<VV> Bite the ignorant...
jvhroberts at aol.com
jvhroberts at aol.com
Mon Feb 23 15:09:22 EST 2009
Well, I remember the LMs being referred to at the Chevy parts counter
as the R body. Perhaps the earlies were something else.
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From: Secular <rusecular at yahoo.com>
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I maybe wrong but:
The Corvair was part of GM's innovative Y-body
("Z"-Body from 1965-on) line of cars :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair
Regards,
Tony I.
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From:
jvhroberts at aol.com
To: rusecular at yahoo.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:57
AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Bite the
ignorant...
I thought the Corvair was an R body? At least that's what the
parts
manuals say.
I think the real reason the Corvair was killed
was cost. For all that
it is, it is also more expensive to build than what
GM is used to
building, and to compete with the Mustnag, it would've cost
even more.
-----Original Message-----
From: Secular <rusecular at yahoo.com>
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent:
Sun, 22 Feb 2009 9:51 pm
Subject: <VV> Bite the
ignorant...
0D
General Motors has a pattern of killing its products just after all
the
bugs
have finally been sorted out, consuming vast resources
and trashing
the automaker's reputation. That cycle may be coming
around again,
only this time at a level that dooms the entire
organization, rather
than just spelling the end for a single
product.
Looking back, this type of thing has been going
on for decades. Time
was,
GM was an innovator, trying new
things with varied success. Let's
start
with the Corvair.
While the Corvair was an A-body, like the Chevy II
that
came shortly after, it was like nothing else GM had ever done. Rear
engined
with an air-cooled flat six, the Corvair was the Porsche
911 before
there was a 911.
Vast amounts of
engineering muscle went into all aspects of the
revolutionary
car, and when it initially appeared on the
scene, it made a case for
itself as
an economy car
totally unlike anything else on the market. What did
GM
get for
its troubles? A tarring and feathering at the hands of safety
advocates; it was later proven that the Corvair was no more
dangerous
than its contemporaries, though there were some peculiar
20 quirks like
staggered tire pressures that could bite the
ignorant...
Source:
http://tinyurl.com/bite-the-ignorant
Tony I.
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