West Coast FanBelt Toss...

Thought some of you guys might get a kick from looking at these pics from a local All Corvair Show...

http://public.fotki.com/wackydave/car_shows/car-shows-2008/great-western-fan-b/

Peace - Out!

If that car had been more of a success, and if Nader had kept out of it, I kinda wonder what state the US industry would be in now. I always liked Corvairs.

...I don't know about industry in the U.S., but there would be a booming business for fan belts! ;-)

Back in the days when they were plentiful and an accident involved a Corvair the engine would invariably have dropped out onto the pavement nearby.

Hey guys that fan belt toss crowd is a good group. Used to vist them in Palm Springs for their regular get together. I especially like their group name. I owned two Corvairs. One bought new and needed three valve jobs (on warrenty) in 30,000 miles. Second bought used, drove 250,000 miles and sold for $1000 less than my purchase price (that is less than 1/2 cent per mile depreciation).

For 20 years of ownership, the only fan belt I ever actually threw was coming down a mountain at near 90 MPH. Did it twice in five minutes. With 13 inch drum brakes - really dumb.

Internal GM politics killed the Corvair. I was working at GM during the Nader hey-day. Two guys were fighting for the GM presidency, the Corvair was used to kill one guy off.