One of the Corvair's biggest problems was shared with the VW Type 1, if
you took out the spare tire and didn't replace it you could pop
wheelies, which didn't do much for positive steering. The others that I
had direct experience with were that the heater boxes could rot out in
such a way that exhaust gases could be pumped directly into the
passenger compartment, and the steering column was not collapsible, (not
sure about that last one but it didn't look like it was on the early
model a buddy and I took apart). All of these defects were fixed as
they were discovered, and by the last year of manufacture the car was
pretty good. Probably much safer than a VW. All VW models shared a
number of safety design flaws that could cause serious injuries, even if
the driver and front passenger were securely strapped in. When rear
ended wearing the seat belt in an early VW would actually lead to worse
injuries than not wearing it. None of them were highly publicized but
then again I believe that Nader drove a Volkswagen.
Adam Maas wrote:
> On 1/15/08, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images
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>>> Excellent, Ken. Please take the stand:-).
>>> I find it very entertaining that so many people, who know so little about
>>> automobiles, are always ready to trash the US auto industry. It's been a
>>> popular indoor sport since Ralph and company kicked it off in the late
>>> sixties with another misinformation campaign.
>>>
>> Ya right. My parents owned a Corvair.
>> You and Ken are hardly non partisan participants, since you both derive your
>> livlihood from the US auto industry.
>> I'll trust Car and Driver over a self intersted PR guy any day of the week,
>> thank you very much.
>>
>> William Robb
>>
>
> The Corvair was actually a pretty good vehicle, compromised only by
> the lack of an anti-sway bar on the base model for the first year.
> 'Unsafe at Any Speed' was a load of bollocks. Otherwise they didn't
> handle worse than most vehicles of that era, and better than many.
>
> Note the Beetle and early Porsche 911's shared almost identical
> suspension designs with the Corvair.
>
>
>
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