<VV> Well, here's a new one....

[Mel Francis]

Looks like more mixed-up old-car memories that plague the real history.....

In his memoir On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors the late John Z. 
DeLorean described the arrival of the Vega when he was Chevrolet's general 
manager. When the prototype Vega finally got to the Chevrolet managers at 
GM's proving grounds in Milford, Michigan, the front part of the car 
literally fell off after only eight miles. DeLorean wrote, "It must have set 
a record for the shortest time taken for a new car to fall apart."

Notice that this was a pre-production prototype and suitable reinforcement 
brackets were added to Vegas' front cowl attachments, so that no production 
Vegas ever suffered that fate.

But one test vehicle collapses on the Belgian blocks section of the proving 
grounds and the legend takes off.....!

Mel


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Wilson" <jwilson at unctv.org>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:06 PM
Subject: <VV> Well, here's a new one....


>
> So I was scrolling thru some random car pictures on Google Images today, 
> and
> there's a guy standing behind me carrying on a conversation with someone 
> else.
>
> I come across a pic of an early wagon, and the guy says; "Wow, is that a 
> Corvair,
> I didn't know Corvair ever made a wagon!"
>
> So I tell him; "They only made them for a few years in the early 60's."
>
> And he pops out with; "Did they break in half like all the others?"
>
> I shoot him a funny look....
>
> "Isn't that what Ralph Nader was going on about...you know, 'unsafe at any 
> speed'?"
>
> I politely informed him; "Ralph Nader was SO full of crap...."
>
> THAT'S a new one!
>
> CJW
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