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The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet over two generations between 1960 and 1969. A response to the Volkswagen Beetle, [1] it was offered in 4-door sedan, 2-door coupe, convertible, 4-door station wagon, passenger van, commercial van, and pickup truck body styles in its first generation (1960–1964), and as a 2-door coupe ...
Based on the Chevrolet Vega GT Hatchback, Stinger Vegas included front and rear spoilers and Yenko Stinger side striping and a special COPO engine with alloy-plated forged aluminum pistons. The modified Vega aluminum-block 2.3 inline 4 with a turbocharger and 155 hp required a 50,000 mile test for EPA certification and Don Yenko eventually ...
The Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 is a flat-six air-cooled automobile engine developed by General Motors (GM) in the late 1950s for use in the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair of the 1960s. It was used in the entire Corvair line, as well as a wide variety of other applications.
Chevrolet Corvette StingRay: Chevrolet 7.0L V8 201 10 S +5.0 6 Scuderia Bear Bob Grossman Ed Lowther Shelby Cobra: Ford 7.0L V8 197 11 GT +5.0 8 Harold C. Whims Don Yenko Dave Morgan Harold Whims Chevrolet Corvette StingRay: Chevrolet 7.0L V8 197 12 P +5.0 4 Holman & Moody: A. J. Foyt Ronnie Bucknum: Ford GT40 Mk.II: Ford 7.0L V8 192 13 S 5.0 ...
The first popular aftermarket car made by Yenko came in 1965, in the form of a modified version of the Chevrolet Corvair. Named "The Stinger", these Corvairs were modified with a variety of different body accessories, engine upgrades that produced outputs of up to 240 hp, as well as upgrades in steering, transmissions, suspension, and ...
Chevrolet used the name Chevrolet Greenbrier for two distinct vehicles. The first was a six-to-nine-passenger window van version of the Corvair "95" panel van. The Corvair 95 series also included the Loadside and Rampside pickup trucks, featuring a mid-body ramp on the right side. These variants used the Corvair powertrain in a truck body.
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Yenko. Retired Corvair and Corvette race car driver Don Yenko (a Pittsburgh-area Chevrolet dealer) developed his line of signature Chevelles, Camaros and Novas, marketed as Yenko Super Cars. At the time, the largest engine installed in Chevelle SSs was the 396 V8.
Chevrolet dropped the "x-wood" names for their station wagon models at the end of 1961 so the 1962 Corvair Station wagons do not continue the Lakewood name. In appearance, and technical respects it resembled the Volkswagen Type 3 Squareback , but power came from the Corvair's rear-mounted Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine with 145 cu.in ...