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Didn't know that! Every day eh?
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I think I’m correct in saying he never actually went in one, just wrote the book, not GM as I put above, GM built it
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Just had a quick look at the Wiki page, some interesting stuff there.
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Same thing Chevy was a subsidiary of GM Father in law at 6
ft 11inches always had a Chevy
He does not look tall there but when you are going out with his daughter I can assure every inch was there
This picture was in 1940s
He and MIL were the best a bloke could have had
ft 11inches always had a ChevyHe does not look tall there but when you are going out with his daughter I can assure every inch was there
This picture was in 1940s
He and MIL were the best a bloke could have had
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Both were in the hit job.I thought that was a reference to the rear engined Chevrolet Corvair?
Could be wrong, often am!
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Ford got into trouble with the gas tank position in one model. If rear ended, it tended to catch fire. The compensation accusation was about that one.
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Had a good look round this yesterday Alpine 310
When I were building an off road beetle buggy,the book I referenced from used to describe corvair conversions,published about 1970.
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My old man actually had a corvair in the mid seventies had a fiberglass fast back conversion so it looked a little like a small charger . It was a non runner bought for about £60 IIRC he'd gone to look at at a MK11 jag ( you could buy them for peanuts too at the time ) and it was parked behind it in the garage . He sauced another engine and box from a place called DB spaes in leicester and him and his mate managed to assemble a good engine and box out of the two . And yes they did wheelie in the right circumstances as a broken bonnet catch and smashed windscreen confirmed . Sold it on for not a great deal of money only to see it touted in classic magazine about 12 months later as one of only a few in the uk at about six times the price he'd sold for 
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Taking the picture? Probably got over exited and abandoned it.
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Here's a new book, I have a copy I bought at a fly in:
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He heft his bike and was in the Alpine at some point getting his picture taken, its a small meet we do at a local pub and all sorts of motors turn up
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Nice, really like small local meets, it’s amazing what turns up.
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As with some of the previous US trucks, I find the idea of lowering them excessivly detracts. It looks plain odd, like the springs are bust. (Opinions might differ...
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Then there is always the chopped look as well.As with some of the previous US trucks, I find the idea of lowering them excessivly detracts. It looks plain odd, like the springs are bust. (Opinions might differ...
