<VV> Another slam on Corvair.

[Ron]

On the unibody, Corvair followed Nash and can't claim any first there.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Burkhard" <burkhard at rochester.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Another slam on Corvair.


> Wow... That's a "slam"?  You guys are too sensitive.  The innovative (for 
> the time) unibody chassis is still being produced today and has become the 
> norm in the light duty passenger car (non-truck) market.  The Corvair was 
> plenty innovative, but is no longer being produced, nor have a slew of 
> copycat rear-engined aircooled derivatives and successors taken its place. 
> It's a statement of facts, not a slam.
>
> Yes, *individual* Corvairs still exist a plenty and the parts market is 
> pretty decent, but that's not what they weretalking about.
>
> Jim Burkhard
>
> mark bashara wrote:
>> While watching the Barrett Jackson auction a couple of nights ago, I was 
>> very disapointed in a comment one of the TV announcers made. The guy was 
>> talking about the advent of unibody's and mentioned the Chrysler cars and 
>> so on. In doing so he also mentioned the Corvair, followed by the unibody 
>> lasted, the Corvair didn't. I will never understand why people always 
>> seen determined to give the Corvair bad press and never the credit I 
>> believe it deserves. It appears that when you own a Corvair you must 
>> always be prepared to defend all the false and misrepresented facts about 
>> what I believe is a great car. I'm willing to bet the Corvair will be 
>> around long after all the skeptics.
>
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