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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (180267)9/22/2006 7:43:33 PM
From: Sdgla  Respond to of 793964
 
Nader propaganda. My grandma stills drives hers. Course I dropped a VW engine into it 10 years ago.....



To: Ichy Smith who wrote (180267)9/22/2006 7:46:21 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793964
 
Didn't they have a bad habit of exploding.....

No. The problems were with the previous model, the first model Corvair. By the time "Unsafe at any speed," which did the Corvair in, came out, the car had been completely redesigned. It was a great driving car. Rear engine to go with the four carburators. Positraction. You could take it off road. Sand, snow, no problem. Terrific car--for young people, which I was then.



To: Ichy Smith who wrote (180267)9/24/2006 11:46:15 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Respond to of 793964
 
Didn't they have a bad habit of exploding......


You're confusing the Corvair with the Pinto.

Ralph Nadir [sic.] contendended the Corvair was unstable and prone to roll over.

The Pinto had the gas tank placed behind the rear axle. They had a tendency to rupture in relatively minor rear end accidents.

More Smithee Aside: Back in my day, the thing to do was to put Corvair Engines into VW's. Made for a vast improvement in power.