<VV> Porch involvement

[Brent Fullard]

Actually I think it was Porsche who copied the Chevrolet Corvair. Ask
yourself, who was the first with a four door?

Brent Fullard



> 
>  I've had VW guys try to tell me that chevy copied vw, and Porsche guys tell
> me that chevy copied Porsche!
>  
> I think these MYTH's started with some small truths. According to a article
> from 1974  in "Special Interest Auto's" , GM did get "some" help from the Karl
> Schmidt foundry in Germany, when
> setting up the manufacturing techniques for the then new low pressure
> permanent mold process used for casting the aluminum parts. Also, when the
> engine was being designed, Gm engineers "surveyed the literature" (like all
> good engineers do) , looking at a variety of then current air cooled engines
> with a particular interest in typical exhaust valve temperatures. This is the
> "small truth" that has
> been exaggerated and spun into "chevy copied vw". The "Chevy copied Porsche"
> myth comes from the 356 w/corvair engine stuffed in it.
>  
> Kevin Nash
>