GM Legend Designer Exotic Dream Car Museum not gt40 lotus mclaren ferrari spyder
1968 Porsche Corsa Concept Mid Engine 6 Award Winning 901 911 GT38 Race Car
This is 1 of 1 hand built Concept GT38 - This mid-engine air cooled 6 sports car was built from 1963 -1968 and titled in 1970.The car is showing 958 miles and the builder put those miles on himself. Some of the mileage came from a Road Course in Southern California.
This hand built GT38 weighs less than 1,200 pounds and it has 200+ hp @ 6500 RPM, with an air cooled Built Corsa 6-cylinder engine (turned 180 degrees) backed by a Porsche 911 transmission (dated 1965).
I’ve talked to the builder several times and he told me it is fast as a Lotus and handles about the same. He called it, "Scary Fast”
I’m selling this Rare Vintage one of a kind as a Museum Car - it runs and drives nice. Everything works as it should speedometer - horn - lights - signals - wiper - etc.
Rough measurements on car is less than 12' Long, 38" Tall, 62" Wide.
Due to the rarity of this vehicle, there will be NO TEST DRIVES or RIDES.
I am 6' 225 lbs. and I fit inside with the Gullwing door closed – yes, it's a little tight.
The history and documentation for this DREAM CAR will be included.
After sitting 40+ years I want to tell you what I did to wake the car up. I cleaned fuel cell and lines, replaced filter & pump and rebuilt all 4 carbs - new coil - cleaned the points - changed the oil & filter - engine sounds really wild & strong. I rebuilt all 4 brake wheel cylinders & master cylinder and flushed with all new fluids.Rebuilt clutch slave & cylinder and flushed with all new fluids, I cleaned 40+ years of dust - dirt off of it. The paint looks real nice for going on 50 years old, maybe it's gel-coat?
13" Steel wheels. The pattern is 5x4.75 with the original Red Line GOOD/YEAR - RALLYS D -70 -13 I see no dry rot and they only have 958 miles the tires do hold the correct air pressure.
It's easy to change the stance and wheels but I wanted to keep it original as possible.
Legend GM Designer was on Dean's Garage worth looking up.
WON A PREMIER SHOWING RIBBON AT THE SPORTS CARS IN REVIEW SHOW IN 1971 IN MICHIGAN.
The Magazine article is from a ROAD & TRACK November of 1970 and the Newspaper article is from THE DETROIT NEWS March 27th 1971
Please feel free to call for more info if you are a potential buyer. My number is 419-344-5355 and ask for John.
CAR HAS CLEAR OHIO TITLE IN MY NAME.
THIS IS A CAR THAT NO ONE ELSE WILL EVER HAVE - ONLY ONE EVER HAND MADE & BUILT BY A WELL KNOWN LEGENDARY GM DESIGNER BILL MOLZON.
ONE OF RAREST AWARD WINNING CARS IN THE WORLD WITH NO DISPUTE!!!!
MY FEEDBACK SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
This article below is from ebay motors blog Thank you Jim for the article!
It’s hard to know why auto designers sometimes put their heart and soul into unique sports cars, build them from scratch, and thenmothball orabandon them. But it’s a pattern we’ve seen time and time again. Case in point: a gorgeous 1960s Porsche-like mid-engine fiberglass sportster called the GT38 now available on eBay Motors.
Between 1963 and 1969, ex-General Motors and Chrysler stylist Bill Molzon built the GT38 and then put it into his Michigan garage with less than 1,000 miles on the odometer. Molzon’s creation was recently disinterred from a 44-year sleep.
The GT38 weighs less than 1,200 pounds, and is powered by a built Chevrolet Corvair Corsa six-cylinder motor—turned 180 degrees—that with larger pistons and four carbs produces more than 200 horsepower. Shifting is handled by a Porsche 911 five-speed, and the car sits on a lightweight tubular frame.“It’s scary fast,” Molzon told the current owner. According to Road and Track in 1970, Molzon’s goal was “acceleration superior to a Corvette with the economy of a Corvair and the handling capabilities of a Lotus.” The magazine added that “even the usually cool Molzon confesses to being a little unnerved by the alacrity of the acceleration and directional responses beyond expectation.” Maybe this is why the GT38 didn’t become his daily driver.
Although John Tyner, the current owner, expended 300 hours on getting the car to run and drive—including new fuel pump, rebuilt carbs, new brakes/clutch slave cylinder, and a refurbished fuel cell—he says it’s too rare and valuable to risk on the road. His test drives were conducted with the body off, because, Tyner said, “The panels are irreplaceable.” Everything reportedly works, including speedometer, horn, lights, signals, and wipers. The Goodyear Rally tires still hold air and have few miles on them but, c’mon, they’re from 1963. Good for displays, but not for driving.
A lot of crude fiberglass sports cars were built in the 1960s, but this isn’t one of them. There’s great attention to detail everywhere, from the pop-up headlights to the rear vents. Molzon built working scale models of the frame, suspension seats, and partial body shell. He’d originally planned a roadster, but the design evolved into an Alfa/Porsche-inspired coupe, with the gullwing doors.The concept makes a lot of sense because the air-cooled Corvair motor—one of the few rear-engine designs then produced in the US—was available inexpensively, and, after all, Molzon worked for GM. Race driver John Fitch built the Corvair Sprint, with 155 horsepower instead of the stock 140, at about the same time. Molzon could have considered the GT38 for similar series production, but instead, he built the world’s only GT38, which is now listed on eBay Motors.
About William (Bill) Molzon
1978–2003 Consultant Design, Concept Engineering, Model and Prototype Development. Designed E=Z-Go Medalist and TXT Golf Cars.
1974–1978 Calty Design Research, Assistant Chief Designer
1973 Rohr Industries, Senior Designer, Mass Transit Projects
1969–1973 Chrysler Design, Assistant Chief Designer
1963–1969 GM Design Staff, Senior Designer. Projects: 1968 Nova, 1970 Camaro, 1971 Vega, Aerodynamic Testing
1963 Art Center Graduate, Automotive Design Major
1960 General Motors Institute, Mechanical Engineering
1959 Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, 2nd National Award, Sr. Division
- Make: Porsche
- Model: Corsa Concept Mid Engine 6 Award Winning
- SubModel: Porsche/Corsa One Off
- Type: Road & Track
- Trim: 901 911 GT38 Race Car
- Year: 1968
- Mileage: 958
- VIN: 2xx 19xx
- Color: Red
- Engine size: Corvair Corsa air cooled 6
- Number of cylinders: 6 GT38
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Manual
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Black
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
