<VV> Corvair truck and camper ???
burkhard at rochester.rr.com
burkhard at rochester.rr.com
Mon Dec 11 13:45:33 EST 2006
> We think the Corvair met with an untimely demise, well
> the Tucker was way ahead of it's time, and a rear
> engine as well, quashed after only 50 were made in
> 1948.
Tuckers were indeed pretty cool, but I think the folklore surrounding
Detroit's role in squashing them is way overstated. Tucker the car was
done in by Tucker the poor businessman.
> I guess, in the USA at least, rear engine cars have
> nearly all been attached to some stigmata.
Stigmata? They have holes in them? Usually that only happens after
some years of exposure to salt, but it affects front-engined cars as
well.
> Why??? I am
> not sure, but seemingly every effort to produce an
> American Porsche have been trampled with false media,
> bullcrap and lies. Even the 'so-called' mid-engine
> Fiero was called unsafe, and maybe it was or maybe it
> was not,
The Fiero was fine, safety-wise. Why is it a "so-called mid-engine",
though? It pretty well fits the deifnition of a mid-engine car. Who's
quibbling with that?
Jim Burkhard
65 Corsavertible
Rustchester, NY
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