Posted by Mel in SW Iowa on June 01, 2012 at 22:22:34 from (99.196.78.61):
In Reply to: Corvair?? posted by dave2 on June 01, 2012 at 12:32:50:
In 1969 I was attending ENMU at Portales, NM on the GI bill. I had read "Unsafe at Any Speed". Ralph Nader came to the campus to give a talk both about his book and the new "airbag safety devices" that he had encouraged manufacturers to work on. When he took questions, I ask him if it was true that he didn't have a drivers license; which he evaded answering. I then ask him if it was true that these airbag devices were blowing the eardrums out of test subjects. He got pretty mad. I thought he was an arrogant pr**ck and still do. I don't think he left with a very good opinion of me either. I always admired the design and performance of the late model corvairs, but never owned or drove one.
I did drive the M151 Army jeep that had a long travel swing arm rear suspension without getting one upside down although many weren't so lucky. I slid the M151 around corners on dirt, sand, asphalt, and concrete without an incident or accident.????
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