[Hans]

I owned a 1964 Chev. Corvair 500 and loved it.
Drove like a dream on the highway - 75 Miles per hour.

[ladtx]

I had a 1963 Corvair Spyder. 1 barrel carb with a turbo sitting on top. Had it up to 120 mph on the highway once, and still had accelerator left. The frontend starting floating on me so that was the last time I pushed 'er that hard. I really loved that car.

[Delta 21]

DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

Why wouldnt everyone in America want to own the car that was "Unsafe at ANY Speed"? The Corvair is a great car.

[Black Cat]

I owned both a '63 Monza and a '65 Corsa -- both handled much *better* than the average car of their day, which were designed to just plow ahead rather than turn if you turned the steering wheel. Most cars have handling which is dumbed down to prevent incompetant drivers from getting themselves in trouble when the car actually DOES what you tell it to do. The Corvair respected it's drivers and got slammed for it.

Go figure...

[RooRoobird14]

I lived across the street from a couple (student pilot and his wife at Columbus AFB, Mississippi) in 1977. They owned BOTH a copper colored Gremlin and a pastel blue Pacer. It was horrifying even back then.

Keep in mind, the hip car of choice for Air Force pilots then were red/black Corvettes or blue Datsun 280z's. Those cars probably cost that young pilot at least one promotion--LOL!

[geege]

I think my dad's Corvair was a "62"....it was silver blue and he loved it....I was an infant at the time but I never rememeber him complain about it later on.....He said the worst car he ever had was a Renault!!!!!

[cmsgop]

We had a 61 Corvair. It was a great Sunday Car.