This is the second generation Corvair, which covered the model years from 1965 to ’69. I was around back then but don’t recall seeing very many. Of course, the government was trying hard to kill me then and I didn’t have much time for cars. (Funny how that focuses the mind.)
The second generation was much improved over the original machines. They certainly look better and have a lot more oomph with up to 180 hp. You sit quite low in these and they don’t weigh much, so they must have been a hoot to drive.
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i’m fascinated by the lack of a front grille – what’s the engineering rationale behind that?
Rear-engined car. 🙂 See the vents?
ah, of course. duh!
(i’m a synthesizer guy, not a car guy. 😉 )
I was spoiled, I drove a ’69 Chevelle back and forth to college in TX. You’re not so old!
Yeah. I edited out the whining.
I had one of these and loved it!
just saw this on TCM (they were using it as random vintage filler between movies):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmPpry8JiK0