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Originally Posted by ossiblue
Some misunderstanding in this thread.
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Agreed. It was my understanding that GM originally had no intention of producing any model of the Corvair , van and step-side included after '64. Fearing ending production in the wake of Naders book would hurt sales of the upcoming Camaro, they called in some "B" level engineers to complete the second generation Corvair. They were instructed to use components already in production for other models. A lot of the suspension used on the 2nd generation Corvair have multi platform applications.
In short "Unsafe at any Speed" was the genesis of many industry wide safety improvements that are a part of every auto produced today.