<VV> Two seater prototypes.

[Danny Davis]

Monza GT was meant to be driven as well.  It was taken, along with others
to Elkhart Lake and then to Watkins Glen to be driven around the road
courses.
Jim Hall first met Bill Mitchell and the Chevrolet R&D from that
excursion!  Now you know why the Chaparral looks like a Chevrolet Styling
project and has Corvair tail-lights!

 Danny Davis
Graham    WA
 206-643-6718
CORSA Western Director


On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 9:30 AM FrankDuVal via VirtualVairs <
virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

> And, not many had drivetrains, or working drivetrains. I have a friend
> who does body work on these for Joe Bortz, the big time collector of
> these cars. And through him I know Larry Claypool added electric motors
> to one, IIRC the LaSalle II. The engine in the vehicle is a fuel
> injected mock up. My friend spent a lot of time in the Corvair museum in
> Richmond studying the GM show Corvairs and how they were built.
>
> Some notable ones that were built to be driven are the Buick Y-Job and
> the Super Monza.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> On 10/21/2018 2:16 AM, Jay Maechtlen via VirtualVairs wrote:
> > On 10/19/2018 10:56 AM, Smitty Smith via VirtualVairs wrote:
> >> Smitty says;  Guarding corporate styling secrets was not the only
> >> reason One-Off cars were crushed.  The studies were not built to any
> >> safety standards and could not be certified.  A lot of them had
> >> little or no suspension.  Body frames of square tubing were common
> >> and existed only to support the body.  Any crash was likely to be
> >> catastrophic.  So companies did not release the cars to the public
> >> for fear of being sued by the buyers.
> >
> > heh - while some of us might build a car that way, nobody would expect
> > it to meet OEM standards.
> > Way different from getting something 'built by GM'.
> >
>
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