Special-Bodied Corvairs Built On Corvair Chassis
Each of the cars below was built on a Corvair chassis. This means that the body was removed (cut) off the chassis at the floor level and additional structure added as new body was built on chassis to give the newly bodied car strength. From the list below, approximately 10 special-bodied Corvairs were built using the Corvair chassis and drivetrain.
1960 Corvair Coupe Speciale by Pininfarina
1960, 1962, 1963 – same chassis all 3 years
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1962 Corvair Coupe Speciale by Pininfarina
1960, 1962, 1963 – same chassis all 3 years
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1962 Forcasta Custom by Darryl Starbird
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1963 Corvair Coupe Speciale by Pininfarina
1960, 1962, 1963 – same chassis all 3 years
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1963 Corvair Testudo by Bertone
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1966 Fitch Phoenix by John Fitch
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1971 Corvair Custom (steel body) by Bill Meador (Dallas, Texas)
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Eshelman Eagle Fiberglass Convertible
(not sure of year or more info on car)
Mel Francis’ Monza SS Replicar
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Claymobile Built for Cassius Clay
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Replica of the Kaiser Waimea by Henry Larson
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Sam Tafoya’s 1970s custom GT from Detroit
Two complete Corvair customs built, I believe, in Milwaukee. They were shown in the Collectible Automobile letters section and were very nicely done. I can’t find the clipping offhand and the whereabouts of the cars are unknown.
Note: The information above was shared by automotive historian Alden Jewell and an associate of his who is a Corvair historian. Great thanks to Raffi Minasian who also helped us identify the cars on this list above.