<VV> Driving While Pre-occupied ~ Was : Corvair Offered First-In-Class Infant Storage - pic says it all

[Charlie]

As Einstein said, if you're kissing a girl while driving your car (or
someone else's), you're just not paying enough attention to the girl!

Was he right about that?

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
Bill Hubbell via VirtualVairs
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 10:28 AM
To: Charlie
Cc: <moreheadscott at yahoo.com>; Virtual Vairs
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Offered First-In-Class Infant Storage - pic says
it all

Yes.  I have previously reported how, in the spring of 1973, while 500 miles
from home, I foolishly allowed my buddy to borrow my 1963 Corvair Monza
sedan to go for a joyride with a girl he had met.  He paid more attention to
the girl than to the road and ran up an inclined embankment and flipped the
car.  It shattered the windshield but popped the backlight out in one piece.
I had little money to fix it, so we placed the backlight on the front, along
with about 4 inches of aluminum flashing (the backlight is not as tall as
the windshield) secured it with duct tape and drove the 500 mile home that
way (plastic sheeting covering the rear opening. 

The windshield wipers actually worked. 

We were lucky to have no stone chips on the way home

Bill Hubbell. 

On Dec 29, 2014, at 2:57 PM, Charlie via VirtualVairs
<virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote:

This well-informed reporter figured that the wrap-around "windshield" was in
the front, further evidence being the louvers that cooled the engine, which
was obviously up front, hence the "second-to-none forward view of the road"?

Has anyone ever used that rear window for the front windshield in any custom
cars, and would the visibility be distorted if used that way?

Charlie


-----Original Message-----
From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
moreheadscott--- via VirtualVairs
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2014 7:47 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Corvair Offered First-In-Class Infant Storage - pic says it
all

http://gmauthority.com/blog/2014/12/1960-chevy-corvair-offered-first-in-clas
s-infant-storage-solution-a-touch-of-innovation/