<VV> Japanese Corvair - eyewitness

[Sethracer at aol.com]

I checked out Dave Newells book covering foreign sales - and production -  
for the Corvair. He says nothing about sales in Japan. He does indicate that 
GIs  might have brought cars over. Indeed, in 1969, I was traveling on a 
bus from  Yokoda Air base to Atsugi Naval air station in Japan. (Actually I 
was traveling  from one Air Force BX to a Navy BX.) Looking out the rear of 
the bus I saw  a 64 4-door in traffic about 6 cars behind. I was already a 
Corvair owner so I  knew the year clues. It had a Japanese license plate on the 
front, I  believe. Since all Corvairs were originally left-hand drive, and 
Japan  was - and is - a right-hand drive country, driving a huge (for Japan) 
wrong-side  drive car in any of the cities would have been a true nightmare.
 
- Seth Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 8/18/2014 3:15:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

They did  sell Corvairs in Japan.  If a G.I. had taken it to Japan, why 
would it  have a Japanese tag in the engine compartment?


~Bill  Stanley