American Vintage Special Devin SS fiberglass body Devin race car Project
Sale price: US $500.00 Make an Offer
Condition: | New | Model: | SS |
Make: | Devin |
Augusta, Georgia, United States
Vehicle description
This auction is for a NEW Devin SS Fiberglass body only. It is new but has been in storage for several years. Was made in CA. This is a well made fiberglass body and would make a real nice looking car.
Vintage race, Hot rod . . See below history of Bill Devin:
Bill Devin is a man who should doubtless be far more famous than he is, he’s credited with being the first person to use toothed belt in a timing belt application , an invention he came up with in order to get a pair of Norton Manx barrels and heads working after attaching them to a two-cylinder Panhard boxer-engine crankcase. If that sounds very clever and very complicated to you, then you already have a measure of the kind of man Bill Devin was. DEVIN ENTERPRISES Devin Enterprises was founded in 1955 and was in operation until 1964. Although the company was only in business for 10 years it had an outsized impact on the American sports car scene, and they were one of the early proponents of lightweight fiberglass-bodied racing cars. The first bodies made by Bill Devin and his team were designed to be fitted to the chassis of other manufacturers. Over the years he developed an ingenious method of creating fiberglass car bodies using upwards of 50 individual moulds that could be put together in a wide variety of ways, allowing bodies to be made for smaller cars like the Crosley, right through toMG"S, Triumphs (100/4, 100/6, and 3000), as well as some American cars. Devin bodies developed a reputation for excellent build quality, the world of fiberglass car bodies was an automotive Wild West back in the 1950s, but the bodies built by Devin were amongst the best in the country, if not the best outright. Countless “ Devin Specials ” were built, some for out-and-out racing, and some for street use. Racing driver, hot rodder, and NHRA vice-president Ak Miller built a series of Devin-bodied racing cars including cars that would take class wins at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. California racing and hot rod icon Dean Moon built a Devin-bodied car called “Moonbeam” with NHRA president Wally Parks. Moonbeam would hold drag strip r ecords at Pomona, Henderson Nevada, Riverside, and San Gabriel. It also held the Modified Sports and the 1320 record of the American Hot Rod Association. Although fiberglass-bodied custom cars often fall by the wayside as time goes by, Devin cars have largely bucked this trend in recent years, with some examples selling for $250,000+ USD. Can help with crating and shipping but buyer will pay all fees. Please bid to own not to view. I reserve the rights to end the auction at any time.
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Vintage race, Hot rod . . See below history of Bill Devin:
Bill Devin is a man who should doubtless be far more famous than he is, he’s credited with being the first person to use toothed belt in a timing belt application , an invention he came up with in order to get a pair of Norton Manx barrels and heads working after attaching them to a two-cylinder Panhard boxer-engine crankcase. If that sounds very clever and very complicated to you, then you already have a measure of the kind of man Bill Devin was. DEVIN ENTERPRISES Devin Enterprises was founded in 1955 and was in operation until 1964. Although the company was only in business for 10 years it had an outsized impact on the American sports car scene, and they were one of the early proponents of lightweight fiberglass-bodied racing cars. The first bodies made by Bill Devin and his team were designed to be fitted to the chassis of other manufacturers. Over the years he developed an ingenious method of creating fiberglass car bodies using upwards of 50 individual moulds that could be put together in a wide variety of ways, allowing bodies to be made for smaller cars like the Crosley, right through toMG"S, Triumphs (100/4, 100/6, and 3000), as well as some American cars. Devin bodies developed a reputation for excellent build quality, the world of fiberglass car bodies was an automotive Wild West back in the 1950s, but the bodies built by Devin were amongst the best in the country, if not the best outright. Countless “ Devin Specials ” were built, some for out-and-out racing, and some for street use. Racing driver, hot rodder, and NHRA vice-president Ak Miller built a series of Devin-bodied racing cars including cars that would take class wins at the Pikes Peak Hillclimb. California racing and hot rod icon Dean Moon built a Devin-bodied car called “Moonbeam” with NHRA president Wally Parks. Moonbeam would hold drag strip r ecords at Pomona, Henderson Nevada, Riverside, and San Gabriel. It also held the Modified Sports and the 1320 record of the American Hot Rod Association. Although fiberglass-bodied custom cars often fall by the wayside as time goes by, Devin cars have largely bucked this trend in recent years, with some examples selling for $250,000+ USD. Can help with crating and shipping but buyer will pay all fees. Please bid to own not to view. I reserve the rights to end the auction at any time.
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