1960 Chevrolet Corvair "500" Coupe This Corvair is the
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This Corvair is the Documented “Skunk Works” car that Chevrolet ran in the USRRC road racing series for small sedans. During the 1957 to 1962 AMA racing ban, it was common for US car manufacturers to build in-house cars for private drivers to use, thus avoiding the ban. Bill Thomas of drag racing and Cheeta- building fame drove this car in the USRRC during that time period. It was during this time period that Bill Thomas and Chevy developed the high performance 4 carburetor big valve heads and began development of turbocharging for the Corvair. Later the car was bought by Doug Roe, an engineer at the Arizona proving grounds, and author of many performance books.. Doug had been developing his own Corvair, but put renewed efforts in to the Thomas/Chevy car. Doug campaigned this car in Arizona hill climbs, oval tracks and SCCA road races. Doug stated that this car was never the same at any of the events; development was continuous. Mechanical restoration by Levair Performance began in 2003 and was completed it in 2005, winning several races in that season. Since the car was constantly evolving, it was decided to restore it to the conditions covered in 4 pages of the March 1969 Hot Rod magazine. Some of Doug’s developments were the extreme forward placement of the turbo charger, fiberglass body parts, air dam, scoops, flares, magnesium wheels and windowless streamlining. Levair Performance changes were to just bring the car up to current safety requirements. Having spoken to both Bill and Doug in the past, I’m sure that this is what they would want to happen to their car.
In May of 2009 this car competed in the Walter Mitty Vintage race at Road Atlanta. Classic Motorsports sponsored this race and chose to do a 5 page feature “Cloak and Dagger” on the Thomas/Roe car in the September 2009 issue.Warren LeVeque LeVair Performance 4657 No. St. Rd. 9 Anderson, IN 46012
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