<VV> Corvairs thru Darien gap

[Ken Clark]

I have the VHS version of the Corvair expedition I would loan out if some one would like to see it as long as it got sent back when they're done with it.  Ken Clark
 
> From: bwschug at charter.net
> To: rusecular at yahoo.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:46:47 -0500
> Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs thru Darien gap
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> On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Secular wrote:
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> >
> > Early Darien Gap Expeditions:
> >
> > The first vehicular crossing of the Darien Gap was made in
> > 1959 - 1960 using a Jeep and a Land-Rover. Upton records
> > that the exact route from the Panamanian / Columbian border
> > is unknown, possibly being by boat down the Atrato River.
> >
> > Around 1962 an expedition sponsored by General Motors failed
> > in an attempt to take three Corvairs, surely improbable vehicles,
> > across the gap.
> >
> > The British Trans-Americas Expedition drove two Range Rovers from
> > Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 1972. This was partly to promote the
> > recently released Range Rover. They had numerous mechanical
> > problem, breaking differentials due to overloading and the use of
> > over-size tires on the Darien Gap section. That section was
> > undertaken as a major expedition with British Army support...
> >
> > Source:
> >
> > http://www.4wdonline.com/Places/CentralAmerica/Darien.html
> >
> >
> >
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> Tony,
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> This article, stating that the Corvairs failed to cross the Darien 
> Gap, is difficult to understand, in light of the documentary, "Daring 
> the Darien", which we've all probably seen. I see the statement that 
> the GM/Corvair effort failed in other articles but no original source. 
> I wonder where the truth lies. Perhaps the moon landings were faked too?
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> Bruce
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> Bruce W. Schug
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