<VV> 70s Corvairs were printed in the CC a while back

[Charles Lee at Proper Pro Per]

The styling studies for 70s Corvairs were printed in the CC a while back, 
weren't they ?

I got quite a few from GM in the 70s when they were "getting rid of 
evidence" and I think my copies are now in the hands of one of our charter 
members.

Do you still have these ? (I'm sure you do, but I didn't want to embroil you 
in this without warning you first !)

Chaz






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent Sullivan" <kentsu at corvairkid.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 6:06 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> Slow Death of the Corvair


>I believe that the new-ish Ludvigsen book on the Corvair has several good
> photos of these clay models...
>
> --Kent
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Brent Covey
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:10 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Slow Death of the Corvair
>
> Havve you guys have seen the '1970 Corvair'?
>
> There was a development program underway in late 1967-'68 that got as far 
> as
> full size clays for the 'third generation' Corvair- as well as a smaller
> program in 1966-'67 for what appeared to be a small FWD car based in some
> way on the Corvair and apparently dropped when what became the Vega was
> announced by Mr Roche. The small FWD car seemed to be a precursor to the
> market the Vega eventually was to tackle.
>
> Corvair wasnt the only line in trouble at Chevy in 1969, during that 
> period
> there was talk of dropping Camaro and Chevy II instead- Chevy II sales 
> were
> nothing to shout about in this time frame either, and the Vega was on the
> horizon. GM seemed to be thinking there might be value in carrying on with
> Corvair and Vega after 1970. In 1967 Corvair sales were very weak, but not
> so bad as to be beyond redemption, it was selling at a rate comparable to
> Eldorado, Suburban and Corvette- and probably could have been revived in a
> year or two with some effort.
>
> The 1970 Corvair concept was rejected somewhere around spring 1968, but 
> was
> far enough along it would have been in showrooms as a 1970 1/2 model in 
> all
> probability, as Corvette and Camaro were, had they pursued it. The '1970
> Corvair' styling was to emerge on the 1973 Intermediates, it looked very
> like a cross between a 1970 Camaro and the 1973 LeMans, several pictures
> exist of the car in clay. Other GM engineering projects like the THM 350
> indicate the Corvair was a go quite a long time after the spring '65 order
> to just do the minimum, at some point they must have regained interest in
> Corvair after that.
>
> Brent Covey
> Vancouver BC
>
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