Old Cars on Shilshole Bay Marina

A lot of folks store their extra car in the big lots out where Ballard meets the water. There are quite a few curiosities parked out there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three old VW buses in one shot. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chevy redesigned the Corvair in 1965 after the car's reputation was pretty much already ruined. As to whether this second-generation Corvair Corsa was safe or not, I don't really have an opinion. Some of these cars were turbocharged. Those rims are from a BMW.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not the same car twice, just the same color. These old Benz diesels are hard to kill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plenty of old Beetles in the land that rust mostly forgot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This MG is immaculate. It must only be here for the day.

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, on the other side of the road. If you own a 1983 Lincoln Continental Mark VI and a 1966 Dodge D100 van, you are my kind of weird.

 

 

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1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup

Engine in the back, ramp on the side. I also spotted one of these at the Greenwood car show.

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1961 Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup

Too many people either love or hate Chevy Corvair cars for them to ever be forgotten, but Corvair trucks and vans have mostly faded from memory. These odd vehicles got pretty good reviews from the car magazines, and copies in good condition command high prices today.

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1966 Chevrolet Corvair

Like many Corvair people, the owner of this car has a whole yard full of Corvairs in various states of decay. Devotees of Chevy's air-cooled oddity are a cult-like group reluctant to allow any examples of their favorite car to go to the crusher, no matter how deteriorated they are. The owner of this coupe also had in his yard a rare Greenbrier pickup with ramp-gate on the side. This truck has the Corvair engine under the truck bed. It looks operational.

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1963 Chevrolet Greenbrier Van

Volkswagen's first two vehicles were the Type 1 (Beetle) and the Type 2 (van). By 1960 Chevrolet also had a rear-drive car with an air-cooled rear engine in the form of the Corvair, so they decided that since those VW beatnik vans were so popular, they needed one just like it.

The Greenbrier got pretty good reviews from the car magazines, and copies in good condition command high prices today.
































    

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