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[Hugo Miller]

Article in Hemmings on this topic;                                      
                                                                         
                            
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2019/08/30/an-affordable-classic-chevrolets-second-generation-corvair/?refer=news&utm_source=edaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019-08-30


On 2019-08-30 18:05, James P. Rice via VirtualVairs wrote:
> All:  Several years ago I wrote a article for the Communique about 
> "Who
> Killed the Corvair?"  Lots of people think Nader did it.  But this is 
> wrong.
> Lee Iacocca did it with the Falcon and then the Mustang.  But its 
> creator,
> Ed Cole, signed off the "do not do any more development" death paper 
> work on
> a known date in history.
>
> GM was in a rush to get the Camaro and the 2nd generation Chevy II in
> production.
>
> There are lots of details missing from this post, but the info is 
> available
> if you go and look for it.
>
> The NHTSA document is also very telling, and is the "PS" to the tale, 
> as Ken
> and other post indicate.
>
> The CPF Presentation at last month's convention with the GM film and 
> the
> aged Jim Musser was worth the trip.  I first saw it at Detroit's 
> convention
> in 1079.   New info to me was GM invited Nader to the GM Tech center 
> and
> showed him the film.   He, knowing the engineering and thus the truth 
> about
> EM handling, went out and continued the lie.
>
> Historically Yours,
>
> 		James Rice
>
>
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