As a non-Porsche owner, it has been painful to watch the rise in prices of vintage aircooled P-cars…but I’ve been watching the prices of the 996/997 and they offer a shocking amount of performance and comfort (sorry 993 owners…but they are faster and more comfy…maybe not as cool…) for the cash. To be honest, I’m […]
This next car comes from tipper Art C who writes: I obviously love swapped cars… this one has a really clean looking swap, the flat 6 subys with exhausts sound amazing. Fun DD if you can figure out emissions. Find this 2006 Subaru Impreza H-6 Swap offered for $6,500 in Hartford, CT via craigslist. From the […]
Have you ever wanted to build a flat-12 engine by bolting two standard production flat-6s together into one Frankenstein’s monster-12? Yeah…me too! Been on my bucket list for a while, right behind building a street legal Tyrell P34 six wheeler replica…but someone actually got his two subaru EZ30 flat-6s and bolted them together to make […]
The list of commonly available flat-6 automobile engines goes something like this: 1900 Wilson-Pilcher thing, ’48 Tucker, Corvair, Porsche 911, Subaru XT6/SVX/Legacy. That’s it. No Italian or British cars have ever been flat-6’d and American’s abandoned the concept after the death of the Corvair. Does rarity/uncommonness equate directly to value…maybe…but the sound of an uncorked […]
Just in time for Star Wars day, this Bradley GT is back for sale from what is likely the same seller. The Bradley GT was a stylish kit car that used a Type 1 Beetle donor car, but somebody realized that the Corvair engine is far superior and updated this one to a Bradvair. Find […]
When it was first released in 1960, Sports Car Illustrated called the Chevrolet Corvair “the most profoundly revolutionary car … ever offered by a major manufacturer.” The second generation Corvair offered from 1965-1969 was both the evolution and the swan-song for GM’s domestically produced answer to the onslaught of imports. For a brief moment, there was a […]
There is a certain niche in late model classics cars that aren’t particularly fast or engaging to drive, but they are interesting nonetheless. Think Audi Quattro, Ford EXP, Cadillac Allante, Chevrolet Fiero…but one of my favorites (from an aesthetic point of view) has got to be Subaru’s XT/XT6 which was a predecessor to the Subaru […]
Find this 1969 Fiberfab Bonanza with Corvair power here on eBay bidding for $1,625 reserve-not-met with auction ending Friday at 8:01AM Pacific. From eBay listing: Item specifics Condition: Used Year: 1969 Mileage: 23,000 Number of Cylinders: 6 Make: Replica/Kit Makes Transmission: Manual Model: Bonanza Body Type: Coupe Engine: Corvair Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an […]
You know what, I don’t care your what people will think of me after I say this…but I like the Subaru SVX. It is easy for a car enthusiast to profess his love of cars of legend, who doesn’t love an NSX, Testarossa, 911 — and easier still to claim you don’t like certain overly-popular […]
If you are a regular DT reader, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve featured many examples of the 2nd generation Corvair (1965-1969), but only a handful of the first gen (1960-1964). It isn’t just that we like the crisp styling of the later cars versus the roly-poly 50s look of the earlier cars, but the added […]