#50 – Mayan Magnum
The designer of this vehicle was Dean Charles Ing. He was an Air Force Veteran, aero engineer, and sci-fi author. He wanted to create a highly aerodynamic car that also was street legal. The result was the Mayan Magnum. He began development as a design exercise in the 1950s. He built it using a Porsche engine, suspension, brakes, and transmission. He replaced the Porsche engine with a Chevrolet Corvair-sourced 2.4-liter flat-six in a second iteration. He used a Volkswagen-sourced metal subframe and fiberglass body. Ing’s family put the car up for auction in 2021.