The 1972 XP-895 was built on an extra XP-882 chassis. It was designed by GM and built by an outside supplier for Reynolds Aluminum. The idea was to try and convince GM to make a production Corvette with an aluminum body. An aluminum-bodied car wasn’t a new idea, since many European exotics had aluminum bodies, as well as the Cobra, but an aluminum production car was another matter. Reynolds Aluminum used their new 2036-T4 alloy to make the all…