<VV> Nader and Corvair

[Harry Yarnell]

It is my understanding that GM was to discontinue the Corvair after the '67
year. When Ralph's book came out, it was decided to continue production thru
'69 to save face, hence the comment on the '69.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <RoboMan91324@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>; <dkeillor@ultrex.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:03 PM
Subject: <VV> Nader and Corvair


> HUH??  I fail to see the logic in this statement.  How was "Ralphie" in
any
> way responsible for the '69 (or any other year) Corvair?  If you are
saying
> that his book influenced the development of the LM with its improved
suspension,
> that wasn't the case.  The LM preexisted the "Unsafe at any Speed" book
which
> was first printed in 1965, I believe.  The design of the LM certainly
started
> well before the book was printed.
>
> DOC
> '60 Vette; '61 Rampside; '64 Spyder; '65 Greenbrier; '66 Corsa; '67 Nova
SS;
> '68 Camaro ragtop
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In a message dated 03/03/04 2:06:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> virtualvairs-request@corvair.org writes:
>
> > Message: 11
> > From: Dave Keillor <dkeillor@ultrex.com>
> > To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> > Subject: RE: <VV> Nader and Corvair
> > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 15:43:19 -0600
> >
> > I'm pro-Corvair and pro-Nader.  Although I disagree with the man on
almost
> > everything, were it not for Raphie, my '69 Corvair would not exist.
Thanks,
> > Ralph, you did do something positive for mankind even though it was
> > unintended.
> >
> > Dave
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