<VV> Modern Corvair vs. mundane FWDs

[Charles Lee]

The Corvair was beautiful then and still is, and a new "retro" version would 
be unique because it would NOT have the antiquated FE/RWD package.

A "retro" Corvair would be beautiful in its own right, not just because it 
looks like the car you had in high school.

I get annoyed at people who like the 60s Ford Falcons and put them in the 
same category as the Corvair, simply because they're "old" !

The Corvair is a "classic" for so many more reasons than other cars of that 
era !

OK, I'm finished (for now)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <scottygrover at aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: <VV> Modern Corvair vs. mundane FWDs


> He was possibly thinking of the Chrysler Airflow (also DeSoto) which is, 
> to
> my mind, one of the ugliest cars around.  I don't think the Volkswagen had
> come over at that time.
> But the Tatra---the inspiration for the VW, and better styled as well  as
> being aerodynamic--now that's beautiful, if rather strange-looking, and so
> is  the '53 Studebaker coupe, which is still in demand for cars trying for
> Bonneville records. Corvairs are, in their way, aerodynamic--it's just 
> that
> the  prow wants to ride higher when it should be digging in for more air 
> flow
> OVER  the car (like old-time battleships with the ram on the prow.)
>
> Scotty
>
>
> In a message dated 1/19/2010 6:51:31 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> airvair at earthlink.net writes:
>
> And as  far as modern cars being mundane, like Gordon Buehrig (the stylist
> of
> the  coffin-nose Cord) said about it, "aerodynamics makes for lousy
> styling."
>
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