Long time reader Chris B, AKA Chebby, is in a bind and needs our help! He’s about to lose his storage space and doesn’t have anywhere to park his Corvair. Rather than leaving it outside or listing it for sale, he’s decided he’d rather offer it to the Barn Finds community for free! That’s right, there is such a thing as a free lunch, well in this case a free car. It needs work but you can’t beat free! There are a few requirements you need to meet before you can pick it up though. More info about Chebby’s Corvair below.

So what are said requirements? Well they are pretty simple. First, you need to have a plan for what your going to do with it. In 2 or 3 sentences, tell us what you are planning to do with it and post your response in the comments below. It doesn’t matter if you are going to restore it, customize it or rat rod it, we just want to make sure you are going to do something with it. Chebby will look over everyone’s plans, ask questions and pick out who he feels will give his Corvair the best home. The second requirement is a willingness to keep both Chebby and us updated with your progress. We want to see his Corvair back on the road and the process of getting it there! And the last requirement is the ability to come get it sooner, rather than later. I think those are pretty reasonable terms for a free car. Now let’ get to the car and it’s condition!

From Chebby – Car is a 1965 with a ’66 engine and trans. It’s a mutt. It has been amateur-restored at least once before. Odometer works, and says ~45K but could be anything. Have all the removed parts for the car—bumpers, lights, glass, trim—except exterior “Corvair” “Monza” and “110” emblems, they were shaved at last paint job. I drove it as you see it in the Bernal GT road rally two years ago, and the ‘extreme patina’ was very popular.

Mechanical: It’s equipped with a 110 two-carb engine. You can hear it run in the video but it sat for another year and will not start now. Has a brand new battery and cranks, could be a fuel clog or spark issue, I don’t know and no time to mess with it anymore.

I think there is a manifold leak from when I went over a parking lot speed bump with a ‘plus-sized’ friend aboard and scraped the headers. It’s hard to tell because the Stinger-style mufflers are loud. Idle sounds a bit like a big block Chevy, full throttle sounds like a biplane. I’m told the headers are rare items. Also headers on a Corvair mean no heater….

4-speed shifts nice. Pinhole leak in the differential seal weeps onto the clutch face and makes it slip a teeny bit. Been like that for years, it’s only intrusive on a steep hill. I added a little 90 weight every now & then. Brakes were upgraded to dual master cylinder.

INTERIOR: 70’s Camaro/Vega seats in front, driver side is ripped. Back seat is there but cooked. Carpet ok, could use a re-dye. Door panels are crappy. Headliner old but good. Needs all new weatherstripping.

Dash is perfect and gauges work. Radio missing but I have a non-working one to fill the hole. Lights, wipers, washer all work. Windows all roll up and down smoothly.

BODY: Needs the most work, but not bad for someone who can do body stuff. Panels were all perfectly straight but street parking took care of that: my neighbor backed into the driver’s door, and all four corners have swipe dents from tall SUVs parallel parking by ‘braille’.

Driver’s door dent has been partially pulled out, you get a spare door as well. There is rot behind the front fenders, and in the c-pillars—right pillar is pretty bad, but I have a replacement you can weld in.

Floors and trunk are solid as as far as I can tell.

Tires are unsafe at any speed, one doesn’t match and is plugged. Rollers or around town only. Rear glass is out and resting on the window frame. Rear shocks are Gabriel Hi-jackers, they give a good stance but ride harsh. The CA reg is 2015, one year delinquent. A spare LH door and engine lid come with it. 10 pack of Vanilla tree air fresheners in the glove box, the best kind! Car is garaged in the Hayes Valley neighborhood in San Francisco.

I just want to thank Chebby for giving us the chance to help him find a good home for his Corvair. I know how hard it can be to lose your storage space and have to get rid of your car, but giving it away shows how much he actually cares about this car. He’d rather let it go for free, just to make sure it ends up in a good home and doesn’t get left outside to rust away! This seems like the perfect car for someone on a budget that is looking to get into the hobby, so if you’d love to have this Corvair and can pick it up quickly, be sure to leave a message in the comments section!