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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 27 Jan 2010 13:55 On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: >> john wrote: >>> Toyota is also halting production of those vehicles as it tries to >>> contain the fallout after two damaging recalls raised questions about >>> its safety record and further threaten its reputation. From The Detroit >>> News: >>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100126/AUTO01/1260434/1148/auto01/Toyota-to-stop-selling--building-eight-models-due-to-recall#ixzz0dmPW5UDV > > Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >> <YAWN> No other car maker ever had a throttle stick. Should we talk >> about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted themselves into >> Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on the dash? >> What to see John go running for cover? CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! > > Hey, no need to get _personal_. > > Both of mine are quick, light, fun. Pretty too. Corvairs? I had one back in the 70's but I didn't know enough about cars then to bother with it. Wish I had, it was a FUN car! Had the three on the floor, er, that is, what was LEFT of the floor. Had a sign in the back of the driver's seat: Emergency Brake: Fred Flinstone style. DO NOT put your feet flat on the floor! Other than that and the usual oil leaks these things had, it was a good car. I live about 8 miles from Clark's Corvair Parts, where, if they can't FIND it, they MAKE it! I just wanted to send "john" running around in circles with his hands over his ears yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" ;) Oh, back in ~1992 I saw one, bright orange, with this massive cowling in the rear seat. The guy had hacked a 350 into the back seat to drive the rear wheels. When the light turned green he lifted the front about 8 inches! Then there was always the turbo. Yeah, they were good cars.
From: Mike Hunter on 27 Jan 2010 19:59 Saw a 63 Corvair sold for $35,000 at Barrette Jackson. I never say an old Toyota sold there, however ;) "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2010.01.27.18.55.04.919619(a)e86.GTS... > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: > >>> john wrote: >>>> Toyota is also halting production of those vehicles as it tries to >>>> contain the fallout after two damaging recalls raised questions about >>>> its safety record and further threaten its reputation. From The Detroit >>>> News: >>>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100126/AUTO01/1260434/1148/auto01/Toyota-to-stop-selling--building-eight-models-due-to-recall#ixzz0dmPW5UDV >> >> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >>> <YAWN> No other car maker ever had a throttle stick. Should we talk >>> about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted themselves into >>> Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on the dash? >>> What to see John go running for cover? CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! >> >> Hey, no need to get _personal_. >> >> Both of mine are quick, light, fun. Pretty too. > > Corvairs? I had one back in the 70's but I didn't know enough about cars > then to bother with it. Wish I had, it was a FUN car! Had the three on the > floor, er, that is, what was LEFT of the floor. Had a sign in the back of > the driver's seat: Emergency Brake: Fred Flinstone style. DO NOT put your > feet flat on the floor! > > Other than that and the usual oil leaks these things had, it was a good > car. I live about 8 miles from Clark's Corvair Parts, where, if they can't > FIND it, they MAKE it! > > I just wanted to send "john" running around in circles with his hands over > his ears yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" > > ;) > > Oh, back in ~1992 I saw one, bright orange, with this massive cowling in > the rear seat. The guy had hacked a 350 into the back seat to drive the > rear wheels. When the light turned green he lifted the front about 8 > inches! > > Then there was always the turbo. Yeah, they were good cars. > > >
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 27 Jan 2010 15:17 On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:59:51 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > Saw a 63 Corvair sold for $35,000 at Barrette Jackson. I never say an > old Toyota sold there, however ;) :p Check the price for a 2000GT... > > > "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2010.01.27.18.55.04.919619(a)e86.GTS... >> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: >> >>>> john wrote: >>>>> Toyota is also halting production of those vehicles as it tries to >>>>> contain the fallout after two damaging recalls raised questions about >>>>> its safety record and further threaten its reputation. From The >>>>> Detroit News: >>>>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100126/AUTO01/1260434/1148/auto01/Toyota-to-stop-selling--building-eight-models-due-to-recall#ixzz0dmPW5UDV >>> >>> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >>>> <YAWN> No other car maker ever had a throttle stick. Should we talk >>>> about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted themselves >>>> into Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on the >>>> dash? What to see John go running for cover? CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! >>>> CORVAIR!!! >>> >>> Hey, no need to get _personal_. >>> >>> Both of mine are quick, light, fun. Pretty too. >> >> Corvairs? I had one back in the 70's but I didn't know enough about cars >> then to bother with it. Wish I had, it was a FUN car! Had the three on >> the floor, er, that is, what was LEFT of the floor. Had a sign in the >> back of the driver's seat: Emergency Brake: Fred Flinstone style. DO NOT >> put your feet flat on the floor! >> >> Other than that and the usual oil leaks these things had, it was a good >> car. I live about 8 miles from Clark's Corvair Parts, where, if they >> can't FIND it, they MAKE it! >> >> I just wanted to send "john" running around in circles with his hands >> over his ears yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" >> >> ;) >> >> Oh, back in ~1992 I saw one, bright orange, with this massive cowling in >> the rear seat. The guy had hacked a 350 into the back seat to drive the >> rear wheels. When the light turned green he lifted the front about 8 >> inches! >> >> Then there was always the turbo. Yeah, they were good cars. >> >> >> >>
From: clare on 27 Jan 2010 20:56 On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:55:07 -0500, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: > >>> john wrote: >>>> Toyota is also halting production of those vehicles as it tries to >>>> contain the fallout after two damaging recalls raised questions about >>>> its safety record and further threaten its reputation. From The Detroit >>>> News: >>>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100126/AUTO01/1260434/1148/auto01/Toyota-to-stop-selling--building-eight-models-due-to-recall#ixzz0dmPW5UDV >> >> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >>> <YAWN> No other car maker ever had a throttle stick. Should we talk >>> about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted themselves into >>> Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on the dash? >>> What to see John go running for cover? CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! >> >> Hey, no need to get _personal_. >> >> Both of mine are quick, light, fun. Pretty too. > >Corvairs? I had one back in the 70's but I didn't know enough about cars >then to bother with it. Wish I had, it was a FUN car! Had the three on the >floor, er, that is, what was LEFT of the floor. Had a sign in the back of >the driver's seat: Emergency Brake: Fred Flinstone style. DO NOT put your >feet flat on the floor! From '65 on, they were as safe as any other, and up to '64 they were EXACTLY the same as a VW as far as the "unsafe" handling was concerned. > >Other than that and the usual oil leaks these things had, it was a good >car. I live about 8 miles from Clark's Corvair Parts, where, if they can't >FIND it, they MAKE it! > >I just wanted to send "john" running around in circles with his hands over >his ears yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" > >;) > >Oh, back in ~1992 I saw one, bright orange, with this massive cowling in >the rear seat. The guy had hacked a 350 into the back seat to drive the >rear wheels. When the light turned green he lifted the front about 8 >inches! > Are you sure it was a "hack" There were proffessional conversions. The Crown Corv8 was a fairly common one. Talk about a SLEEPER!!!!!! >Then there was always the turbo. Yeah, they were good cars. > >
From: Mike Hunter on 27 Jan 2010 21:28
You must be very young if you think a 2000 is an old car LOL "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2010.01.27.20.17.43.907845(a)e86.GTS... > On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:59:51 -0500, Mike Hunter wrote: > >> Saw a 63 Corvair sold for $35,000 at Barrette Jackson. I never say an >> old Toyota sold there, however ;) > > > :p Check the price for a 2000GT... > >> >> >> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:pan.2010.01.27.18.55.04.919619(a)e86.GTS... >>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:32 -0600, AMuzi wrote: >>> >>>>> john wrote: >>>>>> Toyota is also halting production of those vehicles as it tries to >>>>>> contain the fallout after two damaging recalls raised questions about >>>>>> its safety record and further threaten its reputation. From The >>>>>> Detroit News: >>>>>> http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100126/AUTO01/1260434/1148/auto01/Toyota-to-stop-selling--building-eight-models-due-to-recall#ixzz0dmPW5UDV >>>> >>>> Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/ wrote: >>>>> <YAWN> No other car maker ever had a throttle stick. Should we talk >>>>> about automatic transmissions that AUTOMATICALLY shifted themselves >>>>> into Reverse? and all the government required was a sticker on the >>>>> dash? What to see John go running for cover? CORVAIR!!! CORVAIR!!! >>>>> CORVAIR!!! >>>> >>>> Hey, no need to get _personal_. >>>> >>>> Both of mine are quick, light, fun. Pretty too. >>> >>> Corvairs? I had one back in the 70's but I didn't know enough about cars >>> then to bother with it. Wish I had, it was a FUN car! Had the three on >>> the floor, er, that is, what was LEFT of the floor. Had a sign in the >>> back of the driver's seat: Emergency Brake: Fred Flinstone style. DO NOT >>> put your feet flat on the floor! >>> >>> Other than that and the usual oil leaks these things had, it was a good >>> car. I live about 8 miles from Clark's Corvair Parts, where, if they >>> can't FIND it, they MAKE it! >>> >>> I just wanted to send "john" running around in circles with his hands >>> over his ears yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" >>> >>> ;) >>> >>> Oh, back in ~1992 I saw one, bright orange, with this massive cowling in >>> the rear seat. The guy had hacked a 350 into the back seat to drive the >>> rear wheels. When the light turned green he lifted the front about 8 >>> inches! >>> >>> Then there was always the turbo. Yeah, they were good cars. >>> >>> >>> >>> > |