<VV> Two seater prototypes.

[FrankDuVal]

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'.
>