...........I was looking for this! Too bad there ain't a lot of info on this thread. So with your permission, allow me to bore you with a few facts:
1. This car and a well-known tomato sauce share a unique history - this car came from the mind of a well-to-do young man named Rust Heinz. Yes,
that Heinz.
2. His family obviously didn't approve, but young Rust pressed on and sank $24,000 of his own money (plus a few donations from his rich aunt
) to create this very complicated piece of engineering. Remember, this was in the 30s. So 24 grand was quite a chunk of change. Mr. Heinz thought he could fob off a few examples at 15 grand each. And yeah, that didn't happen - only one Corsair was built, this prototype.
3. After Rust's untimely death at the age of 25, the car went into the hands of one Mr. Herb Shriner who thought that its unique 4-upfront, 2-at-back interior was too dark, so he commisioned Albrecht Goertz, designer of BMW 507, to improve upon its uniqueness.
Mr. Goertz then proceeded to modify the roof in order to fit two targa top style panels; increased front glass area; and redesigned that front end to improve cooling to its massaged 288 c.i. Lycoming V8 (making maybe 190 horses).
4. It's a FF. Looking at it, it's pretty hard to tell, ain't it.
5. You might be wondering why you don't see any of those modification from the OP's pics - that's because, many moons later, Mr. Bill Harrah (you may have heard his name here and there if you are into classic cars) bought it and he proceeded to REVERSE all the mods. And reverse he did.
It spent a quite a few of its later years in The National Automobile Musuem in Reno. Dunno if anyone else owns this now - I'm sure there are few interested punters out there.
This also appeared in a Hollywood film back in 1938 called "Young In Heart". Apt title, you might agree.
