I bought my '66 Corvair BECAUSE of Nader. ' Figured with the bad press I'd
get a good deal on an exceptional little car. BTW, I think the '65-69
Corvairs were styled atleast 30 years ahead of their time. They still
look contemporary. But... I should have bought a GT instead... I'd still
have it.
Allen
>From: "Lind, Jon" <JLind@ColoradoSkiing.com>
>
>I agree--this event made Nader's career. It was a bald faced power
>grab, one that destroyed one of the first economical, unique and
>efficient cars ever to come out of Detroit, and set the US auto industry
>back atleast a decade.
>
>> You touched a sore spot.
>> The only thing unsafe at any speed was Ralph Nader's mouth.
>> I loved the way those early Corvairs handled, and they were
>> also great snow
>> cars.
>
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