@TheMadDooby so what put it in the back With the engine heat? That can happen in any car, but either way, I'm sure that's an urban legend, becaus there's nothing to ignite the fuel at the front. The pintos exploded because the fuel would spill onto the exhaust. There's nothing up there AT ALL for the gas to ignite.
I think I read in a car magazine of a family involved in a head on collision while in their corvair. Apparently the car burst into flames and killed them all because of the front mounted gas tank, Great saftey pick
I spent a year (1965) running around in a 64 Corvair, it was a great car and handled beautifully. The reason people had trouble with it is they over-drove it. It had independent suspension like a Corvette.
I'm guessing this ad was what got Nader started on his little crusade against Chevrolet. Bear in mind that I'm Australian, but have still heard of him. He seemed to be suspiciously silent about the Ford Pinto and its "mobile BBQ" rear exhaust. A simple $2 heat shield could have fixed the problem of incinerating rear passengers in rear enders, but Ford chose to just settle lawsuits instead
@GooglFascists >"Like idiots today who wear helmets to ride a bicycle.
If you're such a klutz you can't ride a bike without busting
your head, WALK."
Dear God. Please tell me that you're joking or trolling, because if you're really that stupid, the world is in a more sorry state than I thought.
Also, early Corvairs didn't "fishtail", they snap oversteered, and not just because they were RR, but also because they had swing axle suspension. Even seasoned race drivers have trouble with this.
My dad was a Corvair junkie as he owned several of them of which I had to work on. When I was about four years old my mother, her sister and I were driving down Thousand Oaks Blvd in Ca (about 1962) my aunt was at the wheel and she swerved to miss another car causing us to do the famous Covair roll over sliding down the road on the top. Some years later I learned to drive in a Greenbriar van.
@RabidKoala Well, I know that to make a car stand out (be noticed), it has to be seen, driven, used and BE in traffic favorably. I have never seen one in my travels anywhere, except at car shows. The people that I have met that have them say all of the problems have been worked out, but I still never see one in traffic. I hope to change that one day, if I can ever afford one. :)
@compukenny I guess you haven't read the book. The first ones had only one universal joint on each trans axle. The wheels will buckle under on a tight turn. GM changed this to two universals on later models
@fiddlerpin I make no reference to the corvair chapter in Ralphy Boy's book but. my coment was about that nut job Nader personally. Yes I read the book many years ago. Now, I am speaking from experience when I say the corvair was every bit as safe as any other car sold in the USA at the time of the book. I have owned a total of 11 Corvairs and have driven every year and body style of Corvair with the exception of the 1960.
@compukenny That "nut job" forced G.M. to stop building death traps. Hundreds of thousands died because safety didnt sell. How many accidents were you in driving a corvair? Four of my neighbors died in a "safe" corvair that impacted a tree at fifteen miles per hour so take your experience and blow it out of your ass. Only assholes were repeat owners of corvairs
@dicarlo57 Yes I have Been in accidents while driving corvairs. Two were hit in the side,
one I was rear ended by a Semi Tractor and one was my fault. I was way to ired to be driving and I went to sleep and hit a retaining wall. I walked away from each acident.
@dicarlo57 Yes I have Been in accidents while driving corvairs. Two were hit in the side,
one I was rear ended by a Semi Tractor and one was my fault. I was way to tired to be driving and I went to sleep and hit a retaining wall. I walked away from each acident.
@dicarlo57 If the fan belt was properly tensioned they worked as they should. They are tricky to adjust properly as there is a fine line between too tight and too loose. i could give you a tutorial on the oil leak problems and solutions but You most likely would not be able to grasp what I could tell you.
I've owned over a dozen Corvairs over the last 30 years and lever had a handling issue with any of them when they are driven in a reasonable manner and the tires were properly inflated.
For those who don't realize it this video is a re-mix of a Chevrolet promo film with some new voice overs to imply the Corvair was unsafe.
I am sure they were at whatever was recomended. Numbers I can't tell you because I don't remember the specs. I sold my last one about 4 years ago because I lost my storage space. Regardless of that , my comments had nothing to do with tire pressure, weight distribution or anything other than the fact that I have never experienced any handling problems that have been attributed to the cars. I have had far more experience with these cars than the average person.
I am sure they were at whatever was recomended. Numbers I can't tell you because I don't remember the specs. I sold my last one about 4 years ago because I lost my storage space. Regardless of that , my comments had nothing to do with tire pressure, weight distribution or anything other than the fact that I have never experienced any handling problems that have been attributed to the cars. I have had far more experience with these cars than the average person.
You might be interested in Ralph Nader's _other_ book, "Small on Safety, the story of the Volkswagen". Not many people read it at the time, because hippies drove old VWs and hated GM. But if the Corvair was "unsafe" it was only because it copied the unsafe design features of the VW - such as the swing axles. The Ford MUTT suffered from the same problem. Of course, all three vehicles were redesigned to eliminate swing axles and the rollover rates plummeted after that.
I have had 8 corvairs. Best car of the 60's. They are awesome for rolling round bales in the field. Flipped one over the bale, stayed running while we flipped it back on its wheels and continued rolling bales! Try that with a new car!
My first car was a 1961 Corvair Lakewood station wagon. I slid off the road in the first snowstorm of the year once, knocked over a tree (literally) with only a tiny tiny dent in the front bumper. My current vehicle certainly wouldn't survive that well! But funny vid...
ralph nader is a cum gargleing feltch goblin
asssface2000 1 week ago
@TheMadDooby so what put it in the back With the engine heat? That can happen in any car, but either way, I'm sure that's an urban legend, becaus there's nothing to ignite the fuel at the front. The pintos exploded because the fuel would spill onto the exhaust. There's nothing up there AT ALL for the gas to ignite.
crossfireplaya 1 month ago
I think I read in a car magazine of a family involved in a head on collision while in their corvair. Apparently the car burst into flames and killed them all because of the front mounted gas tank, Great saftey pick
TheMadDooby 1 month ago
lol
IstvanN1961 2 months ago
That was a compact car? I didn't know that they actually used the term compact car back then.
MrBrassboy 2 months ago
Marketing FAIL
allusernamestaken01 2 months ago
jeje volcadas. y mas
MrMarianoAlberti 2 months ago
If you read the manual it said to keep the psi in the front tires low so it wouldn't flip
AFTERNOONSTUFF 3 months ago
cute car
mark4tk 3 months ago
hilarious editing!!
cjs1776 3 months ago
I'd rather get in a crash in a corvair then a vw bug!
elwood173 3 months ago
Unsafe at any speed! Ralph NADER. I'm talking about the solid rear axle cars.
fiddlerpin 3 months ago
Of course, this video is edited to the negative. I guess I'll make one like this for the Mustang....then we will see what is said.
jfkray 4 months ago
I spent a year (1965) running around in a 64 Corvair, it was a great car and handled beautifully. The reason people had trouble with it is they over-drove it. It had independent suspension like a Corvette.
theLeadk1ng 4 months ago
The Corvair was a great little car. It all had to do with learning the characteristics of a rear engined car. I still have two and love them.
doubleagle64 4 months ago
That's very cruel.... do the Pinto next!
CycolacFan 4 months ago
I love old Chevy's! But the Corvair was a hunk of shit!
howtobible 4 months ago
hysterical
forestgreen98 4 months ago
I'm guessing this ad was what got Nader started on his little crusade against Chevrolet. Bear in mind that I'm Australian, but have still heard of him. He seemed to be suspiciously silent about the Ford Pinto and its "mobile BBQ" rear exhaust. A simple $2 heat shield could have fixed the problem of incinerating rear passengers in rear enders, but Ford chose to just settle lawsuits instead
Mechknight73 6 months ago
Great editing job!!
I'll give you 5 crash-rated stars!!
deliveryguyrx 6 months ago
Corvairs were prone to fish tail because of the rear engine.
But all you did was realize it was back there and drive
accordingly.
Like idiots today who wear helmets to ride a bicycle.
If you're such a klutz you can't ride a bike without busting
your head, WALK.
If you couldn't drive a Corvair without wrecking it, GET
A FORD.
GooglFascists 6 months ago
@GooglFascists >"Like idiots today who wear helmets to ride a bicycle.
If you're such a klutz you can't ride a bike without busting
your head, WALK."
Dear God. Please tell me that you're joking or trolling, because if you're really that stupid, the world is in a more sorry state than I thought.
Also, early Corvairs didn't "fishtail", they snap oversteered, and not just because they were RR, but also because they had swing axle suspension. Even seasoned race drivers have trouble with this.
liberalbiberal 6 months ago 2
Shot themselves in the foot? That crash footage is pro-vair
SCBianchi 8 months ago
My dad was a Corvair junkie as he owned several of them of which I had to work on. When I was about four years old my mother, her sister and I were driving down Thousand Oaks Blvd in Ca (about 1962) my aunt was at the wheel and she swerved to miss another car causing us to do the famous Covair roll over sliding down the road on the top. Some years later I learned to drive in a Greenbriar van.
dbmrhi 8 months ago
The guy that made this is a environmentalist Hippy that has a pogo stick as his sole means of transport.
THETICK77 9 months ago
Nicely done! :D
Pacolikespie1967 9 months ago
fuck ralph nader he dosent know shit i own a 1966 corvair and it is PERFECT
chili558 9 months ago
1:05 Earliest drifting video? =p
ministryofp4in 10 months ago
The Corvair should still be with us, Ralph Nader needs to go away.
RabidKoala 10 months ago
@RabidKoala RIGHT YOU ARE!! Ralph Nader was a liar of the worst level!! It's BEYOND me why Chevrolet believed them?!!
whiteribbonman1 6 months ago
@whiteribbonman1 There were some legitimate issues with the Corvair, but that media whore Nader started a career that never should have existed.
RabidKoala 6 months ago 2
@RabidKoala Well, I know that to make a car stand out (be noticed), it has to be seen, driven, used and BE in traffic favorably. I have never seen one in my travels anywhere, except at car shows. The people that I have met that have them say all of the problems have been worked out, but I still never see one in traffic. I hope to change that one day, if I can ever afford one. :)
whiteribbonman1 6 months ago
lol! nice edit make more
dellandnicolasflint 10 months ago
My parents had one, and my sister learned to drive in it, and she said it was on of the nicest cars to drive to date
roadster45 11 months ago
Great editing... but aren't we beating a dead horse? This is 50 years ago and GM has paid their price!!!
cnmatl7 1 year ago
I can't tell if this is a joke or for real.
NEILOSTRI 1 year ago
@NEILOSTRI
It's real. Its a compilation of a number of GM promotional films
compukenny 10 months ago
i guess this is a joke
cw147 1 year ago
unsafe at any speed Ralph Nader
fiddlerpin 1 year ago
@fiddlerpin Do you know if that book was published in Spanish? I'm seeking for it and I can't find it.
FURY1958 1 year ago
@fiddlerpin Ralph Nader is Unsafe,,,The corvair was a great car
compukenny 1 year ago 28
@compukenny I guess you haven't read the book. The first ones had only one universal joint on each trans axle. The wheels will buckle under on a tight turn. GM changed this to two universals on later models
fiddlerpin 1 year ago
@fiddlerpin I make no reference to the corvair chapter in Ralphy Boy's book but. my coment was about that nut job Nader personally. Yes I read the book many years ago. Now, I am speaking from experience when I say the corvair was every bit as safe as any other car sold in the USA at the time of the book. I have owned a total of 11 Corvairs and have driven every year and body style of Corvair with the exception of the 1960.
compukenny 1 year ago
@compukenny That "nut job" forced G.M. to stop building death traps. Hundreds of thousands died because safety didnt sell. How many accidents were you in driving a corvair? Four of my neighbors died in a "safe" corvair that impacted a tree at fifteen miles per hour so take your experience and blow it out of your ass. Only assholes were repeat owners of corvairs
dicarlo57 10 months ago
@dicarlo57 Yes I have Been in accidents while driving corvairs. Two were hit in the side,
one I was rear ended by a Semi Tractor and one was my fault. I was way to ired to be driving and I went to sleep and hit a retaining wall. I walked away from each acident.
compukenny 10 months ago
@dicarlo57 Yes I have Been in accidents while driving corvairs. Two were hit in the side,
one I was rear ended by a Semi Tractor and one was my fault. I was way to tired to be driving and I went to sleep and hit a retaining wall. I walked away from each acident.
compukenny 10 months ago
@dicarlo57 Oh yeah, I remember your neighbors, Humpty-Dumpty and his wife and kids. It was a tragic loss, but there was egg salad for all.......
hipcat13 7 months ago
@dicarlo57 Nope. The Corvair was fundamentally changed before Nader's book got published.
CorrosionAcres 4 months ago
@CorrosionAcres Right they had to change it. It was just awful as introduced in 60.
The redesign took care of many of the problems. I drove a Greenbrrier for a summer.
It took a lot of attention to not get in trouble, and keeping the fan belt on took keeping the rpm low. And the throttle cable, OMG.
speedsville 2 months ago
@compukenny your full of shit. Great cars dont leak oil and eat fan belts.
dicarlo57 10 months ago
@dicarlo57 If the fan belt was properly tensioned they worked as they should. They are tricky to adjust properly as there is a fine line between too tight and too loose. i could give you a tutorial on the oil leak problems and solutions but You most likely would not be able to grasp what I could tell you.
compukenny 10 months ago
@compukenny oh yea with its 30/70 weight problem
TheMythfox 6 months ago
@TheMythfox
I've owned over a dozen Corvairs over the last 30 years and lever had a handling issue with any of them when they are driven in a reasonable manner and the tires were properly inflated.
For those who don't realize it this video is a re-mix of a Chevrolet promo film with some new voice overs to imply the Corvair was unsafe.
compukenny 6 months ago
@compukenny did u make sure the tire pressure was wat the book said, 15 in the rear and 20-26 psi in front?
TheMythfox 6 months ago
@TheMythfox
I am sure they were at whatever was recomended. Numbers I can't tell you because I don't remember the specs. I sold my last one about 4 years ago because I lost my storage space. Regardless of that , my comments had nothing to do with tire pressure, weight distribution or anything other than the fact that I have never experienced any handling problems that have been attributed to the cars. I have had far more experience with these cars than the average person.
compukenny 5 months ago
@TheMythfox
I am sure they were at whatever was recomended. Numbers I can't tell you because I don't remember the specs. I sold my last one about 4 years ago because I lost my storage space. Regardless of that , my comments had nothing to do with tire pressure, weight distribution or anything other than the fact that I have never experienced any handling problems that have been attributed to the cars. I have had far more experience with these cars than the average person.
compukenny 5 months ago
You might be interested in Ralph Nader's _other_ book, "Small on Safety, the story of the Volkswagen". Not many people read it at the time, because hippies drove old VWs and hated GM. But if the Corvair was "unsafe" it was only because it copied the unsafe design features of the VW - such as the swing axles. The Ford MUTT suffered from the same problem. Of course, all three vehicles were redesigned to eliminate swing axles and the rollover rates plummeted after that.
robertplattbell1 2 months ago
@compukenny As time is starting to tell....Ralph was *wrong* about the Corvair
cmmolthr 1 month ago
I have had 8 corvairs. Best car of the 60's. They are awesome for rolling round bales in the field. Flipped one over the bale, stayed running while we flipped it back on its wheels and continued rolling bales! Try that with a new car!
deere2630 1 year ago
Funny video but I have personally owned more than 1 corvair and they are perfectly safe. and to flip one you have really got to be TRYING to flip it.
outskirtscustoms 1 year ago
i killed a datson with mine only had a small dent in the car gee an i still have it ,,,makeing a corsa clone out of it
animalcorvair 1 year ago
Haha, the car didnt break, and smashed into another car x)
stonee206 1 year ago
That footage of pushing the brake pedal, but the car not stopping. Be honest, that is really Toyota safety testing!
3619Country 1 year ago 22
@3619Country toyota still makes good cars though
h3e44 1 year ago
Niiice! XD
ActiveWorldsLunitic 1 year ago
Oh my Christ! at 1:39 scared the piss out of me....wasn't spectin that
327caprice 2 years ago
i fliped a vw but never my corvairs .. they are to low and heavy to do this easy ,,drive them all the time...great cars buy 1
animalcorvair 2 years ago
My first car was a 1961 Corvair Lakewood station wagon. I slid off the road in the first snowstorm of the year once, knocked over a tree (literally) with only a tiny tiny dent in the front bumper. My current vehicle certainly wouldn't survive that well! But funny vid...
EscapeArtistMedia 2 years ago