Yes, the rear suspension is tricky. I have read that is was originally
developed by Tatra. The advantage is that it was stable on high-center
(unimproved) roads of the day.
>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_(company)
"Leopold Pasching took over control and in 1921 Hans Ledwinka returned again
to develop the revolutionary Tatra 11.
The new car, launched in 1923 featured a rigid backbone tube with swinging
semi-axles at the rear giving independent suspension."
"Ledwinka discussed his ideas with Ferdinand Porsche who used many Tatra
design features in the 1938 Kdf-Wagen, later known as the VW Beetle. This is
particularly evident when compared with the smaller T97 model which had a
rear-mounted, air-cooled, flat-4 engine and rounded body styling. Tatra
immediately started legal action, but the matter was not resolved until 1961
when Volkswagen was ordered to pay 3,000,000 Deutsche Marks in damages."
. . . bill in Oregon
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-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry & Sandi Miller
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 4:59 PM
To: Spridget
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Ralph Nader. . Corvair
It is plain to see that none of you ever owned or drove an early Corvair.
They
put tail happy Porsches to shame. A real bad tendency to swap ends. Sandi
and
I are lucky that It did not kill us before I learned how to drive it. The
later ones were greatly improved.
Larry Miller
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On Jul 2, 2010, at 3:43 PM, Billy Zoom wrote:
>> Same as the older VW Beetle as I recall? And it never came under fire. .
.
> It should have. Maybe it was because a Corvair could go fast enough to get
> into trouble. More likely, Nader didn't dislike Germany.
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