"Where were you in '62"...I'll tell you where Corvair was. The Series 500 line was reduced down to only the two-door coupe model that remained basiclly unchanged from the '61 model. Dropped was the Series 500 station wagon and the four-door sedan. The Series 700 still offered the two-door club coupe, the four-door sedan and the four-door station wagon (Lakewood). The Lakewood was dropped in the middle of the model year when Chevrolet introduced it new Chevy II wagon. The Series 900 Corvair Monza remained the star of the Corvair lineup. The Monza was offered as four-door sedans, four-door station wagons, two-door coupes and convertibles. But the best was yet to come. Cashing in on the sports car image Corvairs were enjoying, Chevrolet introduced a new performance minded Monza called the Monza "Spyder". Although the Spyder was only a performance option to the regular Monza, most car buyers saw it as a new model. The option included a special 150 hp turbo-charged version of the Corvair engine and special emblems to decorate the outside of the car. The Spyder was available as a two-door coupe or convertible, but wasn't available with air conditioning or the two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. Below you can see examples of the Monzas available in 1962.
While the Corvair Monza Spyders made you heart beat a little faster, keep in mind that Chevrolet had also introduced it's Chevy II series that seemed to be in direct competition to the market the Corvair was developed to address. Sooner or later GM had a decision to make.
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