure if there was one in 61 I owned a 64
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:49 AM   #3
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Re: 1961 Corvair Panal van?

There certainly was a panel truck and a window van in 61. I don't know if the rampside was out in 61. The panel truck was the Corvair 95 and the window van was the Greenbriar.
They were known as "foreward control" corvair.
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Old 08-29-2008, 10:08 PM   #4
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Re: 1961 Corvair Panal van?

Panel was called a Corvan. All the Corvair trucks are bitchin' when owned and treated with love.

They are like super VW vans. Note how many Transporters and Kombis have had 'Vair engines put in them.
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:48 PM   #5
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Re: 1961 Corvair Panal van?

I put a lot of road miles on mine. I had every concievable failure known to Corvair at one time or another including swallowing a valve seat, differential pinion gear teeth failure, rust in the idle circuit of the same carb several times, broken throttle cable, to name a few. I am not even counting the fan belt throwing off.
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