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Title: Solved - NEH 3902: Chevrolet Monza Super Spyder II - 1976
Post by: Carnut on February 12, 2015, 07:14:55 AM
What's this and when's it from - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 3902
Post by: Carnut on February 26, 2015, 05:43:39 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 3902
Post by: datsone on February 26, 2015, 04:19:08 PM
GM product?
Title: Re: NEH 3902
Post by: datsone on February 26, 2015, 07:20:34 PM
GM indeed -- One-off Chevy Monza Super Spyder II styling exercise that made the auto show tour in 1976    ;D
Title: Re: NEH 3902
Post by: Carnut on February 27, 2015, 05:16:12 AM
Quote from: datsone on February 26, 2015, 07:20:34 PM
GM indeed -- One-off Chevy Monza Super Spyder II styling exercise that made the auto show tour in 1976    ;D

That's the car.  I wonder why they called it a 'Spyder'?  Did they know what that means?!
Another picture:

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 3902: Chevrolet Monza Super Spyder II - 1976
Post by: sixtee5cuda on February 27, 2015, 09:29:45 AM
To GM in the 70's, "Spyder" meant "sporty version of Corvair from the 1960's".  Available in hardtop and convertible...
Title: Re: NEH 3902
Post by: datsone on February 27, 2015, 09:31:05 AM
Quote from: Carnut on February 27, 2015, 05:16:12 AM

That's the car.  I wonder why they called it a 'Spyder'?  Did they know what that means?!

Since car names are more about image than meaning, "spyder" was just another exotic-sounding (and spelling) European name that implied "sporty" -- like "Monza", both terms used previously by GM.

Or "GTO" and its base-model sedan, the Pontiac LeMans. It's all about the image   ;)
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 3902: Chevrolet Monza Super Spyder II - 1976
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 16, 2016, 04:54:25 AM
Period pic