1962 Chevrolet Corvair Super Spyder Concept

General Motors created two 1962 concept cars based on the Chevrolet Corvair platform.  The more interesting one was the Corvair Monza GT that I wrote about here.

The other one, less well-known today, was the Corvair Super Spyder derived from the Corvair Monza convertible. The only detailed background I could find on the internet is here.  Scroll down a little to find an excerpt of General Motors publicity describing the car and how it differs dimensionally from a stock Corvair Monza.

The Super Spyder is a sports car version of the Monza, seating two people rather than four.  It is shorter than the production car both in wheelbase and overall length.  In terns of styling, it retains the Corvair's distinctive should-height crease extending from front to rear, and its rear-end design is similar to production Corvairs.  The greatest difference are at the front, where styling is aggressive, presumably befitting a sports car.

The images below all originated at General Motors.  They are too small to bother clicking to enlarge.

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The Corvair Super Spyder still exists.  Here it is seen at the GM Tech Center.

Rear quarter view.

Overhead publicity photo.

Note how low the Super Spyder is.  Being a show car, front bumper protection is scant.  The side character line is brought forward around the headlight assembly -- a nice way of dealing with the front-fender transition problem stylists need to face.

Front end.

Rear view.

A 1962 Corvair Monza Convertible of the kind altered for the Super Spyder.