<VV> Origin of Corvair name was Corvairs Again - This time its the beast of the vairs

[corvairs]

I do not understand where Bill gets the idea that this is not true. It 
has been well established that Corvair is from  "Corvette and BelAire" - 
yes, the name was orignally used in 1953 for a Corvette show car, but a 
number of top GM  people have confirmed the source of the name. Lon

www.corvairunderground.com

Dennis Nichols wrote:

>I think this is quite possible. To expand on Bill here, at the time the Corvair show car was conceived, the Bel Air was strictly a hardtop coupe (I'm guessing this design exercise was conceived in 1951-52).So, Corv(ette) +(Bel) Air= Corvair, would be a natural as the show car Corvair was a pillarless fixed-head coupe version of the Corvette roadster. The name was no doubt circulating when plans were laid for the production of our Corvair, so it was a natural there as well, with the air-cooled connection.