<VV> Another slam on Corvair.

Jim Burkhard burkhard at rochester.rr.com
Thu Jan 26 18:15:20 EST 2006


Huh? Where did I make the claim that Corvair was first?

Jim Burkhard

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

and I wrote before that:
 >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
 >were talking about.
 >
 >Jim Burkhard


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