On Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:46:46 EST, ATWEDITOR@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/20/00 12:06:29 PM, Gonaj@aol.com writes:
>
> << You touched a sore spot.
> The only thing unsafe at any speed was Ralph Nader's mouth.
> I loved the way those early Corvairs handled, and they were also great
snow
> cars.
>
> George >>
>
> I remember seeing an early and new Triumph GT6 driven by an untalented
boob
> practicing for a gymkhana in '67, They had the same sort of swing axles
as
> the Corvairs Nader blasted. When this GT6 driver slammed on the brakes
and
> jerked the wheel to one side the whole darn rear end of the car sort of
> lifted, with the outside wheel coming clear of the ground and tucking in.
> Scary! The sad part about the Corvair is that by the time Nader's book
came
> out most of the problems had been corrected and the final cars were
great, or
> so I'm told.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72MGB
> 66Mustang
The only bad thing i can remember about the Corvairs was that the engine
leaked more oil than any engine i ever saw.
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