The Corvair In Action

Back in the sixties I looked at the Chevrolet Corvair with amusement. It was small at a time when cars were huge. It had a little rear mounted engine instead of a mammoth front mounted V8. It barely fit four occupants comfortably where standard automobiles could hold five or six. It was also criticized by Ralph Nader in Unsafe at Any Speed for "tuck under" problems (until I read the wiki article had always thought it was the driver front fender gas tank that was the issue).



I caught a movie short this morning on TCM entitled The Corvair In Action. Watching the little car run through its paces filled me with nostalgia, and I think I actually may have considered buying one of these were I older 'back then.' A friend of my brother had one (with a dragon painted on the hood I believe) and he liked his well enough. Funny how things change: for a time I wanted a 52 Caddy, but settled on my 49 Chrysler instead.

The short!