<VV> Corvair on Vegas TV show.

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Ken,
    That's just one of many errors (anachronisms?)  covering Corvairs (as 
well as other cars).  The one I remember is  in the excellent movie "Mr. 
Holland's Opus".  Mr. Holland is starting  his school year as a music teacher 
and at breakfast that morning the radio  announces that the Warren Commission 
has just published its report on President  Kennedy's assassination.  This 
took place a year after Kennedy's death  which puts the time at September 
1964.  Holland drives his early Corvair to  work and is criticized by the 
assistant principal who asks if Holland didn't  read Nader's "Unsafe At Any 
Speed".  However, Nader's book wasn't published  until 1965, almost a year 
later!!  Holland ignores him and drives his  Corvair during the entire movie.
    Reminds me that some expert (whose name escapes my  old and feeble 
mind) claims that the Corvair was the contributing factor is  enabling Bush to 
beat out Al Gore for the Presidency!!  He claims that  Nader's diatribe 
against the early Corvair gave Nader so much fame in his  "Unsafe...." book that 
Nader was able to run for President against Bush and Gore  and that Nader 
was able to "steal" so many votes from Gore in Florida that Bush  carried 
Florida and won the Presidency.  Makes sense to me.
    Frank Burkhard
    Boonton, NJ
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2012 9:21:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
klundy at optimum.net writes:

I just  watched the last episode of the new TV show Vegas.
There's a very nice shot  of a 64 Spyder convertible, red with white top, 
in one scene.
One problem…  the episode is supposedly taking place in 1960.
Ken Lundy
64 Monza  Convertible
NJ

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