<VV> Corvairs thru Darien gap

[Secular]

  Bruce:

  I think Allen LaDriere sheds light on that attempt when he states:

  Around 8:00 p.m., the banquet got underway, wrapping up at 9:30 with the 
  showing on two very entertaining films from GM on the Corvair. These films 
  were following 3 Corvairs traveling from Chicago to Panama, using the 
  Panamanian Highway to its end. Of course, at the end of the "Highway," 
  lies the Darien Gap, which consists of rivers, lakes, mud, and very rough 
  terrain; but most of all, very thick jungle. Did this stop our Corvairs? Heck no! 
  Naturally by the time the Corvairs made it through the Gap into South America, 
  they were not worth more than the amount of scrap metal they contained...
  Source:

  http://www.corvairalley.com/Windmill%20Num.%202.htm

  I think the naive public perception of a successful attempt, may have envisioned  
  a Corvair doing wheelies while the driver yells yee-hawww... 

  If you think the moon landings are doubted by the benighted, take a look at these 
  folks :))

  http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/Flatearthsociety.htm

  Regards,


  Tony I.   

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Schug" <bwschug at charter.net>
To: "Secular" <rusecular at yahoo.com>; "VirtualVairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:46 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvairs thru Darien gap


> On Nov 10, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Secular wrote:
> 
>>
>>  Early Darien Gap Expeditions:
>>
>>  The first vehicular crossing of the Darien Gap was made in
>>  1959 - 1960 using a Jeep and a Land-Rover. Upton records
>>  that the exact route from the Panamanian / Columbian border
>>  is unknown, possibly being by boat down the Atrato River.
>>
>>  Around 1962 an expedition sponsored by General Motors failed
>>  in an attempt to take three Corvairs, surely improbable vehicles,
>>  across the gap.
>>
>>  The British Trans-Americas Expedition drove two Range Rovers from
>>  Alaska to Tierra del Fuego in 1972. This was partly to promote the
>>  recently released Range Rover. They had numerous mechanical
>>  problem, breaking differentials due to overloading and the use of
>>  over-size tires on the Darien Gap section. That section was
>>  undertaken as a major expedition with British Army support...
>>
>>  Source:
>>
>>  http://www.4wdonline.com/Places/CentralAmerica/Darien.html
>>
>>
>>
> 
> Tony,
> 
> This article, stating that the Corvairs failed to cross the Darien  
> Gap, is difficult to understand, in light of the documentary, "Daring  
> the Darien", which we've all probably seen. I see the statement that  
> the GM/Corvair effort failed in other articles but no original source.  
> I wonder where the truth lies. Perhaps the moon landings were faked too?
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> Bruce
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> Bruce W. Schug
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