I've always loved the Cor-Vans. They're like an American interpretation of the VW Bus, but with more power. I would love to have that, but much like with the VW, I think they are best when served with a manual trans.

This dealer had a matching Rampside that had been owned / restored by the same guy to the same standard. It also did not meet reserve at $40K+
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Everyone seems to have forgotten that at this time GM showed the world's very first fuel cell powered vehicle, the 1966 Electrovan, although not based on the Corvair platform like the Electrovair, it was definitely from the same design team.
Unveiled fully 28 years before Mercedes Benz brought out, in 1994 what they introduced as the first fuel cell powered vehicle before being corrected.
A reminder of the time when high technology was American.
From GM's own press release,
"Electrovan’s fuel cell powerplant supplied a continuous output of about 32 kilowatts and a peak output of 160 kilowatts. It consisted of 32 thin-electrode fuel cell modules connected in series. The motor and control system on the Electrovan were mounted between and under the two front seats. Located beneath the floor were the 32 fuel cell modules interconnected by some 167 meters (550 feet) of plastic piping. Also part of the installation were cryogenic hydrogen and oxygen tanks and an electrolyte reservoir mounted behind the middle bench seat. About 45 gallons of potassium hydroxide were required to fill the modules, the piping and the reservoir. This electrolyte alone weighed 250 kg (550 lbs) bringing the van’s total weight to 3220 kg (7,100 lbs)."
If it sounds like a big explosive chemistry set full of dangerous reactive chemicals, it's because it was.
Only used on GM's proving ground where one mishap blew parts of the vehicle a quarter mile away, the van came equipped with a trough ' large enough for a man to lie in' full of fire retardant foam.
The Smithsonian turned down the offer of a gift of the Electrovan on safety grounds, the same reason that only a select, (lucky?), few GM engineers drove it. GM retains ownership to this day, although the van is inoperable (obviously).
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