'66 Turbo Convertible Registry

1966 Canadian Turbo Convertible Registry

Of the 211 Canadian Corsa convertibles produced in 1966, the best existing estimate is that 92 of them featured the turbocharged engine. Only a small fraction of those survive today. As of December 02, 2007, there are 10 known to still exist.

The cars are listed below by serial number. The serial number is the final six digits of the VIN. The first '66 Canadian Corvair had serial number 000001. In the table below, the two leading zeroes have been removed because the highest serial number issued was 006137.

One nice thing about owning a Canadian-built Corvair is that a full report of each car's production information is available from GM Canada Vintage Vehicle Services for a nominal fee (in 2001, $45 Cdn. plus tax). The report contains information about options not listed on the car's body tag plus the date it was built, and to which dealer and when it was shipped.

Click on a serial number below for details on a particular car.

Serial #	Owner	City	Province/ State
0163	Bernie Pringle	Burnaby	BC
0266	Peter Mills	Headingley	MB
0740	Trevor Withrow	Whitby	ON
0897	Phil Parker	Vancouver	BC
1602	Kent Sullivan	Kirkland	WA
1620	Barry Shields	Renfrew	ON
4601	John Gray	Oshawa	ON
5369	Garwood Leigh	Kelowna	BC
5533	Bob Gilbert	Golden	BC
6058	Don Hoffman	Winnipeg	MB

If you have any information about other '66 Canadian Corsa turbo convertibles, please either register below or contact me via email. Thanks!

A Little Publicity for our Favorite Car!

John Gray, the owner of #4601, became mayor of Oshawa, Ontario in November 2003. Oshawa is of course the home of Canadian Corvair production. One of several articles published about John after the election included this nice shot of him and his car!

Photo by A.J. Groen, This Week photo

Group Pictures

Here are a couple of shots from Western Canada CORSA's 2000 Corvairitis Treatment Day, featuring two 1966 Canadian turbo convertibles!

On the left is Bernie Pringle's car and on the right is Phil Parker's.

Until spring 2002, Bernie's car wasn't officially in the registry because part of the body tag was obscured. (A previous owner apparently didn't know what he had and converted it to V-8 power!) I checked out the car at CTD 2000 and it definitely is the real McCoy.

Phil's car didn't have a turbo engine when he bought it but he is putting one in during the winter of 2001-02. CTD 2000 was Phil's first meet in this car.

1966 Canadian Turbo Convertible Registration

Vehicle information

Please use the information on the VIN tag and body tag in the engine compartment, not how the car looks currently. Click on a link to learn where to find the appropriate information on the car.

Options (only include here those found on the body tag):

Tinted glass, all (A01)	Tinted windshield only (A02)
Deluxe seat belts (A39)	Headrest front seats (A82)
Power top (C06)	Turbocharger (L87)
4-speed transmission (M20)	Rear manual antenna (U73)
Rear power antenna (U75)	Rear seat RH speaker (U80)
Outside remote mirror (Z19)

(Other options will be added as more tags are identified. Put unlisted options below for now.)

Other options (from report you can purchase from GM Canada Vintage Vehicle Services:
<Include here options from the build sheet that are not listed on the body tag, as well as options that are on the body tag but aren't listed above.>

Built for export? No Yes

History of the car (from GM Canada Vintage Vehicle Services report, bill of sale, interview with previous owner, etc.):
<Include here what you know of the car's ownership chain and details about the car since you purchased it.>

Contact information

Name:

Email:

Phone:

I am the current owner

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