I couldn't tell you what it is Ken, but I think it looks awsome!! Maybe it could be in a better colour, but thats just a small gripe. I think it's cool. 

Cheers,

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Ralph Nader.........

I also drove one, not just a passenger !

It reminds me of the early version of Opel Manta... My parents owned one from the second generation in the same colour as the shown classic here... We, as kids, called it vomit-brown! 

PS, the name in the filename only brings up another model of the Opel manufacturer...

It looks like a tiny floating man is about to take a golf club to the rear windshield in the second.

Boy,  isn't this the one that  the engine used to catch fire??  60's

I used to own one before I got interested in the MG Midget

General Motors' Chevrolet Corvair. The 1960–63 Corvairs had an unusual rear-engine configuration, 37:63 front:rear weight distribution, significantly more unequal than contemporary European rear-engined cars[Quotation from source requested on talk page to verify interpretation of source], and a suspension design which was prone to "tuck under" in certain circumstances and which required drivers to maintain proper tire pressures which were outside of the tire manufacturer's recommended tolerances for the tire and with an unusually high front:rear differential (15psi front, 26psi rear, when cold; 18 psi and 30psi hot). The pressures were more critical than for most contemporaneous designs, but this was not made explicitly clear to salespeople or owners. The pressures also rendered the tires overloaded, according to the standards laid down by the Tire and Rim Association, the relevant industry body, with two or more passengers on board. An unadvertised at-cost option #696 included uprated springs and dampers, front anti-roll bars and rear axle rebound straps to prevent tuck-under. Aftermarket kits were also available, such as the EMPI Camber Compensator, for the knowledgeable owner. The suspension design was modified for the 1964 model year, just far enough ahead of publication to allow its inclusion in the book; most significantly a second, outboard constant velocity joint was added to maintain a constant camber angle at the wheels. Corvairs from 1965 on were of this type and did not suffer the characteristic tuck-under crashes.

GM responded by both trying to silence Nader with a private investigation and by improving the Corvair's suspension.

freedomhays wrote on Jun 17^th, 2007 at 7:26pm:


Yeah, I was going to post a link to that site but didn't want to give it away till a few more peeps had a chance to see if they knew it ........oh well.........