I bought a new Corvair in '62. Boy, did I have to learn new driving
skills. The thing had treacherous oversteer. The main fix was to
decamber the rear end, ala the GT6. The '64, last of the swing-axle
models had all the fixes and handled pretty well. The '65 and later
models were all independent, like the Stingray 'Vettes. I had a '66
Corvair Corsa Coupe with the turbo engine. That little car cornered
beautifully and was a brisk drive 'til the exhaust seals burned out,
which was often, dammit.
CR
ATWEDITOR@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/20/00 12:06:29 PM, Gonaj@aol.com writes:
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> << 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
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