<VV> fuel tanks & Nader

[Wrsssatty at aol.com]

<There's one car that escapes the usual discussion of rear-impact  gasoline 
fires and it's the mid-year Corvette, the ones built from 1963 to  1967.>
 
Nine years ago a retired defense attorney from one of the state's most  
prestigious defense firms addressed a meeting of NJACE discussing his role in  
defending the Corvair in a high-profile local law suit.  He also touched on  
his career and other GM cases he defended.  He mentioned a law  suit 
involving just such an accident regarding the placement of the  Corvette's gas 
tank.  If I recall correctly, the 'Vette was crossing a  bridge over the 
Delaware River on the way into PA when the car was  rear-ended and ignited.
 
~Bill Stanley