Car of the Week: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible

Corvair greatness, AMCs coming home, Blazer envy and get on the Old Cars calendar in this week's Old Cars newsletter.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Car of the Week: 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible A love affair with Corvairs started when one owner worked on them as a mechanic back in the day. Long about 1990, Evan Hansen finally decided he was tired of admiring other guys' Chevrolet Corvairs. He knew it was time to get one or his own. "I worked on these when they were brand new … I was a mechanic back in Waupaca [Wis.] when they were new," recalled Hansen, a resident of tiny Ogdensberg, Wis. "I liked these, they were the first year of this new [body] style, and I thought after so many years it was time to get one. And this was the first one I found. I found it in the Appleton paper, and the guy who owned it had cancer, so I bought it from him and took all the extra parts that he hadn't put on it yet." As often seems to be the case with Corvair owners, his first one — a 1965 Danube Blue Monza convertible with white top and interior — led to more Corvairs. Hansen now has four of them: three '65s and a '66.  See More Make your car our "Car of the Week"  If you've got an old car you really love, we want to hear about it! Click here to submit your ride! Calling all AMC lovers back to where it began Giant AMC Meet in Wisconsin to take place in Kenosha (hometown of AMC) on July 26-31. The Kenosha Homecoming Car Show, a signature event in the American Motors hobby, is coming once again to Kenosha, Wisconsin after a too-long absence due to the Covid pandemic. The Kenosha History Center produces the Kenosha Homecoming Car Show, and it's a much-anticipated meet. Typically, it's held every three or four years; however, it was cancelled the past two years due to the pandemic. The show will now be held this year- July 26-31, 2022. All early indications point to it boasting an exceptionally large turnout- some estimates are upwards of 1100+ AMC cars will be on display, which would make it the largest AMC turnout in decades. In addition to a wide range of automobiles the show will also feature perhaps best AMC vending ever seen. See More We'd Buy That: 1975 K-5 Blazer Lovin' this 'Green Machine' Blazer. We'd buy that! There is a lot of amazing stuff on "Bring a Trailer" these days. Lots of supercars and exotics. And lots of stuff out of our league. Here's a rig we love and can relate to: A beautiful 1975 K-5 Blazer dressed in green and white with 72,000 miles on the odometer. Anybody who pays attention to the collector car market knows any of these old "square bodies" are red hot and nostalgia and demand for them is overflowing.   See More WANTED: High-quality shots of your ride for Old Cars' 2023 Reader Rides Calendar Would you like to see your vehicle pictured in the 2023 Old Cars Reader Rides collector calendar? Submit your car pics to us and you might be one of the lucky few to get your ride on our calendar. Plus get 10 FREE calendars to share with your buddies if your ride is chosen for the calendar! FIND OUT HOW Subscribe Now to the Highest Frequency Publication for Die-Hard Car Lovers! Your subscription to Old Cars includes: All the recent news from around the old car hobby Coverage of all the important collector car auctions and shows Classifieds including expert advice SUBSCRIBE NOW! Active Interest Media 5710 Flatiron Pkwy, Suite C Boulder, Colorado, 80301 United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Old Cars Weekly eNewsletter. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.