<VV> Uniquely unstable - David Harney....

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  Excellent memory! ....here are excerpters from an article published in 
  the Time magazine on August 20th, 1965 (Regarding David Harney & GM):

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  G.M. fielded such counter experts as British Racing Driver Stirling Moss, 
  who stoutly testified that the Corvair was safe, although a G.M. engineer 
  also testified that on 1964 models a heavy transverse spring was added 
  between the rear wheels-thus in fact improving the car's steering 
  characteristics. 

  In the end, though, G.M. Lawyer John Costanzo won by pinning the fault on 
  Mrs. Collins as an "inexperienced" driver. Though she had driven the Corvair 
  for four months before the accident, under cross-examination she admitted 
  that she had only a learner's driving permit. Her panic at the sight of the 
  truck on a narrow road caused the accident, argued Costanzo. "It had 
  nothing to do with oversteer, understeer, neutral steer or whatever.

  After 43 days in court, the jury wound up more impressed by the circumstances 
  of the accident than by the configuration of the Corvair. By a vote of 
  eleven to one, the jury acquitted G.M. of responsibility...

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  source:

  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,841982,00.html


  Regards,


  Tony I. 


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Subject: <VV> Uniquely unstable?


> This is from memory as I do not have my research, etc. in front of  me.  In 
> the video in question, 
> 
> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrMaFkLjlI_ 
> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLrMaFkLjlI) 
> 
> the second clip of a Corvair (starts at approximately 1:51 and first shows  
> a Corvair going around pylons) is, I believe, from films shot at the behest 
> of a California personal injury law firm (I believe the attorney's name 
> was  David Harney) ...