<VV> anyone have excerpts from the NHTSA report exonerating thecorvair?

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 Front cluster gear teeth/clutch gear teeth times first gear teeth/rear cluster gear teeth = first gear ratio. 


 


John Roberts

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Thompson <dave.thompson at verizon.net>
To: 'Bryan Blackwell' <bryan at skiblack.com>; 'Ray Rodriguez III' <grymm at echoes.net>
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 5:05 am
Subject: Re: <VV> anyone have excerpts from the NHTSA report exonerating thecorvair?










Here's another one. Dave Oehlman's beautiful 8-door at the 2008 Ventura
convention autocross.

Dave Thompson

-----Original Message-----
From: Bryan Blackwell [mailto:bryan at skiblack.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:52 PM
To: Ray Rodriguez III
Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> anyone have excerpts from the NHTSA report exonerating
thecorvair?

Ok, speaking as an old person (curmudgeon), I don't care what he  
thinks :-)  However, you can tell him that early car owners think FC  
drivers who autocross are nuts because it looks like they'll tip over.

Here's my proof.  'Nuff said.

--Bryan

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On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Ray Rodriguez III wrote:

> My father (who owned an auto shop in the 60's) still refuses to  
> believe me that the claims made about early Corvair's rolling over  
> were false.  He's one of those people who believes the early (60-61)  
> Corvair's will spontaneously flip over while parked =P.  I was  
> wondering if anyone had anything really convincing I could show  
> him...  I was tempted to buy the full 134 page NHTSA report but  
> apparently it's rather costly.


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