<VV> Front engine Corvair (on Ebay)

[airvair]

I was refering only to street type cars. Drag racing cars are a whole 
'nother animal. There, nothing is as it appears.

-Mark

BobHelt@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 10/23/04 8:09:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
>airvair@richnet.net writes:
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>>I agree, Matt! FWIW why I am opposed to calling anything with a front 
>>engine (particulary if it's water cooled) and a Corvair body a "Corvair" 
>>is because it's totally against everything the Corvair stands for. It's 
>>the ultimate heresy and an insult of the highest magnitude.
>>
>>-Mark C
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>All,
>I'd like to remind everybody though that during the 1970s when everybody was 
>down on Corvairs due to Nader, that there were several well known 
>front-engined Corvair-bodied drag race cars.   The builders and owners who drag raced 
>these "Corvairs" did a lot to promote the Corvair good name and reputation.at a 
>time when popular publicity was critical of Corvairs. So in my opinion, we 
>shouldn't be too critical of front-engined cars with Corvair bodies.
>Regards,
>Bob Helt