<VV> yat ming corvair info on a website

[Dennis & Debbie Pleau]

I found a blue one at the toy closeout store in Castle Rock, CO last 
week.   $12.00

dp

At 10:36 PM 12/6/2004, robert harvey wrote:
> >1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
> >    * Exterior Color: Red
> >    * Body: Convertible
> >    * Company: Yat Ming
> >    * When Volkswagen began importing the 'Beetle' into the US in the mid
> > '50s, all the other American car companies saw their success, and
> > immediately wanted to jump into that market niche. Although Chevrolet
> > seemed to have copied the 'Beetle' in features, the body style was
> > completely different.
> >    * Corvair was launched in Year 1961 and it represented several
> > production 'firsts' for Chevrolet including: their first rear air cooled
> > engine, unitized body, and fully independent suspension for each wheel -
> > front and rear. Corvair rapidly became known as the 'poor man's Porsche',
> > and by the time in 1969, when production stopped, 1,786,243 vehicles had
> > been produced.
> >    * Some say that the Corvair was the most important car ever built,
> > because a few rolled over in accidents, and that caused lawyers to notice
> > an opportunity to sue and make money. When a book was published 'Unsafe
> > at any speed' by Ralph Nader, the press was terrible against Chevrolet,
> > and in 1964, a stabilizer was fitted, due to pressure from the media,
> > which people interpreted as the car had some design flaws. Sales died and
> > in 1969 production ceased, but governmental bodies around the world had
> > been put on alert about car safety, and started writing rules and
> > regulations about car safety.
> >I>