<VV> 'Corvair'- really?

[Mel Francis]

Sure, this is a Corvair! As Matt says, it's a homebuilt concept vehicle, 
based on an EM Corvair and the evidence suggests that it might have 
originally been a 2-door coupe, since the doors are longer than a wagon 
would have had.

The builder has added an entire windshield and roof section well ahead of 
the original location, which allows a new driver's seat to be added on the 
centerline, well ahead of the original front seat. This would then allow the 
driver's legs to be where the original gas tank was. They repeated the same 
process at the rear, using the rear window with the extended roof peak from 
a 4-door. You can see the gas filler at the right rear and it probably 
filled a small tank somewhere in that area, hopefully, not too close to the 
engine!

Entire front fender sections from a '63 Pontiac have been added to the nose. 
It bears the name F U T U R A across the rear panel, which was strange, 
since the '62 Falcon Futura model was already in existence.

It's one of several concepts that came into existence during the '60s and 
early '70s, like the Brubaker Box, which foretold the desire for the 
alternate form of family car we have all come to accept, the mini-van. As a 
designer/builder myself, I kinda like it, for it's overall vision and a peek 
into the motoring future that awaited us all, back in the '60s.

If I had the extra cash, I'd buy it, refine a few details and drag it around 
to Corvair events, as an interesting piece of home-built design projection, 
from that period. As a driver sitting in that centered seat, you might find 
yourself in a difficult position though, whenever you pull up to a take-out 
window at a fast food place or drive-through banking lane!

Mel Francis,
Monza SS replica

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Nall" <patiomatt at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> 'Corvair'- really?


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> I see a few parts and piece that MAY be Corvair, but....
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