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1953 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe - Rod and Custom Magazine

Rod and Custom Magazine

1953 Studebaker Champion Starlight Coupe
Rod and Custom Magazine
Upholsterer Jim Stanley stitched the material in traditional rolls and pleats over a pair of Corvair front bucket seats and a handbuilt rear seat and side ...

1969 Automobile Revue: Russia Takes The Cake For Sexy Ads - Truth About Cars

1969 Automobile Revue: Russia Takes The Cake For Sexy Ads
Truth About Cars
BTW, the 1960 Corvair was the most copied car ever, but this one is near the top of the list in terms of authenticity. This one I found on the web; ...

That Mild-Mannered Car of Steel - New York Times

New York Times

That Mild-Mannered Car of Steel
New York Times
Then he got a '63 Chevy Corvair convertible, a car that the consumer advocate Ralph Nader called a deathtrap. “I had that for a while after college,” Mr. ...
FROM NASH, A MILD-MANNERED CAR OF STEELEl Paso Inc

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Moving Backwards - Chanticleer (subscription)

Moving Backwards
Chanticleer (subscription)
Remember, folks. Chevy never would have discontinued the Corvair had it not been for Ralph Nader pushing the subject relentlessly.

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A glimpse at the Ballard of yesteryear - My Ballard (blog)

My Ballard (blog)

A glimpse at the Ballard of yesteryear
My Ballard (blog)
I like the Corvair? van on the side of the building. Is that staying too? Wow, someone else actually recognizes a Corvair van! Most people who even recall ...

DeMarrais: Toyota still has fans - NorthJersey.com

DeMarrais: Toyota still has fans
NorthJersey.com
... the turn-over-at-any-speed Corvair; Ford's cruise control that starts fires in the night and hundreds of defects over the past years in domestic cars ...

There's lots of blame to share with Toyota - Marietta Times

There's lots of blame to share with Toyota
Marietta Times
GM had the Corvair in the 1960s, a car that, but for a few dollars worth of parts, wouldn't have rolled over on its human occupants, though Congress in that ...

Trade fear for facts on Toyota - Chicago Tribune

Trade fear for facts on Toyota
Chicago Tribune
34 fatalities in ten years is no joke, but lets refresh our mind with the atrocities visited on us by Detroit such as the "Pinto rolling bomb", the Corvair, ...

Toyota's philosophical flaw - Los Angeles Times

Toyota's philosophical flaw
Los Angeles Times
Recall General Motors' Chevrolet Corvair and consumer advocate Ralph Nader's "Unsafe at Any Speed" campaign against it in the 1960s. ...
The Toyota problem: Where the car giant went wrongChristian Science Monitor

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Toyota's troubles an example of consumer safety power - Toronto Star

Toyota's troubles an example of consumer safety power
Toronto Star
Thank this car: Publicity about the Chevrolet Corvair's handling problems in the 1960s sparked government action, forced automakers to take more ...

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