Scotty's Pride and Joy

Our Restored 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa

Original to the Scott Family Since New

2025 Concours d' Elegance 96.97 GOLD Award

About Grandpa Scott's Corvair

Scotty & Eileen with the Corvair in San Francisco.

The Back Story...

Lyle “Scotty” Scott purchased this Van Nuys-built car new in November 1964 from Ostrom Chevrolet in Montebello, California. It has remained in the Scott family ever since.

Scotty was an enthusiastic tinkerer. He did quirky things like carpeting the package tray and the back side of the rear seat with fuzzy blue carpet, and he even drilled a hole through the dash to install a four-way flasher switch. He also maintained the car meticulously, which is why the original factory turbo powertrain is still preserved in storage today.

Scotty passed away in 1980. His son Pat then traded his 1974 Mustang II for the car so his mother would have an automatic to drive. Pat used it as his daily commuter for a few years before storing it. In 1985, when Pat’s son Ron got his driver’s license, the car became his first vehicle.

After a minor fender-bender with a Cadillac, Ron repaired the car but decided it held too much family history to drive every day. That was in 1987. The car was stored and only occasionally driven until 1994, when the fuel pickup inside the tank failed.

It then sat until June 2018, when a full restoration finally began.

The car was first torn down in Oxnard, then sent to Las Vegas for bodywork and paint. While there, the suspension was removed, leaving just the body shell. After several years on a stand in Las Vegas, the body and paint were completed, and the newly rebuilt suspension was reinstalled so the car could roll again. It was then returned to the Central Coast, where it moved between

three different shops over the next two and a half years.

Now, nearly seven years later in 2025, the restoration is complete.

We hope Grandpa Scotty is smiling down proudly at his beloved car once again.

— For Grandpa

Owned By Ron Scott & Pat Scott

Body & Paint

Single stage Ermine White

w/Medium Blue Hand Painted Pinstripe

By: Greg Simicich - Greg’s Fantastic Finishes, North Las Vegas, NV

Engine & Transaxle

3.0 litre
Modified 150hp Heads w/Beryllium Seats
Roller Rockers
NOS 180hp Cam
Garrett T104 Turbo w/Wastegate
Custom Exhaust
Weber DCOE w/Progressive Secondary
Nash Fan & Pulley
1966 3.27 R&P/Saginaw Transmission
4 Wheel Disc Brakes

Built By: Paolo Galli - Atascadero, CA

Interior

Seats, Door Panels in Dark Blue Leather Designed to a Modified Stock ‘65 Pattern

Created & Installed By:

Don Wray - San Luis Auto Interiors, San Luis Obispo, CA

Full Custom Gauges by Speedhut
Flaming River Corvair Tilt-Steering Column
Modernized Radio by R & B Vintage Radio
Seats from 2012 Chrysler 200 Convertible

Misc

Special Thanks To:

Paolo Galli for the Final Assembly Including All Electrical, Dash, Brakes, Drivetrain, Suspension Tuning & Alignment, Exhaust Fabrication and Fit & Finish
Paul Newman for Starting the Assembly
Clark’s Corvair Parts for Keeping Corvairs on the Road
LeVair Performance - Disc Brake Kit, Carb Tune
Kyle Newman - Custom Seat Mounts
Drive Customs - Stereo & Speaker Install

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