<VV> Nader and the book!

[Marc Marcoulides]

I get very good use out of my copy of the book, when I show my convertable at non-corvair sponsered events I show my car with the top down and a copy of the book on the front seat. I get lots of comments and "double takes"


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>From: "Bill H." <gojoe283 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Dec 9, 2010 8:11 AM
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>I actually read Nader's book (good bathroom reading material).  Honestly I can't say that it's fiction.  A lot of what he says was true about the American auto industry, and cars WERE NOT safe in major collisions.
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>The Car and Driver article that came out in the summer of 1969 bashed GM for the cancellation of the Corvair, not Nader.  I don't remember the name of the author, but he was angry at the men in the grey suits who didn't have the guts to invest in the Corvair as a high-grade sporty small car, which it could have been.  The Corvair had the potential to be a domestic version of a sexy Italian 2+2 touring coupe, with the advantages of a rear engine, Corvette suspension, and air cooling.
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>Essentially the Corvair was a sound design and good little car.  Had GM marketed it and invested the same enthusiasm and effort in 1967-8 that Ed Cole put into it back in the late '50s, it might still be produced.
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>Remember that back in the 1950s, interior structures deformed and crushed occupants and steering columns skewered drivers during a severe crash.
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>That doesn't have any relationship to Nader's vile anti-American politics or the fact that he's a power-hungry tyrant who stops at nothing to forward his crazy agendas.  I just think his 1960s safety campaign did benefit American (and overseas) motorists in a big way....Bill Hershkowitz 69 Monza 110 PG
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