Corvair and Fiberglass: 1962 Mayan Magnum
When somebody uses the term Mayan Magnum, I instantly picture a tall shirtless man with a thick mustache and a fancy headdress who runs security at a private ziggurat and moonlights on the side as a PI when he is not picking up on some random ladies. But he would need a car. Something not as flashy as a Ferrari 308, but perhaps a curious Corvair powered kit-car with a fiberglass body and gull-wing doors. Yes. Like this. Find this 1962 Mayan Magnum offered for $25,000 in Medford, OR via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
From the seller:
1962 Mayan Magnum
condition: good
cylinders: 6 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
paint color: white
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: coupe
Designed late 1950’s became street legal 1962. Designer: Dean Charles Ing. Rear engine 6 cylinder Corvair horizontal engine. Fiberglass shell, very futuristic & aerodynamic, 4 speed transmission, conventional steering, Porsche classic suspension, DeLorian goldwing doors, still runs, refurbished two years ago. This is an original One of a Kind. One of One. For more information contact Judi Brown of Halstead’s Helping Hands Estate Sales (541) 890-thirty seven eighty four.example Ford Chevrolet Lamborghini exotic Mclaren Ferrari
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I find this car’s shape and design oddly disquieting, perhaps even awakening in me emotions I’m not sure I can parse. Or explain in confessional. Must be the “Goldwing” doors.
https://youtu.be/s-Bj-7b0rC4
Can’t unsee!!
It looks like something Frank Costin didn’t quite finish. Having said that, I like it! There’s also something about a rear-engined car, too…Abarth, Corvair, VWs…
This car was pretty innovative back in the day. Here is some more history about it.
https://barnfinds.com/1-of-1-dean-ings-mayan-magnum/
The top looks somewhat like the double bubble top on the 1957 Fiat Abarth Zagato 750.My Uncle who is in his late 80’s still own’s one (Fiat Zagato) yes it is Red but been sitting a long time in a one car garage on Capitol Hill in the PNW
It’s the bastard thruple love child of the aforementioned double-bubble zagato family, a Lotus 11/13, a D-type and, um, some unknown parent who brought the junk in the trunk.
And for the record, I kinda dig it a lot.
This just looks so much like what Luigi Colani would do 20 years later.
This is an amazing design for its time and I’d buy it if current circumstances permitted.
It kind of suffers for 1955 – 1965 A-pillar thinking, but that was when it was designed.
I hope a museum gets this.
This car is now offered exclusively by The Old Oregon Motor Company.
http://www.oregonmotorco.com