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Junkyard Gem: 1960 Chevrolet Corvair 700 Deluxe Sedan

A first-model-year example of GM's innovative rear-engined, air-cooled car.

Junkyard Gem: 1962 Chevrolet Corvair 700 Station Wagon

Yes, there was a wagon version of the controversial Chevy Corvair. Here's a '62 in a Phoenix car graveyard

Junkyard Gem: 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Club Coupe

After 56 years, this rear-engined Chevy is done.

Corvair Autocross: Awesomely thrilling at any speed

Behold, Corvair handling! The first time you decide to autocross a forward-control Corvair, this lifted-wheel, heavy-leaning posture must be positively terrifying. When all four wheels find pavement again, and the view out the windshield levels off, the driver's likely giggling like a lunatic. Something that amusing obviously calls for another run through the cones.

VIDEO: Corvair to Nader: Kiss my unsafe quarter panel!

YouTube serves up another cool video. Corvairs are hella cool, and they were tarred and feathered out of existence by zealots. They were no worse than other cars on the road at the time, but they were picked up as all that was wrong with motoring safety by Ralph Nader. Cars in in the late '50s when the Corvair was developed were all less safe than what

RR of the Day - 1965 Corvair Corsa turbo convertible

The Corvair was GM's Porsche 911, but better, at least in some ways.. Debuting in 1960, the Corvair seemed totally out of left field from GM. It featured an air-cooled, horizontally-opposed powerplant mounted in the rear and a notorious swing-axle suspension (it was no more dangerous than its contemporaries). It was almost an entire line of vehicles, sorta like a subset of GM proper. There were trucks, vans, station wagons, sedans and coupes. Flickr member corsa180 sent in a rea