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To: Number57

I was going to say a Rolls Canardly. You know, rolls down one hill and can ‘ardly make it up the other.

But the truth is it was a 1965 Corvair Corsa. Not the square Corvair you remember, but the cool streamlined version that drove Camaro and Corvette design for years.

Best of all was tweaking Raloh Nader who tried to tell us the Corvair was a death trap. I totaled it. If there had been an engine in the front, my girlfriend and I would probably not be alive today. Instead, the front compartment crumpled, absorbed the shock and we escaped with only scratches.


121 posted on 08/10/2008 8:02:45 PM PDT by newheart (The Truth? You can't handle the Truth. But He can handle you.)
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To: newheart
Best of all was tweaking Raloh Nader who tried to tell us the Corvair was a death trap.

Unsafe at Any Speed. Yeah, my dad could spend a few hours discussing Corvairs with you. I have no idea how many he owned altogether, but 'more than a few' is a safe guess.

My personal favorite of his 'vairs was the Bicentennial Corvair Van (Greenbriar? not sure) he painted up for '76. White with a blue stripe down the body, and something in red. lol I forget. He's got a picture, I'm sure. Gimme a break, I was 12 :p

He was a Corvair Club member for many years. Not sure if he still is, but he had stacks of their Monthly magazines.
126 posted on 08/10/2008 8:12:59 PM PDT by Number57 ("Don't quote Dickens in my apartment!"~ Joe Young)
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