Devins came inwards all kinds of configurations, on dissimilar chassis, and amongst slightly different bodywork. This Devin C, which stands for Corvair is powered past a parent-engine Chevrolet apartment half dozen-cylinder engine which made the piddling machine rocket from 0-lx in only nether iv seconds. Based on its serial number DC1-001-ii, this is only the minute Type C model to live built as well as one of merely sixty to e'er be built, of those, entirely 14 are known to however live inwards being today.
Originally the auto could be purchased in a Kit Form for $ii,750 or as a turnkey for $4,590 (about $46,000 inward today's dollars), significant a Devin Type-C, to set that inwards perspective a Devin price more than than Porsche 356 Speedster or Austin Healey 3000.
The Devin was the brainchild of Bill Devin, a 1950'sec California race machine driver, in addition to hot rodder. The Devin blueprint became then popular that 27 different variations were produced designed to mount on chassis from Triumph, MG, Maserati, and eventually, the custom chassis Devin SS which was called by close to "the Cobra Killer." Devin won the SCCA championships inwards 1956 and 1959 together with a Devin even won NHRA form titles from 1964-1966.
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