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Rare 1964 Corvair Corvan Camper on 2040-cars

Year:1964 Mileage:113000
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Beautifully restored and drivable; new brakes; no rust, clean inside & out, reliable and eye-catching. New Optima battery, everything works as it should. All the glass is clear and not cracked and the weather stripping is new as well. No rips in the upholstery; however the headliner over the driver cab is out for repair but should be back soon. 

VW Vans of the same era are getting very expensive but this van is more powerful and more unique while being roomier and able to keep up with traffic thanks to a six-cylinder rear-mounted air cooled 110 horsepower passenger car engine. Equipped with a manual four-speed transmission it gets 27 or so mpg on the highway and is a fun driver. This is the most fun vintage car you can have as it's economical, reliable and truly eye-catching. 

Van was restored 7 years ago with new paint and upgrades throughout. A solid vehicle that will stand out at a car show - it has won several first-place trophies. No repairs are imminent and the van has been maintained thoroughly while I've had her. 

The original owner outfitted the van with a Riviera Camper kit which is similar in configuration to a VW Camper of the same era with a closet, dining table and fold-down seat that makes into a bed. This makes sitting at a car show a lot of fun because you bring your table and chairs and shade along with you. The interior features astro turf carpeting and a tiki motif throughout. 

Selling due to imminent tax situation which sucks for me but can be good for you. 

I will assist with the delivery however I can but delivery is your responsibility. Vehicle is located north of Napa in Northern California (Clear Lake area). More photos are available at www.curbside.tv/corvair

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800k car names trademarked globally, suddenly alphanumerics seem reasonable

Tue, 01 Oct 2013

What's in a name? This cliched phrase probably gets tossed out at every marketing meeting that happens when a new car gets its nomenclature. We know the answer, though: everything. The name of a car has all the potential to make or break it with fickle customers that are more conscious than ever about what their purchases say about them.
That's giving headaches to marketing folks across the automotive industry. "It's tough. In 1985 there were about 75,000 names trademarked in the automotive space. Today there are 800,000," Chevrolet's head of marketing, Russ Clark, told Automotive News. Infiniti's president, Johan de Nysschen, echoed Clark's sentiment, saying, "The truth of the matter is, across the world, there is hardly a name or a letter that hasn't already been claimed by one car manufacturer or another. You can go through the alphabet - A, B, C and so forth - and you will quickly see that almost all available letters are taken."
What has that left automakers to do? Get creative. In the case of Infiniti, it made the controversial move to bring all of its cars' names into a new scheme, classifying them as Q#0 for cars and QX#0 for SUVs and crossovers. So the Infiniti G, which was available as the G25 and G37, is now the Q50. The FX37 and FX50 are now the QX70.

First 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray spotted crashed in the wild

Tue, 12 Feb 2013

This restyled blue 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is wearing manufacturer plates, and it appears to be the same one seen around the internet in various pictures lately. This crash is likely not part of the Chevrolet testing regimen, however. Digital Corvettes forum member gpetry posted the shot with a note: "got this picture e-mailed from a friend in Arizona last week..." No circumstances are given, other than the incident occurred in the thick of a set of curvy roads, and the coupe ping-ponged off a guardrail and into the rock wall. Hopefully everyone involved in the incident walked away.
It may not be a pretty thing to see, a crashed sports car that's not even available for sale yet, but rest easy. Many pre-production cars are used for development and then unceremoniously crushed and scrapped, anyway. If that's the case here, that makes this wrecked 'Vette less of a tragedy and more of a case of exceptional efficiency.

Chevy to show redesigned Captiva in Geneva, will it come to US rental lots?

Wed, 27 Feb 2013

Unless you're renting a car or driving through Orlando, Florida (the rental car capital of the US), you'll probably never see a Chevrolet Captiva - the rebadged, fleet-only version of the old Saturn Vue - on our roads, but this crossover is popular in many other parts of the world. As such, Chevrolet announced that the Captiva will be getting an update for 2013, which will be unveiled next week at the Geneva Motor Show.
Coming off a pretty extensive refresh in 2011, the 2013 model year will bring even more changes to the Captiva like LED taillights, new 18-inch wheels and revised fascias with a new grille and fog lights up front and inset chrome exhaust outlets at the rear. New interior features include heated rear seats, dual-zone climate control as well as available options on some of the upper trim levels such as leather seating and keyless entry and start. We have yet to hear back from Chevrolet as to whether or not the updated Captiva will be making its way to a rental lot near you, as the model is only available in the US to fleet buyers.
Alongside the updated Captiva, Chevy is also showing off its new Trax in Europe, where the subcompact crossover will go on sale this spring. GM's press release for these two Geneva-bound models is posted below.