Allen,
I had a '62 Corvair with a 102 hp engine. That was the only car I ever
owned that could pop a "wheelie".
Problem is the weight of the 6cyl. engine behind the rear wheels added
to that effect.
Joe Curry
Allen Nugent wrote:
>
> At 23:01 30/04/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Ralph had a good backing and got a lot of press- doesn't mean he
> >knows what the hell he's talking about.
>
> And yet, the big 3 were so determined to save money on unecessary items like
> seatbelts and tires that don't blow up at highway speeds, that they had to
> resort to threats, physical violence, and frame-ups to try to get him to
> shut up! (BTW - remember the exploding Pintos, where the accountants
> calculated that the law suits would cost less than the recalls?)
>
> If I ever get a chance to take a ride in a Corvair, however, I will
> certainly satisfy my growing curiousity about them.
>
> Allen Nugent
> Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
> University of New South Wales
> Sydney 2052 Australia
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