The best thing about this whole training film was the 1960 Corvair 700 2 door coupe what a beauty & no optional side view mirror thanks for the video on this unique , & safe Corvair from 1960 .& I own 3 in the year 2022 all tag, licence , & insured & still driving them.
My first grade teacher drove a Corvair until about a year before I started school. After that, she spent about 6 months in a coma after the car spun out in an oil slick. I don't know if pre-1965 Corvairs without the 1964 suspension mods handled oil slicks any worse than any other car; it's a much different situation than the ones that were known for bringing out the dangers of the car. But I suspect that any rear-engine car would be harder to control in an oil slick than most front engine cars. Anyway, her next car was a Camaro.
My best friend was given a Corvair when we graduated in 67. Her father was a Chevy man. We just loved tooling around in it, and thought it was adorable. Got lots of attention from the guys, lol. We never gave a thought to safety.
That salesman at the beginning not only didn't make the sale, he failed as a man by not getting , or at least trying to get, that hottie's phone number.
Corvairs were not unsafe, drivers were. As a first year driver, I drove one all summer in '73 without risk or difficulty. Did you folks know only one chapter in "Unsafe at any Speed" was dedicated to the Corvair? Did you know during the congressional hearings in 1966 on automobile safety, Ralph Nader, while testifying owned and drove a 1964 Corvair? Imagine Subaru or Chevy bringing this car back with a water cooled boxer engine and optional, driver engaging, 4WD as was offered by Subaru in 1980-1984.
@@friendofdorothy9376 Yes. You needed to have different air pressures in the front and rear tires. This necessity was eliminated with the second generation, 1965, corvairs. The real problem was the swing axle as opposed to IRS. You could get pronounced over steer if cornering too sharply. The corvair was still safe with this. It was the beetle that really had an oversteer problem with their rigid swing axles, having only one pivot point. That was never a concern either as I had a bug (P.O.S.). It was having the only thing in front of you in a head on collision was the spare tire, gas tank and electrical wiring bus!
One of Henry Ford II's deathless remarks, "Small cars mean small profits," (and small commissions) explained why salesmen weren't too thrilled at selling compacts, period, to men or women.
No they didn't!They had cast iron barrels for the pistons , If the Vega would have had steel sleeves they would have had a longer engine life & a bigger radiator would have helped as well, & the later model Vega went with the Pontiac Iron Duke engine but that was to late to save the Vega.
@@BigEightiesNewWave "She stilll has a natural instinct to want to depend on a man..." I mean, today everything is considered sexist, but when something really IS sexist, let's acknowledge it. Gives us more credibility when we disagree that's something is sexist.
@@HongrySheep The only fact is You don't don't know anything about the Corvair FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like Nader You'll be proved wrong FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Women didn't know anything about cars in 1960! Anyone recognise the voice on the film? its Samantha Stevens from Bewitched! There is one women that wouldn't be caught dead in a Corvair, she would be driving a Cadillac! (sponsored for the voice over!)
+Renaissance Man A widow is a woman whose husband died. If you believe myth that the Corvair was unsafe, that would mean that the woman is the one that dies, not her husband. So no, I don't know what you mean.
The best thing about this whole training film was the 1960 Corvair 700 2 door coupe what a beauty & no optional side view mirror thanks for the video on this unique , & safe Corvair from 1960 .& I own 3 in the year 2022 all tag, licence , & insured & still driving them.
My first grade teacher drove a Corvair until about a year before I started school. After that, she spent about 6 months in a coma after the car spun out in an oil slick. I don't know if pre-1965 Corvairs without the 1964 suspension mods handled oil slicks any worse than any other car; it's a much different situation than the ones that were known for bringing out the dangers of the car. But I suspect that any rear-engine car would be harder to control in an oil slick than most front engine cars. Anyway, her next car was a Camaro.
My best friend was given a Corvair when we graduated in 67. Her father was a Chevy man. We just loved tooling around in it, and thought it was adorable. Got lots of attention from the guys, lol. We never gave a thought to safety.
That salesman at the beginning not only didn't make the sale, he failed as a man by not getting , or at least trying to get, that hottie's phone number.
Times have changed. LOL Was surprised by the swearing.
Wow..the 'potty mouth' of the salesman! 'Hell' and 'Damn'? I know this was 1960, but still seems a little surprising! LOL
This filmstrip was only intended for the swinging dicks to see.
Cool video, thanks for upload!
Just ask your prospect, would it Ki11 you to buy a Corvair?
That guy couldn't sell ice water to people in satan's resort.
Look lady, it's got wheels, what else do you want?
Now sign here.
1:50 Woah, Bugle Podcast theme!
Corvairs were not unsafe, drivers were. As a first year driver, I drove one all summer in '73 without risk or difficulty.
Did you folks know only one chapter in "Unsafe at any Speed" was dedicated to the Corvair?
Did you know during the congressional hearings in 1966 on automobile safety, Ralph Nader, while testifying owned and drove a 1964 Corvair?
Imagine Subaru or Chevy bringing this car back with a water cooled boxer engine and optional, driver engaging, 4WD as was offered by Subaru in 1980-1984.
Not that it matters Nader was a 1962 model Corvair.
I’ve always read that the early years were really only unsafe if the correct tire pressure was not religiously maintained
@@friendofdorothy9376 Yes. You needed to have different air pressures in the front and rear tires. This necessity was eliminated with the second generation, 1965, corvairs. The real problem was the swing axle as opposed to IRS. You could get pronounced over steer if cornering too sharply. The corvair was still safe with this. It was the beetle that really had an oversteer problem with their rigid swing axles, having only one pivot point. That was never a concern either as I had a bug (P.O.S.). It was having the only thing in front of you in a head on collision was the spare tire, gas tank and electrical wiring bus!
First car wreck I was in I was a passenger in one of those death car's in the seventies! I was about thirteen or fourteen years old!
It's a "death car" but you're still alive all these years later??
Wow...just...wow
One of Henry Ford II's deathless remarks, "Small cars mean small profits," (and small commissions) explained why salesmen weren't too thrilled at selling compacts, period, to men or women.
Did GM have the same trouble with the Corvair aluminum engine they later had with the Vega?
No they didn't!They had cast iron barrels for the pistons , If the Vega would have had steel sleeves they would have had a longer engine life & a bigger radiator would have helped as well, & the later model Vega went with the Pontiac Iron Duke engine but that was to late to save the Vega.
We can do without the animated preview. Please don’t use it again.
Showing the underbelly of the car in the sales video...what a prediction it makes!
Good Lord!
1961-63 she bought a monza cpe with automatic transmission
"Hard bitten career woman..."
Yes, they are.
That computer voice at the beginning and end was annoying. Either use a real human for your voiceover or don't have it at all.
I agree. The computer voices are stupid and degrading to the viewer.
An instructional video that manages to be both progressive and sexist at the same time.
that is an opinion only not a fact.
@@BigEightiesNewWave "She stilll has a natural instinct to want to depend on a man..." I mean, today everything is considered sexist, but when something really IS sexist, let's acknowledge it. Gives us more credibility when we disagree that's something is sexist.
I see Ralph Nader's lies still live on in the minds of some of the people making comments here.
These corvairs were death traps; front end problems causing crashes, injuries. (from recollections)
no way i have a 62 just learn how to drive
You got lucky. My cousin almost died in HIS corvair.....mfg. defect....FACT!
they most certainly did not have front end problems, the problem was with the swing axle in the back
an thats not a problem with new radials bias plys were not for them .
@@HongrySheep The only fact is You don't don't know anything about the Corvair FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just like Nader You'll be proved wrong FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Women didn't know anything about cars in 1960! Anyone recognise the voice on the film? its Samantha Stevens from Bewitched! There is one women that wouldn't be caught dead in a Corvair, she would be driving a Cadillac! (sponsored for the voice over!)
2:56 Not a great look for a Corvair.
Incorrect, the correct car for a woman is a Falcon.
had one a 63 falcon corvairs are far better so good i now have 6
Chevy Corvairs: unsafe at any speed.
a lot of women who bought Corvairs ended up being widdows if you know what I mean
+Renaissance Man A widow is a woman whose husband died. If you believe myth that the Corvair was unsafe, that would mean that the woman is the one that dies, not her husband. So no, I don't know what you mean.
+Daniel McLean thank you
The women would have ended up being corpses. Their husbands would be widowers.
Sheriff 001 How?
orion deschamps The women driving them will die. The Corvair had serious safety issues.