cygnusx1 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/board/viewtopic.php?id=28289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boodlefoof Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Very nice. Me likey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 really nice, but i dont get it... ralph nader's hearse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strotter Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Ralph Nader first made his name known to the public by writing a book about the Corvair, "Unsafe at Any Speed". The main point: the wretched bastiches in Detroit conspired to foist an unsafe car on the American public - a car which, because of its' faulty rear engine position, would spin out on corners if entered too quickly. This "over steer" was uncontrollable by humans, and thus invariably lethal. Corvairs, possibly the most forward thinking car fielded by Detroit in decades, was effectively killed by this bad press. To be fair, the thing *would* transition to oversteer on a moments' notice, mostly due to the miserable wet-surface behavior of tires in those days. Also to be fair, many many front-engine / rear-drive cars of the period understeered to the point of plowing along in a perfectly straight line under similar conditions. It is an interesting aside to note that Volkswagen and Porsche sales were skyrocketing at roughly the same time. The convertible version of the vehicle pictured is one of the prettiest cars of the 60's - possibly one of the prettiest convertibles ever produced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPickle Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 I remember a documentory on the History Channel a couple years ago. In it, it said the manufacturer put a statement somewhere in the owner's manual recommending the rear wheels' pressure be 15 psi, but didn't ship it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy 77zt Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 looks like a very clean install-nice sleeper car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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