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sorry, the corvair died a premature death for one primary reason... Ralph. GM wouldn't work to overcome Ralphieboy's propaganda about the Corvair/VW/Porsche rear engine set ups being 'death traps'. A friend of mine's father was the drivetrain designer on the corvair project and he remembers being told in a meeting that it wasn't worth trying to overcome the negative publicity. Kind of like the 'roll over' test that the suzuki samuri failed... Brian Fye South Umpqua High School In -School Suspension Supervisor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~