Corvair 140: Dogwood Show and Shine

The Chevrolet Corvair is a pump that many mistake for a Camaro. Living under a name like that did no good for the sales of the Corvair. These cars were not only commonly mistaken for their higher up but also they were constantly misunderstood.

Many people looked at the Corvair and saw a smaller more affordable Camaro, but were they ever so wrong with what this car really was. This Corvair, with correct tire pressure and maintenance, was rival only to the Porsche 911 and fiat 500 abarth.

To the surprise of to many, the engine of this car was located in the trunk. When Camaro drivers would place their smuggled goods in the trunk of their rig, easily assumed as the stashing place for recreational goods by the local PD.

These Corvair drivers, took the next step in penitentiary avoidance and put their "golf clubs" up front where everyone assumed the engine was.

Knowing that Chevrolet had this in mind and kept the American public in check with their own built in anti-pen specific features, this gives a better understanding of what the company was really shooting for with this car, they left the high class Corvette and Camaro driving citizens hanging while giving the little guy a break. interesting more Chevy, interesting

This type of thing is what makes or breaks a company. Chevrolet took the common problem of getting caught with goods in the trunk and kept their loyal costumers loyal by watching their back and loving them, when they needed it most.

And while digging deeper it seems they were not only looking out for their costumer but they were looking out for themselves because in reality how much of the economy back in the sixties was boosted by the import, export, and transportation of recreationals. Not that I'm trying to relate Chevrolet to the drug problems of north America, but its hard to think they weren't thinking about this at least a little bit when designing this car.

so here is it, the one thing that this car has that took costumers from state pen parties to penthouse parties, from the slums, to still-houses, and from orange soda to Orange-Cardamom Madeleines, the rear mounted engine of the Chevrolet Corvair.

Joshua Sewell
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