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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 ...
Like the XP-777/Monza GT, the XP-797/Monza SS chassis was developed by Winchell's team [2] and the body was styled by Mitchell's Studio X team (Shinoda and Lapine). [1] Both the Monza GT and SS ended up as concepts only, tied partly to the fortunes of the Corvair, which suffered after the vehicle was declared unsafe by Nader. [7]
Corvair Monza — The first Corvair Monza was a Show car that pre-dated the production Monza. [ 5 ] : 110 This two-door coupe was first seen at the Chicago Auto Show. Corvair Super Monza — Mechanically unmodified, the Super Monza was an exercise ordered by Bill Mitchell that saw a 900 coupe fitted with a luxurious interior and special ...
The rear-engine Monza Spyder with a four-speed manual has an appeal that goes beyond Baby Boomer nostalgia. 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Is Our Bring a Trailer Auction Pick of the Day Skip ...
The Monza 2+2's two-door hatchback body style is shared with the Pontiac Sunbird, Oldsmobile Starfire and Buick Skyhawk. [5] The standard engine was the Vega's aluminum-block 140 cu in (2.3 L) inline-four engine with a single barrel carburetor generating 78 horsepower (58 kW) at 4,200 rpm .
The Series 900's powertrain "uni-pak" was the same as all Corvairs. A commonly ordered option on Corvair Station Wagons was the 84 bhp engine connected to a 2 speed Powerglide automatic transaxle. Production of the Corvair Station Wagon ended in the 1st quarter of calendar year 1962 to make way for the new Monza Convertible body style.
The subject for which the book is probably most widely known, the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair, is covered in Chapter 1—"The Sporty Corvair–The One-Car Accident." This relates to the first models (1960-1963) that had a swing-axle suspension design which was prone to "tuck under" in certain circumstances.
The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) attributed to the finished concept - 20927W207657 - indicates that it started out as a 1962 Corvair 900 (Monza) coupe built in the Willow Run plant. [3] [4] At Bertone the Corvair's unibody chassis was shortened, reducing the wheelbase from the 108 in (2,743 mm) of the original Corvair to 94 in (2,400 mm).