<VV> LM Corvair on Mythbusters

[hihal6 at gmail.com]

They have a lot of fun with their experiments and most of them are fun to
watch.

Some years ago they "proved" that you cannot stop a car from highway speed
by shifting an auto transmission into reverse. I wrote to them with the
story about the GM executive who demanded that the Corvair be able to
repeatedly stop the car from 60 MPH by shifting the Powerglide from drive
to reverse.

I never heard a word back and decided that they didn't want   their
previous experiment proved wrong. Maybe enough time has passed that they
would repeat the PG reverse experiment along with repeating the 1973 NHTSA
study. THAT would be an episode worth recording!

Wade Halsey


On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Steven J. Serenska
<corvair at serenska.com>wrote:

> VVers:
> > Anyway, for those of you who are not familiar with the show,  it is on
> The
> > Discovery Channel.  The five primary contributors on the show  select
> myths,
> > urban legends, internet videos, etc. and try to prove or disprove  them.
> My daughters love this show so I end up watching Mythbusters more than I
> normally would.  One of my favorite episodes was when they created a
> lead balloon and got it to float.  The balloon was made using a very
> thin sheet of lead and was the size of the airplane hangar in which it
> was constructed.  Another good one was when they proved/disproved the
> various myths about how to distract a guard dog so you can steal
> something (e.g., plate of meat, wolf urine, etc.).
>
> If they were shown on an episode driving a Corvair, I would think
> there's a good chance that at least one of them has a soft spot for the
> marque.  I will definitely be writing to suggest that they recreate the
> 1973 NHTSA study using a 1960-63 Falcon, Valiant and Corvair, a 1964
> Corvair, and the LM year of their choice.  Perhaps they can even execute
> some of the more ridiculous stunts shown in drawings in "that friggin'
> book".
>
> Fun.
>
> Steven J. Serenska
> Bristol, RI
>
> 65 Monza Convertible, 110/4
> 66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4
>
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