In a previous post I shared a bit about the 1963 Corvair that was (in a roundabout way) left to me. The "Spyder" emblems that are seen in photographs of this car are inaccurate. Apparently, the front end has been replaced, and the parts used to do so were from a Spyder, and those emblems were not removed. What I have is a 1963 Corvair Monza Coupe, 4-speed. I toyed with the idea of naming her "Spyder", since that's what she's always been known as in my head. But, after some re

Personally, I know next to nothing about cars. This is changing with the 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder. When I was a child all I knew was that there was this beautiful green car sitting in my Great Grandma's garage. I was always told not to mess with the car, and for the most part I listened, but that didn't stop me from randomly and gently brushing off dust and peeking in the windows at the immaculate old interior. And watching, somewhat confused, as boxes, tools, and other stor

There's a quote, "If I Can't Take My Camera, I'm Not Going". You could say it's kinda my motto. Last weekend I was asked to go to a car show, Bug-O-Rama, and thinking this wasn't my thing I almost said no. The question was then followed with "you can take photos..." *sigh. Deal. I actually had a pretty good time. Shhh.. don't tell anyone. You can find my event photos in my Projects. Not under my 'Projects' tab are the doggos of Bug-O-Rama. They can't go unshared, though! This