....where were GM's attorneys BEFORE the advertising agency started filming this little piece of liability BS ? I'm (unfortunately) old enough to remember when my dad was the local Chevrolet Dealer's Corvair guy AND our family owning over 20 different Corvairs after my dad opened his own specialty repair garage when regular production stopped. NO CORVAIR would have been usable as intended after a trip through a swamp as depicted in this television commercial. My first two cars were Corvairs (1964 & 1966) so with all that upfront and personal knowledge I'm quite familiar with the under carriage of both generations of the car. The first year models had a separate heater feed by gasoline from the tank however, the remaining years used heat pulled off the bottom of the engine via sheet metal "shrouds" that would have been smashed every time that wanabe swamp buggy Corvair slamed down on to the ground after each airborne flying attempt. BTW, for those not familiar with the heat source of a Corvair....when the "rubber O-rings" on the end of each pushrod tube dried out it allowed oil to leak on to the metal shrouds that provided the ducting for heat into the passenger compartment....hence the burning oil smell so many Corvairs ended up with..... and eventually into my dad's repair shop where many owners decided to sell to my dad instead of coughing up the $300's to fix the oil leak. Other than the oil leaks and maybe a few other quirks the Corvair was a dam good car.....just not a swamp buggy!
Great vid! But obviously back then it was a professional driver behind the wheel of that car, in the promo commercial. I'd like have seen how it would have performed with a non-professional driver behind the wheel, like an 18 year old gal driving her first, then, brand new car. And instead of moving fast through those several fairly deep mud/flood plains this gal instead had brought the Corvair to a dead stop. Then tried to move the car forward again. Rear-wheel drive car as the Corvairs were back then? I bet she would have gotten stuck in the mud, totally unable to extract herself!
Its rear engine, that's the point of this film, to demonstrate the benefit of having the weight over the drive wheels for better traction, same situation as with a front engine/front drive car
I had an old Corvair in 1972 when I was 16. Loved that car. Paid $200 for it.
REAR ENGINE, AIR. COOLED, AMERICAN ENGINEERING!!!!!!!!😊❤👍THANKS MR.COLE. I OWN A "67" MONZA. BETTER THAN MOST OF THE CARS ON THE ROAD TODAY.
I had a ‘62 Monza Spyder…
Wish I still had it…
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GM, Ford and Chrysler haven't learned much since this video was made.............
They learned how to make overpriced cars.
....where were GM's attorneys BEFORE the advertising agency started filming this little piece of liability BS ? I'm (unfortunately) old enough to remember when my dad was the local Chevrolet Dealer's Corvair guy AND our family owning over 20 different Corvairs after my dad opened his own specialty repair garage when regular production stopped. NO CORVAIR would have been usable as intended after a trip through a swamp as depicted in this television commercial. My first two cars were Corvairs (1964 & 1966) so with all that upfront and personal knowledge I'm quite familiar with the under carriage of both generations of the car. The first year models had a separate heater feed by gasoline from the tank however, the remaining years used heat pulled off the bottom of the engine via sheet metal "shrouds" that would have been smashed every time that wanabe swamp buggy Corvair slamed down on to the ground after each airborne flying attempt. BTW, for those not familiar with the heat source of a Corvair....when the "rubber O-rings" on the end of each pushrod tube dried out it allowed oil to leak on to the metal shrouds that provided the ducting for heat into the passenger compartment....hence the burning oil smell so many Corvairs ended up with..... and eventually into my dad's repair shop where many owners decided to sell to my dad instead of coughing up the $300's to fix the oil leak. Other than the oil leaks and maybe a few other quirks the Corvair was a dam good car.....just not a swamp buggy!
Thank you , Sir. Much appreciated info.
My brother kept his for hunting they were hard to hang up.
Great vid! But obviously back then it was a professional driver behind the wheel of that car, in the promo commercial. I'd like have seen how it would have performed with a non-professional driver behind the wheel, like an 18 year old gal driving her first, then, brand new car. And instead of moving fast through those several fairly deep mud/flood plains this gal instead had brought the Corvair to a dead stop. Then tried to move the car forward again. Rear-wheel drive car as the Corvairs were back then? I bet she would have gotten stuck in the mud, totally unable to extract herself!
Ther rear engine cars I'm betting not because they took them thru the rainforest and stopped several times in rivers
they are like tanks been driving them for 40 years they dont get stuck very easy water wont stop them ,,take a lot
Its rear engine, that's the point of this film, to demonstrate the benefit of having the weight over the drive wheels for better traction, same situation as with a front engine/front drive car
I don't see doining this in a falcon.
i had a falcon ..i now have 6 corvairs ..they are tough ..hard to break them
not a 62 bar in front at 023/218
You are correct!!!😮
Why did he have the window down?
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Drive it like you stole it!
the driver is wheelman status
looks safer then globalism!