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Old 10-15-2013, 05:36 PM   #2267
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Originally Posted by laborsmith View Post
I can't help it, I have to jump in here with a truly irrelevant fact.

In 1969 the last Corvair (#6000) was scheduled to roll off the line. The press corps was present and the time arrived to start the engine and drive it the last few feet, off the line.

You guessed it: the last Corvair to actually be assembled, did not start. That was #6000, and it has truly disappeared from history.

I could not help myself, I had to post this. If there is any question, I am a Corvair fanboy.

Laborsmith
was that the car that could fly..
had so much lift that at high speed rear end would lose weight... LoL
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