Tag: 1960’s
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~Revisiting Great Articles~ The Curious Case of the Corvair (2021)
A (not so) brief history of GM’s revolutionary small car Words+Photos: Mike Blanchard from rustmag.com For years if you went to a car show or concourse there would be all the high-dollar cars front and center: European sports cars, hot rods, muscle cars, antique vehicles, all with pride of place. But the Corvair guys would…
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Just for fun – What do you listen to while working on or road tripping in your Corvair?
While at the work party in Don’s shop last weekend, Don had country music on in the background which really felt right working in his neck of the woods while the wild peacocks strutted along to Chris Stapleton on the gravel road. If you spend any time in Zaki’s shop, Corvair Unlimited, in San Francisco,…
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Did you know about the Corvair Super Spyder XP-785 Concept Car?
Citations from http://conceptcarz.com & Retro Cars on YouTube The GM Design Studio, under the direction of Bill Mitchell, would build four concept cars atop the Corvair platform, including this XP 785 Super Spyder. The Super Spyder was built on the 1962 Corvair convertible platform but with a wheelbase shortened by fifteen inches. It used the…
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On this day…
On this day in 1960, Bill Mitchell received the Industrial Designers Institute Award for the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. The Corvair design has inspired countless other car designs over the years both European and Domestic. HERE is a great read about Bill Mitchell’s Secret Styling Studio at GM from MotorTrend Magazine. Photos below are of Bill…
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