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No one ever answered the first time. Would a Corvair van tow a trailered Corvair?

I can't imagine it having power to start off or sufficient brakes to stop. But the Brooklin set looks nice.

Size

Hi Mike, Do the pictures have to be so large? As a result, the entire model doesn't appear within the frame. Your old approach was much better in my opinion. Thanks anyway, regardless.

These look like superb models ! I especially like that 4 door '60 Chevrolet.

Nice to see the trailer back. Can't imagine why

Brooklin deleted it as a stand alone model. So useful for displaying cars, customs, racers, woodies; witness its cost on the secondary market- when it comes up!

Probably not. More likely a Suburban or pickup.

They fit my tablet screen perfectly Al, although

On my laptop, I have to do a bit of horizontal scrolling. I did them this size again as most people seemed to prefer the larger size. It also saves me from resizing my eBay photos and thereby having to store double the amount of photos. However, if the general preference is for a smaller size, then I'll be quite happy to revert to the earlier format.

Here's an opinion from a Corvair expert...beware the "death wobble"

First, I love this Corvair pulling Corvair combo! It looks like a winner to me.

I went to the Corvaircenter website and found a thread asking, would a rampside (corvair pick up) be able to pull a trailer weighing 3000 to 3500 lbs? There were numerous responses. Here's one that I pulled from a fellow that owns a Rampside and a few Corvair cars:

"Re: Rampside towing capacity?
Posted by: cnicol ()
Date: August 11, 2009 05:40PM

No, not really. Multiple issues. Brakes are fine but a Rampy weighs about 2800# so the trailer would have the ability to push the tow vehicle into a jackknife, especially since Rampys are skittish in the back under braking already. Powerful trailer brakes would help somewhat but it would still be an unstable combination. Finally, engine cooling capacity (especially oil) would be highly stressed, same goes in spades if it's an automatic.

I've towed extensively with a 3800# Greenbrier including a single horse trailer with horse and that was pretty hairy scary at right around 3000#. I once towed a car on a trailer, probably about 4500# and I thought I was a goner several times during the 45mph (max before death wobble) tow.

Towing 3000# to 3500# behind a Rampy is begging for trouble, IMO. FWIW, I tow stuff about once a week and have done so for over 30 years, but I use a 2500HD pickup for that.

Craig N. Coeur d'Alene ID.
66 Black Monza 4dr, 4.2L V8 49k
61 Seamist Jade Rampside 140 PG
60 Monza coupe project
65 White 4-dr 110/AC/PG (parts)"

So, there you go. Another poster says he does it all the time, without incident. Nonetheless, I like the appearance of this combo.

Here is the '63 Corvair Rampy coming from Neo

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1963 Chevrolet Corvair "Sports" Rampside Pick-Up