Less familiar than the corvair cars, but equally interesting are the Forward Control (FC) Corvairs, which were built 1961-1965. They came in four body styles: conventional pickup (called a Loadside), pickup with fold down side ramp (called a Rampside), panel side delivery van (Corvan) and window van (Greenbrier Sportswagon or Corvan with window option). Forward control Corvairs were produced at Flint, Michigan and St. Louis, Missouri from parts manufactured and partially assembled elsewhere. The Corvair FC's were designed to compete with the Volkswagen Transporter/Microbus/Pickup type II vehicle of the time. Chevrolet did some market research and determined that those who bought the VW products did so because they had more interior volume than a pickup based sedan delivery, were smaller outside, were more economical and easier to handle in city traffic. VW owners complained about the type II's lack of power, lack of an automatic transmission, small load rating and the relative uselessness of the pickup body. The Corvair 95 Rampside pickup (model R1254) is a Loadside with a big ramp on the passenger's side where the side barn doors would mount on the van body. It was produced 1961-1964. The ramp folds down from a piano hinge at the bottom of the bed and has a rubber edging on top to save the paint when the ramp is folded down. This is probably the cleverest addition ever made to the American pickup truck: It allows you to roll or slide most any object into the bed without lifting. The Bell Telephone company bought a bunch of these because they could roll cable reels right in and out of the bed. FC engines were the same size as the Corvair car engines of that year: 145 c.i. from 1961-1963, and 164 c.i. in 1964 and 1965. In all year models they have a special oil filler/dipstick tube location: a 1" hole on the right rear of the crankcase. This allows the engine oil to be checked and adjusted on an fc without raising the rear cargo deck, which is normally screwed down and is raised only for maintainance items like changing air cleaners, synchronizing carburetors, or overly intrusive concours inspections at CORSA meets. FC's also have a special low-height version of the 1961-1963 car air cleaner system to make the drivetrain fit under the deck.
Early Corvair 95s and Greenbrier Sportswagons were only available with one engine: a heavy-duty truck rated version of the 80 hp base car engine. Compared to the car engine, the FC version had exhaust valves of tougher metal, exhaust valve rotators, reduced compression, and richer carburetor jetting. As with the cars, the 1961-62 Forward Controls came with the highly efficient "folded-fin" oil cooler.
This is a very rare truck, It needs TOTAL restoration which will include some metal work. It does not run, it has been sitting for years. The bed is in very good shape, this truck is complete minus some emblems and a taillight lense. Will Need to be trailered, no tires hold air, Same pattern as a chevy truck 5 lug though if you have something that will hold air. Again this truck needs total restoration but is something very rarely seen, So I thought it was worth saving.
$1000.00
the last picture is what it could look like


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