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Anyone know what this is? I saw it in Fresno. I'm not sure if that's a mustang emblem behind the front wheel, but I can't find a picture of a mustang with such a thin C pillar. So my thought was towards something European but I can't tell.
 
It's a Chevrolet Corvair Monza (mid/late 1960's). The emblem on the fender is likely this one:

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There was an "X like" 1962 Mustang prototype, but it never saw production.
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OK about unsafe, but that was the first gen Corvair with swing axle (just like my 850 coupe) but the picture at the top was second gen which did not have swing axles.
 
carl said:
OK about unsafe, but that was the first gen Corvair with swing axle (just like my 850 coupe) but the picture at the top was second gen which did not have swing axles.
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Damn. Ok. I didn't look close enough:)
And really even the first gens weren't that bad. Imo. I have driven several corsair including a v8 swap. Now that one was unsafe but a blast

Odie
 
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Anyone know what this is? I saw it in Fresno. I'm not sure if that's a mustang emblem behind the front wheel, but I can't find a picture of a mustang with such a thin C pillar. So my thought was towards something European but I can't tell.
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Its a 1965 Corvair Monza 2 door hardtop. I am restoring 2 right now. Grab it if it has no rust at the base of the windshield and rear window trim or floors or rockers just like an X 1/9. Is it a stick shift? Engine is a 2.7 liter air cooled flat 6. I used to race one in SCCA road races. Handles better than a 66-72 Porsche 911.
 

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My mid engine senses must have been tingling - I suppose rear engine in this case. I never knew the corvair looked so good. Maybe one day I'll catch one.
 
When the Corvair came out in 1960, my friend's father bought one when they first arrived so I got plenty of back seat time in one. It turns out that the 61 model, which looked almost the same, outside of the front being convex instead of concave, had very few parts in common with the 60 model.
 
You have to wonder how GM management gave the go ahead to a really radical concept, flat six aircooled motor mounted in the rear. I'm sure they sold many more Chevy IIs which were much more conventional looking.

My cousin had a white coupe with dash lever automatic shift lever.
 
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