So there I was, just eating my breakfast and scrolling over at one of the best automotive websites on the internet, the Autopian, and I read this article:
https://www.theautopian.com/in-a-way-chevrolet-made-the-first-porsche-911/
THIS PICTURE WAS DELETED BECAUSE ITS 2026 AND SOMEHOW THIS WEBSITE WHICH FOCUSES ON EXPENSIVE CARS STILL DOESNT HAVE THE ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY RESIZE IMAGES
"The picture shows a GM tech removing a prototype Corvair
flat-six engine from a Porsche 356.
In a later article, Karl pins down exactly what year that 356 was – it was bought in early summer of 1957, and Karl includes this wonderful bit of geekery of the sort that’s close to my heart:
“We can date it fairly precisely because it had the new teardrop-shaped tail lamps introduced that spring but not yet the exhaust outlets in the bumper overriders of the 1958 models.”
I mean, they did ID the year of the Corvair, but idk if that dates the actual time of this Corvair powered 356, but .... idk, figured I'd post it here and somebody might know more than me or Torch.