"Nom De Plume" (unlistedusername)
05/26/2020 at 13:08 • Filed to: None
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Nom De Plume
05/26/2020 at 14:01 |
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It *is* really strange that in the early ‘60s Ford were offering a cabover compact and a “traditional” compact truck on the same platform, but that thought just kind of makes me wish there had been a Corvair wagon-based ute. For perversity’s sake.
Another idle thought: since a lot of the difficulties faced by the early
Corvair were due to rear axle jacking, are the Greenbrier pickups more or less susceptible to that?
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Nom De Plume
05/26/2020 at 14:09 |
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This is kind of ridiculous when they forget to mention that cargo capacity is lost in the Corvair due to having an engine back there filling half the bed, not to mention having an air-cooled engine that is less reliable . They admit it to some extent, but it’s obviously all weight distribution . The Econoline is semi- traditional FR (the engine is next to or slightly behind the driver) , while the Corvair is RR. So the Corvair in this case is really just an American take on the VW Transporter, simply based on the fact they developed the Corvair car with a rear engine... Also note how terrible the Corvairs were and how dangerous they apparently were.
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Nom De Plume
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
05/26/2020 at 14:19 |
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Kind of ridiculous? If there was a way to act out ridiculousness they didn’t hit on it wasn’t for lack of trying.
That 45-0 test was no joke. 300lbs in the back to equal occupant weight would scare me even more driving the Ferd.
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Nom De Plume
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/26/2020 at 14:33 |
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Ferd really weren’t very good back then. I’m thankful there were so many crazy ideas being green lighted given how beige amorphous blob everything is now.
I don’t know the answer to this. I’d guess less by design or aftermarket replacement. There are a lot of remaining examples being driven on modern roads.