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Re: Embarrassed to show drivers?

To: Allen Nugent <A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Embarrassed to show drivers?
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:53:18 -0700
Cc: jguy@erinet.com, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: Curry Enterprises
References: <199805010348.NAA17261@sam.comms.unsw.EDU.AU>
Allen,
I had a '62 Corvair with a 102 hp engine.  That was the only car I ever
owned that could pop a "wheelie".

Problem is the weight of the 6cyl. engine behind the rear wheels added
to that effect.

Joe Curry

Allen Nugent wrote:
> 
> At 23:01 30/04/98 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Ralph had a good backing and got a lot of press- doesn't mean he
> >knows what the hell he's talking about.
> 
> And yet, the big 3 were so determined to save money on unecessary items like
> seatbelts and tires that don't blow up at highway speeds, that they had to
> resort to threats, physical violence, and frame-ups to try to get him to
> shut up! (BTW - remember the exploding Pintos, where the accountants
> calculated that the law suits would cost less than the recalls?)
> 
> If I ever get a chance to take a ride in a Corvair, however, I will
> certainly satisfy my growing curiousity about them.
> 
> Allen Nugent
> Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney  2052  Australia

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