Interesting video on the history of the Chevrolet Corvair.

[TheBlackAdder]

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[msongs]

1. had one, black convertible red interior. fun car but kinda low down nt

[leftieNanner]

2. I dated one of those in college!

And lived to tell the tale.

[mopinko]

3. i had one. it drove me into a telephone pole.

i had bought it from my then bf, aka hubs #1. dont remember what year, but that was 74, i only paid him a few hundred bucks.
it was in good shape, and he was pissed at hell that 'i' wrecked it. but it was the classic corvair accident.

[Hoyt]

4. My parents had one, white. I learned to drive in it. Have loved and owned small cars since.

[TreasonousBastard]

5. I drove VW, Fiat, Simca, and Porsche on the Autobahn in those...

days and loved the oversteer when you could feel it. Turning left or right was significantly different if you had a passenger.

Around here, I knew a few motorheads who installed sway bars on their Covairs and had no problems. I always figgered James Dean just didn't respect the steering on his Porsche.

[MyOwnPeace]

6. I had never made the connection......

but, DAYUM! - you nailed it - James Dean was no different than other Americans - didn't know how to handle the different handling characteristics.

[Mr.Bill]

8. That's not what killed James Dean.

He was hit by another car almost head on as that car turned onto the highway and crossed the center line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_James_Dean

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Well, that's quite different!

Thanks for the information. No amount of "handling skills" can change that!

[doc03]

7. That was my first car a 1961 red Corvair with 3 on the floor. I lost control on a turn just like the

in the video. They would over-steer and the rear axle would buckle under. I think what saved me is the road was wet
and I went off into someone's yard in the wet grass. If I had been on dry pavement, I am sure it would have rolled over. I thought the main concern was if you had a head on collision. I saw a Corvair that hit head on into a 1956 Buick, in the crash the Corvair was crushed
literally to 1/2 its length. The bumper on the 1956 Buick had minor damage. The accident was in town in a 35 MPH zone two elderly
women in the Corvair were killed.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Check out this video of a crash between a 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel Air.

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[doc03]

12. The muscle car gang that has car shows and cruise ins all time talk

about how the cars back then were built like tanks. Nothing could be further from the truth they were unsafe plus
the claim they were made out of real metal doesn't fly since cars from that era were a pile of rust in 3 or 4 years. I had a 1977 Chevy Blazer that rusted clear thru in 18 months.

[Kali]

10. I have a Lakewood, 64 I think (can't remember at the moment)

anybody interested in buying it?