Tag: general motors
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From the Corvair Historical Society… Virtual Willow Run Tour
MONDAY MORNING HISTORY CLASS CLASS IS NOW IN SESSION! 9-7 Ok, I know it’s Labor Day and *nobody* is really going to attend class today, so I thought we’d do somethin’ a little different. Field Trip!! Hop into our old GMC School bus and we’ll drive over the Chevrolet Willow Run assembly plant and take a tour! Chevrolet…
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From the CHS: 1964 Sales Dept Archive
Periodically, we want to share with you all interesting archival documents from Larry Claypool and the Corvair Historical Society (formerly the Corvair Preservation Foundation). In today’s article, Larry discusses a bulletin sent out to salesmen in 1964 to promote some positive press and buildouts for discontinued models. Enjoy! Often our lessons revolve around service department…
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Corvair – An Exciting Automobile
Excerpt from The Classic Corvair by Bob Helt Excitement was at a fever pitch that Friday, October 2, 1959 when the Corvair was first unveiled to the anxious American public. The waiting had finally ended. For nearly two long years we had heard about this new American wonder, the revolutionary Corvair. And here it was,…