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TreasonousBastard

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5. I drove VW, Fiat, Simca, and Porsche on the Autobahn in those...

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 09:40 PM

Mar 2022

days and loved the oversteer when you could feel it. Turning left or right was significantly different if you had a passenger.

Around here, I knew a few motorheads who installed sway bars on their Covairs and had no problems. I always figgered James Dean just didn't respect the steering on his Porsche.

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Interesting video on the history of the Chevrolet Corvair. [View all] TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 OP

had one, black convertible red interior. fun car but kinda low down nt msongs Mar 2022 #1

I dated one of those in college! leftieNanner Mar 2022 #2

i had one. it drove me into a telephone pole. mopinko Mar 2022 #3

My parents had one, white. I learned to drive in it. Have loved and owned small cars since. Hoyt Mar 2022 #4

I drove VW, Fiat, Simca, and Porsche on the Autobahn in those... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #5

I had never made the connection...... MyOwnPeace Mar 2022 #6

That's not what killed James Dean. Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #8

Well, that's quite different! MyOwnPeace Mar 2022 #11

That was my first car a 1961 red Corvair with 3 on the floor. I lost control on a turn just like the doc03 Mar 2022 #7

Check out this video of a crash between a 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel Air. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #9

The muscle car gang that has car shows and cruise ins all time talk doc03 Mar 2022 #12

I have a Lakewood, 64 I think (can't remember at the moment) Kali Mar 2022 #10