Devin 1954-1965 - successful plastic sports cars from the USA
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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared, one of them Devin, famous for polyester bodies and cars from 1954-1965. Bill Devin, an American racing driver, began building his own cars as early as 1954. But the big success came with individually available polyester bodies, which were modeled on the Ferrari 750 Monza and could be mounted on self-supporting chassis from Triumph, MG and others. The fastest car Devin built was the Devin SS, which could give even the Cobra a run for its money.
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Bill Devin was born in Rocky, Oklahoma in 1915. Henry Manney once described him as "Enzo Ferrari from the Okie Flats". Bill's father had an auto repair shop and later a Chevrolet garage, and the curious Bill was involved with cars long before his father put him to work. Bill Devin began building cars early in his life, but he was also a successful race car driver. In 1954, Devin decided that he could build cars at least as well as anyone else, especially Europeans. He set up a chicken coop and began building the Devin Panhards. He worked with polyester bodies, which was still very innovative in the early 50s. Devin quickly learned the art of making polyester bodies, and the Devin Panhards used them right from the start.
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