CPotD #129 (Let's Go Somewhere Cooler)

As the weekend nears, and the heat index climbs towards triple digits, I’m thinking a getaway to the mountains or beach would be a God-send. Today’s CPotD for FC Friday would be a great vehicle in which to do just that. Imagine being all packed up with everything you need for a quick trip to a cooler climate. All you have to do is fill the tank and head on down the highway.

I’ve featured this Greenbrier with the camper package before, but felt that the interior deserved CPotD honors. These photos were taken at NECC's Oshawa car show back in 2006.

CPotD #120 (Let's Take a Trip, Part Two)

After the bad press I may have given FCs the last week or so, I wanted to find a wonderful example of all that’s great about Greenbriers. Conveniently, Scott Howey, forum-master of Corvairforum.com, posted that today’s CPotD garnered the most votes for that forum’s Corvair of the Month competition. To quote the owner, Allen Bristow, it’s a “1964 Greenbrier factory camper package, TurtleTop pop top, custom roof rack 110 4speed.”

Takes me back to my childhood when my folks took my sister and I camping all over the western United States and Canada in a 1968 VW transporter we called “the bus.” I remember one trip into Canada where we traversed the Forestry Trunk Rd. There was, I recall, only one gas station roughly halfway down this isolated gravel track. We got a flat tire on the road, and the best the station could do for us was to put in a tube. Ah, very nice memories.

CPotD #116 (THE National Autocross)

Since the convention is nearing its end, my blogging on this subject is also nearing a conclusion. Today’s entry highlights another very popular event, the autocross. Scott Trunkhill again came through with a load of photos that he had posted on his website, and I eagerly rifled through them hoping to find the perfect shot for today’s CPotD. While certainly never able to compete for FTD (fast time of the day) against the cars, FCs make for extremely entertaining autocross runs. Given their high center of gravity, they are the most likely to lift a wheel under sharp turning and hard braking. There must not have been many entered in this year’s event since I was only able to find one Greenbrier out of the dozens of cars Scott photographed. The above photo shows how the trailing-arm suspension allows the rear wheel to drop adversely affecting camber. I’ve read about the self-preservation the FC suspension provides. When a driving maneuver causes the vehicle to dramatically tip, one of the rear wheels leaves the pavement and the other rear wheel, with all the side load, then slides out to right the vehicle.

On the web, there are a number of images of FCs three-wheeling. I can’t imagine how scary this must feel.