boristherat Wolfsburg Wizard
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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda
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boristherat Wolfsburg Wizard
563 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·
Doctor Officially Full-On Dubber
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Your Crazy! What are you getting your hands on now? Would be about time that we caught up mate, you know how to find me...boristherat wrote:Thanks mate. Yeah she is. But I need $$ to satisfy my VW hunger once more.😁
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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waveman1500 Also rides a Honda
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I'm pretty sure that the book actually extended the life of the Corvair. Chevy was going to let it go, but couldn't risk losing face by appearing to drop the Corvair due to Nader's book. So in actual fact they continued production for a couple of extra years just to spite him.68AutoBug wrote:and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
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boristherat Wolfsburg Wizard
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Yep, production continued until '69. The Corvair was only covered off in the first chapter. Criticism was levelled at almost the whole auto industry of the time. Nader also criticised VW's heavily too (as well as anything rear engined) as they had a similar suspension setup. The Corvair was later proved by an independent body to be safer than most cars on the market in the US through the whole of the 1960's.waveman1500 wrote:I'm pretty sure that the book actually extended the life of the Corvair. Chevy was going to let it go, but couldn't risk losing face by appearing to drop the Corvair due to Nader's book. So in actual fact they continued production for a couple of extra years just to spite him.68AutoBug wrote:and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....
