<VV> Corvair a should-be classic?

[Wrsssatty at aol.com]

I continue to read the October 2007 Hemmings Classic Car that arrived in my 
mailbox on Monday and I have spotted another Corvair mention--a really nice 
one!  Jim Donnelly, in his monthly column, (page 39 this issue) takes exception 
with the policy of the Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) to exclude any car 
after 1948 from consideration as a classic.  He proposes seven post-'48 cars he 
believes should be "Full Classics" and includes the 1960 Corvair!  He explains 
his choice thusly:
 
"Bar none, the most radical, unconventionally packaged, breakaway American 
car built since World War II.  The Corvair took themes that were ostensibly the 
protected turf of outlanders and made them its own.  Where to start?  
Rear-oriented powertrain, horizontally opposed engine, air cooling, fully independent 
suspension:  It was light years ahead of every other American car.  Given the 
committee-driven product planning at General Motors, it's remarkable that the 
Corvair was produced at all."
 
~Bill Stanley



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