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Long Name, Short Car – Modified 1986 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo

November 7, 2013

If you want a cheap, small car that goes fast, you’ll have to look back to the first hot-hatch craze of the early to mid-1980s. That’s where you’ll find unusual hits like the Dodge Colt GT-S with twin stick, the Chevrolet Sprint Turbo, or the Isuzu I-Mark RS. To be fair to today’s feature car, that’s a bit of a digression, since it is no longer in possession of its original engine, having been upgraded with a Japanese-market B13G, which appears to be the stock engine in a Suzuki Swift GTi. You can find this 1986 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo, listed as a Chevy Sprint Turbo Forsa Cultus Swift Gti for sale for $3600 in Los Angeles, CA.

1986 Chevrolet Sprint Turbo modified left front

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More Rare ‘Vair – 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood

November 4, 2013

While the first generation Corvairs are arguably the less-attractive older sister, they do have some things going for them, including rare variants that didn’t make it into the second generation. They can also benefit from improvements to the younger generation, among them powertrain upgrades, which appear to be as simple as a direct swap of the engine and fan shroud. Their design was also quite influential, finding its way into cars like the NSU Ro80, NSU Prinz 4, and BMW E10 (2002, etc.). One of the rarer variants of the first-generation Corvair was the Lakewood wagon. You can find this 1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood for sale for $3900 in the San Gabriel Valley, CA.

1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood left front for sale

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Rare ‘Vairs – 1965 and 1966 Chevrolet Corvair 4-Door Pair

November 4, 2013

So even if you can argue the last risky, innovative thing GM did was adding independent front suspension to their chassis in 1938, you still have to admit the Corvair was an interesting, creative solution to the problem of selling Americans a compact car in the 1960s. And the legacy of that effort is either the first series with its controversial, but influential and very of-its-period styling, or the second series with its beautiful, minimalistic Coke-bottle styling. Fifty years on, the most common surviving versions of the Corvair are the coupe and the convertible, but here’s a pair of 4-door hardtop sedans, both with the 110 engine and 4-speed manual transmission. Find the first of this unusual pair, a 1966 Chevrolet Corvair 110 4-door for sale in San Jose, CA for $2100.

1966 Chevrolet Corvair right front

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