Chevrolet One-Off

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Chevrolet Corvair Speciale Prototype.

in 1960 Pininfarina delivered a striking two-door coupe that was exhibited at the Paris and Torino Motor Shows, and was pictured on display in Paris on the March 1961 cover of Road & Track.

The car was later restyled and modernized by Tom Tjaarda into a 2+2 configuration with a more angular rear-end design, expanded side windows, and ellipsoidal headlamp nacelles. This second version was finished in dark green and again appeared on the cover of Road & Track in February 1963.

For the third and final version, Tjaarda had the by-then outdated, dogleg A-pillars removed, completing the form that the car displays today.

After its years on the world stage, the one-off Corvair was held in Pininfarina’s archive collection until 1996, when it was privately sold to an enthusiast