Description

Brighton Motorsports is pleased to present this low mileage, mint-condition, fully-restored 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder. Every detail of this car has been treated to a full restoration, including rebuilt engine, new interior, and fresh new paint. It is likely among the most beautiful and correct Monza Spyder's in North America.

Launched by Chevrolet in 1960 as a radically different American car, the Corvair was among the most successful automobiles of this type up to that time, with 1,786,243 cars being produced between 1960 and 1969 in body styles ranging from sedans, coupes, vans, pickups, and the convertible Monza – which itself pioneered the “pony car” market.

Beyond its styling, the Corvair also stood out with engineering significantly different from other American offerings. Most notable was its application of an aluminum air-cooled horizontally opposed six cylinder, rear-engine. It’s ironic that Ralph Nader in his book “Unsafe at Any Speed,” assailed the Corvair alone and not the VW or Porsche featuring the identical arrangement.

The Corvair Monza Spyder is widely regarded as the best-looking and most desirable of all Corvair models. This 1963 model has been treated to a full restoration to as-new condition and is likely among the finest examples in existence. It features all of the Monza Spyder attributes – including the multi-gauge instrument cluster with tachometer, cylinder head temperature gauge and intake manifold pressure gauge in addition to the 150-hp turbocharged high performance engine.