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 boristherat
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| posted on December 28th, 2010 at 11:07 AM |
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[FS - SA] Not VW (still aircooled) - 1963 Chev Corvair
Hi All,
Have put my 1963 Chev Corvair 700 on Ebay.
Need to fund a new love.
Ebay link has all the details:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1963-Chevrolet-Corvair-700-Great-Cond-VW-Rat-Rod-RARE-...
Car is in SA, Sheidow Park 5158
Ph. Darren 0450 211 356
$8000 Negotiable
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| posted on December 28th, 2010 at 12:06 PM |
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That's a beautiful car.
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boristherat
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| posted on January 1st, 2011 at 01:46 PM |
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Thanks mate. Yeah she is. But I need $$ to satisfy my VW hunger once more.
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| posted on January 1st, 2011 at 02:08 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by boristherat
Thanks mate. Yeah she is. But I need $$ to satisfy my VW hunger once more.
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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...
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68AutoBug
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WOW
WHAT A RARE CAR....
and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....
Lee
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| posted on January 1st, 2011 at 04:05 PM |
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and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....
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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.
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68AutoBug
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| posted on January 2nd, 2011 at 12:44 AM |
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Yes,
I just read where they were going to stop production in 1966
as the car was too expensive to build compared with front engined chevy ll s chevette etc...
but after the book... and the only the first chapter was about the 1960-63 rear suspension which was improved already when the book came out....
so, GM kept making the Corvair until the middle of 1969...
also made pick ups and station wagons...
They did sell 1.8 Million of them.....
no wonder there is still a following...
LEE
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boristherat
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| posted on January 3rd, 2011 at 04:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by waveman1500
| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
and killed off by a book.... unsafe at any speed....
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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.
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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.
The Mustang actually killed the Corvair with stupidly good sales brought on by very clever marketing for what was actually an antiquated car by
Corvair standards.
Damn....I'm almost talking myself out of selling it
1959 Mercedes Benz 190
1963 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 BMW 2002 Auto
1973 Mercedes Benz 230.6
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