Richards' Restoration

02/25/2026

Disc brake conversion. 1964 Corvair.

02/23/2026

02/23/2026

Ready for Epoxy. Now I need it to warm up.

02/20/2026

One side ready for epoxy primer.

02/17/2026

Ablast from the past. Lots of Vairs.

02/14/2026

New cylinder head installed on the left side. It jad a bad valve guide. The right one was done in 2024 I believe. Could not stand it. I had to take it for a test ride. Didn't get too sloppy on the Ohio roads. Ran real nice. Front disc brake conversion is next on the list. It's going to be warm enough to get back on some customer body work next week.

02/11/2026

Working on my own for the next couple of days. Everything I have to do on customer cars requires test and tune. Not so good for that in Northeast Ohio right now. Replacing a cylinder head because of a bad valve guide.

01/31/2026

What do you do when it is Sub-Zero in Northeast Ohio?
Start an engine build.
This one is actually for my Dad's CORSA.

01/30/2026

01/30/2026

Well, I started working towards putting the yellow 64 convertible back together and nothing has gone right. While doing some other things I noticed that it had no compression on cylinder 2 and 5. Did a leak down test and the air was blowing out around the valve stem. Never seen valve guides so bad.

01/16/2026

Going to change gears for a week or so and try to put this jigsaw puzzle back together. I usually regret taking on these basket cases. But someone has to do it. It has been apart 3/4/5 years. Brakes are totally shot and it smells like the tank is full of YUCK!
Should be fun.

01/13/2026

This piece is installed permanently. Used panel bond on this one. A couple of tack welds at the very ends. I did it this way on one of our cars about 8 yesrs ago and it still is perfect.