[2] Had it ever become a production model, its main competitors would have been the Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Thunderbird.

Exner wrote that Chrysler, “was not in a financial position where it could afford to create a car to match the Corvette or the up-and-coming Thunderbird.” Therefore, a “major stipulation was that Robinson had to use stock parts wherever possible, including bumpers and light bezels."

Keller did indeed want a Corvette competitor and that he instructed Al Prance at Briggs Manufacturing Company to begin work on one.

'At first, I was thinking they wanted a real concept car, so I had drawings with fins and that nature,' Robinson said.

He was really nice about it, and I replied, 'Man, you can have credit for that thing if you want it' because for years I wouldn’t even admit that I was responsible for it but I guess it stood the test of time and I feel proud of it.