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2 minutes ago, JimCost2014 said:

I would think Pinto bashing is an acceptable topic in any GM forum😂🤣🤣😂😬

Oh, heck, let's not speak of the Corvair ... My Nanny had one, I loved it! :D
I still love that car!
My Mom sent me the receipt from when she bought it - treasured memories ...

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5 minutes ago, MikeBMW said:

Oh, heck, let's not speak of the Corvair ... My Nanny had one, I loved it! :D
I still love that car!
My Mom sent me the receipt from when she bought it - treasured memories ...

The Corvair was GM's attempt at a mid-engine car to compete with Porches, and other in the lower Trans Am series.

The Turbo versions are worth a lot of money these days.

Chevrolet designed a car that deviated from traditional American norms of design, powered by an air-cooled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine with many major components in aluminum. The engine was mounted in the rear of the car, driving the rear wheels through a compact transaxle. Suspension was independent at all four wheels. Bodywork used monocoque rather that body-on-frame construction. The tires were a wider, low-profile design mounted on wider wheels. The styling was unconventional for Detroit, with no tail-fins or chrome grille. Its engineering earned numerous patents. Time magazine put Ed Cole and the Corvair on the cover, and Motor Trend named the Corvair as the 1960 "Car of the Year".

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1 minute ago, JimCost2014 said:

The Corvair was GM's attempt at a mid-engine car to compete with Porches, and other in the lower Trans Am series.

The Turbo versions are worth a lot of money these days.

Chevrolet designed a car that deviated from traditional American norms of design, powered by an air-cooled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine with many major components in aluminum. The engine was mounted in the rear of the car, driving the rear wheels through a compact transaxle. Suspension was independent at all four wheels. Bodywork used monocoque rather that body-on-frame construction. The tires were a wider, low-profile design mounted on wider wheels. The styling was unconventional for Detroit, with no tail-fins or chrome grille. Its engineering earned numerous patents. Time magazine put Ed Cole and the Corvair on the cover, and Motor Trend named the Corvair as the 1960 "Car of the Year".

I have a pic of me, as a kid, by the Corvair from long ago.
I'll have to search it up, and the receipt.
I'll post it in the off-topic forum for a Corvair thread when I get it all sorted. :)

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10 hours ago, poconojoe said:

That's crazy! I don't blame your wife. That had to be scary!

What's the deal? A defective suspension from the factory?

Has anyone else had this problem? 

I think if this was common it would be well known. 

I don't doubt you from your description, but it seems unique. I would have brought it back to the dealer for them to explain what was wrong. 

Anyway, what mods did you do to correct it? 

 

What is wrong is a half ton truck sprung to carry a full ton and price point shocks along with a crazy dose of castor. It is aggravated with the RCSB models as the wheelbase is shorter. I fit new springs and King shocks front and back, dialed back the castor to 2* and problem solved. While I was at it, dropped it 1/4. 

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2 hours ago, JimCost2014 said:

Come on now, how many Pinto's actually exploded from having an exposed gas tank at the rear of the car🤣😂🤣😂

 

Look how much money Ford saved by literally "chopping" a foot off that car.

I actually had the Corvair in mind :P 

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1 hour ago, Grumpy Bear said:

 

What is wrong is a half ton truck sprung to carry a full ton and price point shocks along with a crazy dose of castor. It is aggravated with the RCSB models as the wheelbase is shorter. I fit new springs and King shocks front and back, dialed back the castor to 2* and problem solved. While I was at it, dropped it 1/4. 

 

11 hours ago, poconojoe said:

That's crazy! I don't blame your wife. That had to be scary!

What's the deal? A defective suspension from the factory?

Has anyone else had this problem? 

I think if this was common it would be well known. 

I don't doubt you from your description, but it seems unique. I would have brought it back to the dealer for them to explain what was wrong. 

Anyway, what mods did you do to correct it? 

A little off topic, but close, I can get the front tires off the ground with the factory Rancho's going over speed bumps at slow speeds. Kind of like a bunny hop.

The Z71 has a very stiff suspension, does not like the washboard type freeways either.

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MikeBMW Senior Enthusiast

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Just put on a few 35x12.5x18s with, I think, about an extra 150 ponds.
Settles it down a bit. :D

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12 hours ago, Grumpy Bear said:

I actually had the Corvair in mind :P 

Yes, us older folks got that reference. Maybe the younger crowd didn't. 

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Found this pic of my truck recently I forgot I took after a quick wash. Thinking I may have posted before, but still looks the same. 

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14 minutes ago, Ge0rge said:

Looks good in white!!


Thank you!

 

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16 minutes ago, Ge0rge said:

Looks good in white!!


Thank you!

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