[Spridgets] Ralph Nader. . Corvair

[corvallis at peoplepc.com]

Of course, it was GM that got nailed for trying to dig into Nadar's private
life. He used the money to set up the nongovernmental organization (NGO) in
1971. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nadar
. . . bill in corvallis
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[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Brad Fornal
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 3:46 PM
To: Kirk Hargreaves
Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Ralph Nader. . Corvair

Nadar called the Corvair "Unsafe at any speed". I'm sure it was politics.
Perhaps he asked Chevy for a bribe, they wouldn't, so he killed their most
promising sports car out of spite.

On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Kirk Hargreaves
<khargreaves2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ed,
>
> You comment regarding Nader (agreed). .
>
> What the heck was Nader's issue with the Corvair anyhow?
>
> The rear independent axles flexed from the inside of the axle, at the
> differential, instead of at the wheel?
>
> Same as the older VW Beetle as I recall?  And it never came under fire. .
.
>
>
> Politics as usual. .  ?
>
> Kirk
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