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Jun 28, 2023 08:40:10   #
mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY
 
nice

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Jun 28, 2023 09:17:15   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
Very cool!

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Jun 28, 2023 09:25:26   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
I'd love to drive one of those on a straight stretch of empty road just once!

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Jun 28, 2023 10:45:44   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
black mamba wrote:
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels.

The first shown is a 1971 Pontiac Pegasus. Bill Mitchell, design chief at GM, was talking with some Ferrari folks one day and he told them about this car. They got all wound up and talked Mitchell into sticking one of their top engines in it. He agreed, so this car got a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona V-12 stuck in it. It originally came with one of GM's auto transmissions in it. It didn't work well with Ferrari's high-strung engine so they popped in a Ferrari 5 speed stick.

The second car is a 1968 Chevy Corvette Astro 11. It's a mid-engine car with a hi-po 427 in it. It drove much more like a Can-Am racer than a street car.

The third car is a 1963 Corviar Monza SS.
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels. br ... (show quote)



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Jun 28, 2023 10:56:55   #
jederick Loc: Northern Utah
 
Beautiful muscle cars...thanks for info and your terrific photos of them!!

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Jun 28, 2023 10:57:14   #
MosheR Loc: New York City
 
black mamba wrote:
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels.

The first shown is a 1971 Pontiac Pegasus. Bill Mitchell, design chief at GM, was talking with some Ferrari folks one day and he told them about this car. They got all wound up and talked Mitchell into sticking one of their top engines in it. He agreed, so this car got a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona V-12 stuck in it. It originally came with one of GM's auto transmissions in it. It didn't work well with Ferrari's high-strung engine so they popped in a Ferrari 5 speed stick.

The second car is a 1968 Chevy Corvette Astro 11. It's a mid-engine car with a hi-po 427 in it. It drove much more like a Can-Am racer than a street car.

The third car is a 1963 Corviar Monza SS.
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels. br ... (show quote)


And more great shots.

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Jun 28, 2023 11:39:53   #
Mustanger Loc: Grants Pass, Oregon USA
 
Wow! Love all these shots & the history!

Anybody ever see the Oldsmobile 2 seater Corvette they had designed? If I can find the pic I will post it, it was gorgeous! Walt

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Jun 28, 2023 11:54:55   #
phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York
 

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Jun 28, 2023 12:08:27   #
Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL
 
Excellent photography in all the photos. I like the Pontiari or the Ferarfaiac the best, but seems to me that with that elongated front that it would handle very much like the normal front heavy American car of the time, but with a whole lotta oomph. I have always admired Ferrari's engines whose simple appearance belies so much fantastic engineering inside. I grew up in the days when in the US, the quarter mile was king, but have come to very much appreciate the well designed road course cars as well as the skill required to place well without ending up pilled up against something immovable.

The 'Vette and the Monza are a bit esoteric for me.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:13:41   #
Earnest Botello Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
Great series, Mamba.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:50:36   #
Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
 
black mamba wrote:
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels.

The first shown is a 1971 Pontiac Pegasus. Bill Mitchell, design chief at GM, was talking with some Ferrari folks one day and he told them about this car. They got all wound up and talked Mitchell into sticking one of their top engines in it. He agreed, so this car got a Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona V-12 stuck in it. It originally came with one of GM's auto transmissions in it. It didn't work well with Ferrari's high-strung engine so they popped in a Ferrari 5 speed stick.

The second car is a 1968 Chevy Corvette Astro 11. It's a mid-engine car with a hi-po 427 in it. It drove much more like a Can-Am racer than a street car.

The third car is a 1963 Corviar Monza SS.
Feat your eyes on these one-of-a-kind jewels. br ... (show quote)


Great set Tom. The first two cars look somewhat like you would expect but that last one I'd never guess was a Corvair. What was the motivation to produce them other than they could. Were they concept cars that might go to production at some future time or what? What car show was this?

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Jun 28, 2023 13:53:05   #
black mamba
 
Manglesphoto wrote:


I always like when you drop in, Frank.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:54:14   #
black mamba
 
mvetrano2 wrote:
nice


Thank you, sir.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:55:24   #
black mamba
 
yssirk123 wrote:
Very cool!


I appreciate that, Bill.

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Jun 28, 2023 13:58:17   #
black mamba
 
jederick wrote:
Beautiful muscle cars...thanks for info and your terrific photos of them!!


Thanks, Jim. I appreciate your kind remarks.

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