A Chevrolet Corvair-based two-seat sports car created by the late John Fitch, a famous racing driver and inventor.
The Corvair's rear-mounted, air-cooled 2.7L flat-six was tuned to produce 170 horsepower, while the weight is 2,150 lbs. The big bumps between windshield and front tires? Are for spare tires, since the car has two sizes of wheels, it was equipped with a spare for each
Fitch planned to build and sell 500 examples of the Phoenix, but before that could happen, President Johnson signed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act into law, making it pretty much impossible for a small independent manufacturer to offer a car to the public.
It's debut was at the Abercrombie and Fitch (no relation) Manhattan, N.Y., store.
As a result, the prototype was the only one built, he returned the 100 deposits, and Fitch kept it for the rest of his life.
https://autoweek.com/article/car-life/escape-roads-1966-fitch-phoenix-corvair-based-phoenix-still-turns-heads-and-snaps
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/fitch-phoenix-1966.301616/
No coincidence that it looks like a Corvette, or rather the Corvette looks like the Fitch Phoenix. Do some research and find out why...
ReplyDeleteNo... I have other things to work on. I don't do well with homework assignments that interfere with my enjoying my spare time. If you'd like to just do that, and drop all the research into the comment section, you certainly ought to, and share with other readers
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