<VV> Re: Corvair as Sports Car

Vairtec at optonline.net Vairtec at optonline.net
Fri Sep 30 17:11:40 EDT 2005


I wrote [re Corvair as Family Man's Porsche]:

>>a Corvair has a reasonable back seat and reasonable luggage space while 
>>allowing the young family man of the '60s to have some motoring fun.  I 
>>think there is no such car today.

Padgett replied:

>Have you seen the "Fast and Furious" movies ? Are lots of such cars, just 
>not from GM in this country.

The last movie I saw starred Laurel & Hardy.  [grin]  Seriously, since the 
lusted-for Porsche remains a rear-engine car, I don't think the screaming 
front-drivers allow any pretense to Porschedom.  The Corvair did.

--Bob


Robert W. Marlow
Vairtec at optonline.net 



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