History Anyone ever seen this corvette?

I knew about the waldorf nomad vette. But i have never seen this one until today, and I thought it was worth sharing. It's such an awesome concept! And the name Corvair came from the CORVette and the bel AIR. I never knew that either.







also here is a website I found of the top 10 concept cars of the 50's. There are some seriously awesome ones! I am really diggin the Ford Nucleon!!!!

http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2010/06/top-ten-concept-cars-of-the-fifties/

 

Cool pics and interesting link.
Thanks for posting them!

 

That Chrysler Norseman rocks!

 

I can never see that Lesabre enuff times.

 

There are a few copies of the Corvair around (one with a '56 frontend)- wish there were more, as that's my favorite concept, period!!!

 

Yes.

 

Yes, I've seen this and the others many times before.

The 'Vette is uber-cool, but my favorites are still the Lincoln "Futura", the Dodge Dart-Diablo, and, the not-listed-but-shoulda-been-along-with-the-LeSabre, the XP-300 that was built as the Charles Chayne "companion piece" to, and at the same time as, the LeSabre:




Jonnie King www.legends.thewwbc.net

 

Yes!! the Nucleon--I've never seen it---trying to see my Econoline as a custom??

 

I'd have to agree that that Corvette is one of the best looking concept cars ever drawn up.

 

it is an awesome concept car. And the rest are pretty friggen cool. I just thought this was fitting, seeing as how today is the 58th anniversary of the first production corvette rolling off the line in Flint, Michigan.

 

That's my ALL -TIME fav 'Vette. SOOOooooo wish somene would pop this out as a kit. Grand Sport is a VERY VERY close second, but there are 5 of those ! Lots easier to come by !! ;-)

 

Looks like a Triumph GT6

 

And even thou it's not a GM built car, just shown at the GM exibit, I really like the '54 PininFarina Cadillac roadster.

 

Maybe HAMB member WaldorfNomad will chime in.
He's got info on that car.

 

Kewl link. Thanks for sharing.

 

You've never seen the Corvette Corvair before?! Have you been living under a rock? That has always been one of my 2 favorite Corvette concept cars (the other being the Corvette Nomad). Too bad Chevy didn't produce that Corvette back then (of course the fastback Vette came out 9 years later) because along with the Nomad, that fastback is beautiful timeless styling.

 

Love concepts, thanx for sharing... Those nuclear engines would cause quite a problem if ever in an accident!!

 

I guess you are one of the younger members. too bad . I never actually saw any of the General Motors - Motorama cars either . I however saw in later years pictures and I collect all the liturature , books etc on these cars . I also took the time to do one of my favorites , the L'Unversalle G M C van in 1956.



scrubba

 

the roof line of that vette reminds me of a roof on a triumph gt6... I wounder if that's where pininfarina got the idea

 

how cool would it be if they were able to rescue the norseman somehow?!

 

I think I read that they had dived to see it and it didnt look to good

 

A professional diver told me NO ONE has seen the Norseman since it sank with the Andrea Doria. He searched for it during some of his dives and never found a trace of it. Its body would have corroded by now - no hope of saving it. It also may have been crushed by falling items when the Doria listed to starboard prior to sinking.
http://dwtauthor.blogspot.com/2011/05/ghost-of-norseman.html

 

I know its a Corvette, but nowadays the BMW Z4 coupe looks a bit like it around the rear roof line and trunk "lid" area.

 

Thats not a corvette, Corvair prototype... First one i believe

 

Don't forget the 1955 GM Biscayne concept car. It really was much of the inspiration for the Corvair's looks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9hZnmivMM

 

Well, it certainly foreshadowed the "63 Vette didn't it?

 

TELL ME MORE!!! I thought about building one from scratch too! You built this in '56? I don't mean to hi-jack.