A large number of Vairs are owned by owners more than 65 years old,  many more than 75.   As is often the case  with such an elderly demographic, these vehicles likely will come to the market after years of very little road use .    Expect  even the nicest looking examples of these to be in a state of mechanical deterioration after years of non use, or parade use and or just driving onto and off trailer to car shows.   Corvairs as much as any vehicle ever made benefit greatly from being driven.   You see a Corvair that is driven regularly is by definition ,  likely maintained in at least a semi dependable state.   It is highly probable that  problems will arise that will leave you stranded on the roadside, with your cell phone in hand , waiting for the tow truck   in most other instances.   Probably,  more than any  1960's or newer vehicle ,  mainly due to its uniqueness of engine components, carbs, linkeage,  accelerator and clutch cable linkeage,  -  AN  UNMAINTAINED CORVAIR  IS LIKELY TO LEAVE YOU STRANDED -  no matter how pretty the immaculate interior and glossy paint - rust free body  are!   This problem will be compounded by the fact that very few service technicians at the various outstanding reputable nationwide service facilities will know anything at all about the Corvair.   Do Not expect the GM Chevy dealership to have any parts  or  have anyone  there that is familiar with the Corvair.    Obviously, if you have something fairly basic that is wrong,  most any competant technician  at any garage will likely be able to get you rolling again,  provided that they know where to obtain the proper part.   Nothing is more true in the case of Corvairs:  THE MORE THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR CAR,  THE HAPPIER YOU DRIVING EXPERIENCE WILL BE  and you won't be on a first name basis with , Vinny the tow truck driver.  Because Corvairs have always been cheap inexpensive cars since day one and remain the cheapest antique car that one can buy today  ---TROUBLE IS : Corvairs are not the most economical to maintain and drive,  - thus   many have aging, deteriorating, components  almost mirroring their older owners.    Expect  large numbers of these cars to continue to reach the market  as  their elderly owners reduce their fleet of vehicles and the oldest of those owners become no longer able to drive.    These  elderly owners also have been traditionally horders of used spare parts, accessories, and manuals, parts cars etc  -  as they have mostly traditionally maintained these vehicles on a shade tree - low budget  philosophy  of  swapping on working used parts ,  to replace just that one component  - sometimes mixing components from various years in ways the factory never did- sometimes for the better ---but making it difficult to determine  the year model and hp designation of the engine , despite the fact that the year model of the car is known.     A good place to get technical questions answered,  such as what engine size is in your car,  how to questions,  what parts interchange best,  decoding the distributor number,  heads, carb numbers etc.  - Anything that you can imagine about the Corvair by those who know the car best  CORSA  members (Corvair Society of America)  who   discuss, analyze, and  assist in any  solving  every Corvair problem as well discuss anything and everything Corvair related  --- It is called the Virtual Vairs Corvair Discussion Group.     Go the CORSA site   at www. corvair.org   ,  the screen will change to a gold/tan 4 door early model,  around the picture will be : Welcome to the Corvair Society of America   -  About Our Club  .     The Virtual Vairs Corvair Discussion Group  is free and does not require that you join CORSA.   It is a great source to tap into the brain power of those loyal Corvair owners that actually drive their Corvairs frequently.   A good number still autocross their Corvairs.  You can be sure these people know what it takes to make these unusual cars reliable and fun daily drivers   and can most definitely help you resurrect even the toughest basket case.   Knowledge is powerful,  so go to school,  don't be a knucklehead dummy!  You can also  free of charge  search thru the Archive    of  The Virtual Vairs Corvair Discussion Group   by topic thread for Corvair details/discussion that you are searching for answers.   The screen where you see Welcome to the Corvair Society.. - About Our Club with the gold/tan 4dr early model ----Go down to the bottom of the page,  you will see in very small print, three lines of click ons -- on the second line at the right is:  Virtual Vairs  ---Click on this---Then click on ARCHIVE   pushbutton   ----Click  Digest Files  --This gives you the Virtual Vairs Archives---Click on View by Thread              ----- There you go        --- Set aside at least 15minutes  and scan thru some of the archives of the most current month and previous months AND YOU WILL SEE IMPORTANT TOPICS AND SOLUTIONS TO THE MANY CORVAIR PROBLEMS.