<VV> "America's cheapest hardtop" was really "America's sporty-est hardtop"

[Charles Lee]

Just park your Corvair next to a new "full sized" car, and that "little car"
is not so little anymore !

People used to ask me "Why do I drive such a little car ?" 

Now they ask "why do you need such a big car ?"

Talk about expensive !  The Corvette was at least as pricey as the T-Bird.

What truly makes the Corvair unique and great, is that it was NOT intended
to be a "sporty" car, it was intended to be just-plain-cheap transportation
~ it's the owners who recognized the Corvair's unintended lot in life as a
sporty car!

I think that's the part most people just do NOT get !

"America's cheapest hardtop" is what Chevy called it ~  compare that to how
the Corvette and T-birds were advertized !

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: BBRT [mailto:chsadek at comcast.net] 
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 3:25 PM
To: Charles Lee; 'Ramon Rodriguez III'
Subject: Re: <VV> Libeled again!

Ok , you guys... The Corvette was first, then the '55 T bird..both were 
two-seaters. Neither was a 4 seat car.

Beware of the Corvair size. Back then, small.  Now? Large. You would be 
amazed. On track with Brit cars, Porch's, ALfa's, etc.. our car is big.

Take a Cadillac CTS coupe and adjust sizes and put it or overlay it on a LM 
corvair. You won't believe it!

Chuck S


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Lee" <chaz at properproper.com>
To: "'Ramon Rodriguez III'" <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>; 
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Libeled again!


> OK, but wasn't the T-bird about 2x the cost of a "normal" Ford ?
>
> The Corvair was a "cheap" sporty car that was mis-marketed as an econo-box
> that made it more affordable than the early 'Bird, IMHO.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Ramon Rodriguez III
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 1:58 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Libeled again!
>
> Small but significant correction:
>
> first AMERICAN made "sporty" small car.  Also, what about the T-bird?  I
> think I'd say it was the first affordable (and practical) American sporty
> car.
>
> Ray R.
>
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Lee <chaz at properproper.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The Corvair was the first to have a "sporty" small car, before which all
>> small cars were utilitarian econo-boxes.
>>
>> Corvair had the first small convertible...
>>
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