Oooh - I doubt it. Eventually, corporate GM would have redesigned it into a
sluggish tire-scrubbing rattling beast with huge rubber bumpers. It would
have died with the 1972 emissions standards anyway. It was a nerd's car.
At one time there was a Corvair-powered motorhome. It might keep up with
the 100HP double-decker buses (top speed ~45mph) in London.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Jurkowski [SMTP:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 11:03 AM
> To: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Nader and the Corvair!!!
>
> I guess the dork had good intentions, but he
> killed the Corvair. If it had stayed in
> production and received multi-generation
> revamping that it's German cousin got, the we'd
> have the Porsche 930s, Carerras, etc, etc, etc in
> the US instead of Germany!
>
> There, that ought to start some chatter!!!
>
> --- dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com wrote:
> > Consumer crusader Ralph Nader is planning a
> > Museum of American
> > Tort Law in Connecticut,
> > hoping to draw the
> > curious with ill-fated
> > products
> > like silicone breast
> > implants, flammable pajamas,
> > and the Ford Pinto.
> > The $1 million raised so far
> > comes mostly from
> > trial lawyers. Slated opening:
> > early 2000.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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> Dick J - - ECTA #72
> G/FCC - - XF/GR
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