<VV> Cadet=Corvair?

[J R Read_HML]

Thanks Bruce,

I also recall an Opel (marketed for a while in the US by GM) from late '50s 
or early '60s called "Cadet".  That must be yet ANOTHER Cadet?  Then, of 
course, there was the IH "Cadet" - small tractor.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Schug" <bwschug at att.net>
To: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>; "VirtualVairs" 
<VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Cadet=Corvair?


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> On May 5, 2010, at 2:55 PM, J R Read_HML wrote:
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>> According to this article, the Cadet project was cancelled in May of 
>> 1947.
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>> http://ateupwithmotor.com/terms-and-definitions/technology/150-macpherson-strut-history.html
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>> In September 1946, GM announced that production plans for the Cadet 
>> would be suspended. The announcement did not mention the Cadet's  sales 
>> prospects, only concerns about the availability of raw  materials, a big 
>> problem for all automakers in the immediate postwar  years. Development 
>> work continued for a time, but in May 1947, the  project was canceled 
>> entirely.
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