<VV> Libeled again!

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

... and the Kaiser Darrin, the Nash Metropolitan (not exactly "sporty", but 
 wore an American nameplate)...
;-)
Lonzo
 
 
In a message dated 10/2/2011 6:26:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jvhroberts at aol.com writes:


Well, there was the Crosley Hot Shot...



John  Roberts




-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Lee  <chaz at properproper.com>
To: 'Ramon Rodriguez III'  <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>; virtualvairs  
<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 9:47 pm
Subject:  Re: <VV> Libeled again!


My mistake !  

I figured  anyone who knows anything about cars would assume that "American"
was  implied, since there are dozens of European "sporty" cars that are  
true
"sports" cars (2-seaters) before the Corvair.

The important  point that gets missed is that, among ALL the other cars,
Corvettes,  T-Birds, MGs and Deusenberg SJ "Torpedo" Phaetons, most were
designed for  the expensive sports car market.

The Corvair targeted the "economy"  market, and took the "sports" car world
by surprise, first because it  handled like a sports car, but was NOT
supposed to be a "sports" car, and  second because it had a (REAL) back set!

What else did the Corvair do  first, especially in its bracket ?

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 3:46  PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> Libeled  again!

I agree on all these points.  I'm aware the T-bird was a  poor performer and
expensive, the Corvette was a good performer but  expensive, tons of foreign
cars were both sporty and  affordable....

My point was simply that the Corvair wasn't the "first  sporty car"...
anybody could shoot that statement full of holes.  My  concern is that if we
try to counter all the horrible falsehoods about  Corvairs with statements
that can quickly be proved incorrect we are not  helping anybody.

I certainly don't mean any offense to anyone, all of  us make mistakes... 
I'm
REALLY good at it myself!

The sporty car  with a back seat was certainly significant, but I don't 
guess
it was the  first in the world... I suppose it was the first in the US =)

Ray  R.


On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 6:25 PM, BBRT <chsadek at comcast.net>  wrote:

> 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
>
>


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