Posted by Jon Hagen on June 01, 2012 at 15:57:03 from (69.26.17.61):
In Reply to: Re: Corvair?? posted by downsouth on June 01, 2012 at 12:46:27:
Right you are Downsouth, of all the compacr foreign cars GM could have copied, the VW beetle was about the worst choice.
Chevy backed themselves into a corner with a rear air cooled engine that could not be enlarged much if any beyond 200 CI,while Ford was in the same market with the Falcon/ Mustang with 260/289 V8's, and Mopar had the Valient/ Dart with 273/318 V8's. By the late 60's Ford and Mopar sold them with 428's - 440's while corvair still had their 164 CI 6 cyl.
GM imediatly realized what a dead end the Corvair was and quickly cobbled up a blatant nearly exact copy of the Falcon for 62, the Chevy II/ Nova.
The Corvair had the pathetic heat exchanger heating / defrost system of the old beetle, unless you bought the optional gas heater crutch AC was nearly out of the question with an air cooled car. And yes, I owned a couple of early ones, so I know how they worked and handled.
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