Field Find: 1961 Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup
The seller says that this 1961 Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup is a barn find but they don’t go into any detail about it at all. They have it listed on eBay with an unmet opening bid of $3,000 and it’s located in Stevensville, Montana. 1961 was the first year for the Corvair 95 Rampside and only the second year for Corvair, in general. This company really made thinking-outside-the-box an art form. I don’t know of another GM division that had such unusual and groundbreaking vehicles. Nathan is our resident Corvair expert, I wonder if he has ever owned a Rampside pickup? I would love to get one someday while I can still ride the motorcycles that I would carry around in the back of it..
The Corvair 95 Rampside pickup has to be one of the most creative vehicles ever produced. For motorcycle fans like myself (ok, most of mine are scooters and minibikes) this would be a great vehicle to haul them to shows with. This truck is supposedly a barn find but it sure looks like it’s been sitting outside for a while to me. The seller’s entire listing is this: “Nice barn find, don’t know much about it but you can contact me with any questions”. Who knows what the interior is like and obviously it isn’t running or driving but it looks like it’s pretty solid despite sitting out in a field and piled with stuff.
This truck looks pretty straight and dare I say that it doesn’t look rusty? Is that even possible? The bottom of the ramp door in the first photo looks rusty but other than that who knows. The 95 Rampside was part of the Greenbrier lineup which included a van and a pickup. The 95 Rampside pickup was made between 1961 and 1964 and although there are no engine photos this one should have a rear-mounted 145 cubic-inch flat-six with 80 hp. That extra hump above the engine compartment in the rear may be one reason that the 95 Rampside pickup didn’t last that long – the flat floor storage area wasn’t as good as it was with a regular pickup. Along with the bad press involved with the Corvair sedans, that may have been enough and production ended in 1964. Have any of you owned a Rampside pickup? Is this one savable?
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I’ve got about 8 Corvairs right now including a 63 panel van. Love everyone of them. Never had a rampside but looking at one now.
I love Corvairs having owned a 1963 Spyder Turbo many years ago. Joe does your 63 panel have doors on both sides? I remember seeing one for a toy distributor that had doors on both sides, sure would have made loading and unloading more convenient. Great for a hippie van too, when a cop was pounding on the usual right side doors yelling “come out of there you freaks” due to the cloud of pot smoke pouring out of the roof vent, with Led Zeppelin blaring on the 8 track you could quietly slip out the left side doors :)
Joe. Here’s my ’62 8-door.
Funny story on quietly slipping out on the left.😅
I seen BEAUTIFUL RED CORVAIR Spider just today on the road. It was the convertible and looked like new in Redding Ca coming from Anderson, Ca on Airport Road.
I bought a rusty 61 Corvair pickup 20 yrs ago. After a while I decided it was too much for me so I listed it in Clark’s magazine for $500. A guy called me and drove from Michigan with a trailer in a snowstorm. He says I’ll give ya $300. I rolled the garage door down in his face
He paid up
I have an unrestored 62. 59 on the clock and garaged from 1985 to present. Saving up money to start on it. After I put a 4x1BBL and a 3:27 Posi in my 65 Monza Corvair. I appraised it for the owner (a co-worker who got it in his father in law’s estate), and since the engine is seized I told him I wouldn’t take a dime less than 3K for it. He had to move into a gated community and couldn’t take it with him, so I got it for 1500.00 Mines in better shape than that. The owner needs to consider condition—only thing it’s got going for it now is relatively solid.
I seen BEAUTIFUL RED CORVAIR Spider just today on the road. It was the convertible and looked like new in Redding Ca coming from Anderson, Ca on Airport Road. I seen a monza sell for $7500.00 just this spring at an estate sale.
I grew up just north of Redding in the 50’s,60’s & 70’s. My dad had 120 acres off Quartz Hill Rd. Wish I’d never left but that’s how life goes I’m turning 71 June 6th. Been gone a long time. Live in Houston, Texas now. John M Loghry
Back in 67 I had just got out of the army. I was riding with my Dad on old highway 44 east of Redding, California when we came upon an accident. One of these ranpside Corvairs had collided head on into a brown bear. Both people in the Corsair were dead and so was the bear.
I tried to correct misspelling but it wouldn’t let me.
I still have two of them.
I’ve had a few Greenbrier’s. Wonderful trucks! The Rampside variant should be every bit as good. Always wanted one.
Doesn’t look that bad for something the yards didn’t save……
I just finished restoring my Rampside. Great truck and a conversation piece wherever you take it. Chevy didn’t make many Rampsides as truck buyers prefered the less expensive and traditional body-on-frame C10’s. Prices on these trucks continue to rise.
My Dad was a carpenter and had the same truck, color scheme and all. He loved the side ramp and the gas mileage. I took my drivers test on it ( and failed ! ) Some guy ran into the side of it and totaled it but by that time they had stopped making them so he bought a used one to replace it.
Looks like the seller has included a few more pics and lowered the asking to $2,700,but still hasn’t edited the ad to show the correct year (’62,not a ’61).
Still well above what it should go for in it’s sad condition with no title,rust and missing motor. The garbage in the bed is a detractor as well.
It’s a $500 Rampside.
Cool rigs, Ended: Apr 07, 2018 , 11:29PM
Starting bid:US $3,000.00
[ 0 bids ] Looks to be relisted.
Relisted with an opening bid of $2700.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F112923333108
Dogfather,
I live nxt door 2 Clarkie’s.
Good 4 U on the “door slam”.
I C that all the time. They come out’n try’n re-negotiate w/o ur agreement to re-negotiate. I would say a door slam is not proper ediquite but its warranted w/their rudeness.
I’ve seen,the same listings 6 times this week. How do I get out of this mess?
My dad bought me one of the first Corvairs made. He worked for a Chevy Dealership. I LOVED that car. I hauled hay on top of it. I pulled a two horse trailer with it, but really shouldn’t have done that. It could pull the trailer on the flat, and even up hills, but we started down a hill and the weight of the trailer and horses pushed the Corvair all the way to the bottom with brakes on. 2 flat tires that day! I used to drive it in the N.C. mountains and it did great (no trailers behind). The only thing it did in the mountains was that one of the belts in the engine would pop off going uphill and I would have to pull over and put it back on. I put thousands of miles on that little car and then sold it. It never gave me a problem and I did not find it to be dangerous. I believe that it was trashed by Ralph Nader when Ernie Kovaks drove his head on into a tree. Well, most cars would be dangerous doing that. Wish I had my Corvair!