<VV> eBay seller insults Corvairs

Ken Lundy klundy at optonline.net
Wed Jun 27 16:48:19 EDT 2012


The ad is still running. He corrected the year.
Here's the new link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251095394845?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.
html%3F_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D251095394845%26_rdc%3D1

Ken Lundy
New Jersey
1964 Convertible




> From: Mike Jacobi <mvjacobi at comcast.net>
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:29:26 -0400
> To: Ken Lundy <klundy at optonline.net>, virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Subject: Re: <VV> eBay seller insults Corvairs
> 
> Looks like the seller has run for cover.  Ignorance just can't stand the
> light of the truth
> 
> Mike in Michigan
> 
> 
> On 6/27/12 11:18 AM, "Ken Lundy" <klundy at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
>> I also contacted the eBay seller. Here¹s what I wrote:
>> 
>> If you had any knowledge about Corvairs, you'd know that your photo is of a
>> 62, not a 61 model. Also your Ralph Nader reference just echoes the opinions
>> of the uninformed. For those who pay attention to the facts, the Corvair was
>> exonerated from Nader's claims in 1971 by the National Highway Traffic
>> Safety Administration. After thorough testing the NHTSA stated: "The
>> handling and stability performance of the 1960-63 Corvair does not result in
>> an abnormal potential for loss of control or rollover, and it is at least as
>> good as the performance of some contemporary vehicles both foreign and
>> domestic."
>> I hope you will change the wording in your ad. You might increase your
>> customer base by doing so.
>> 
>> Ken Lundy
>> NJ
>> 64 Convertible
>> 
>> 
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:47:36 -0400 (EDT)
>>> From: wrsssatty at aol.com
>>> Subject: <VV> eBay seller insults Corvairs
>>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>> Message-ID: <8CF221DF621DB28-2A24-1E827 at webmail-m145.sysops.aol.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> An eBay seller has described the Corvair as the "worst car of all time".
>>> Furthermore, he has erroneously identified the model in question as a 1961
>>> when it is a 1962  model.  I have contacted him with my observations and
>>> would
>>> encourage the rest of you to do the same.
>>> 
>>> Here's the listing:
>>> 
>>> 
> 
>">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Chevrolet-Corvair-8-x-10-Promotional-Photo-Worst
>> 
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/1961-Chevrolet-Corvair-8-x-10-Promotional-Photo-Worst>
>
> -
>>> Car-of-All-Time-/251095394845?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a7673aa1d
>>> 
>>> ~Bill Stanley
>> 



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