Chevrolet Corvair hits the end of the road in 1969

The last Chevrolet Corvair built by General Motors -- a gold Monza coupe -- comes off the assembly line at the company's Willow Run, Mich., assembly plant on May 14, 1969. The car was GM's answer to the fledgling shift to small sedans and coupes: The rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive car was engineered to rival the Volkswagen Beetle and British sports cars from Triumph, MG, Austin-Healey and Sunbeam.