Tony Dow, the actor who played everyone's favorite TV son in the 60s, had a much sharper ride in real life. His first car? A 1962 Chevrolet Corvair – way cooler than anything Beaver could have ...

The Corvair first became a thing in 1954, when Chevy introduced a Corvette-based concept with a hardtop fastback roof. Six years later, the model entered production and remained on the assembly ...

The Corvair specials were built between ... 410 miles to outrun every other stock car over the final two high-speed stages. "Their performance in 1954 is consistent with Cadillac's DNA" said ...