<VV> Corvair smog issues

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/18/2010 8:15:06 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
tony.underwood at cox.net writes:

But  since the initial decision to cease production first came down 
the pike in  1966, long before the smog factor had become a genuine 
issue, it seems  unlikely that any emissions issues were to have had 
any sort of serious  effect on GM's decisions to kill the 
car.    Let's also not  forget that the 'Vair was retrofitted with 
smog gear only AFTER the  initial decision to cease production was 
made... and production still  continued for almost 3 more years.
 
Tony - That isn't true. In mid-1965 all California Corvairs (with a  couple 
of small exceptions) were produced with smog pumps. And those were  
designed in the year or two preceding release. The GM engineers - knew what  a pair 
the Corvair smog equipment was - way before 1966. Believe me, a 1966 140  
Smog motor was a pain to work on! A little less of a pain for most of them  
today. <grin> 
 
Seth Emerson