-> TW> driving one. It decidedly did not drive "Like your Fathers
-> TW> Oldsmobile" as they say. :-) :-) 

-> Odd as it seems the Corvair behaved as though it was
-> _overpowered_ for the weight of the car. All of the 'feedback'
-> you got while driving it was identical to what most overpowered
-> vehicles feel like with the exception of the Charger 440s. They
-> just felt like one solid chunk of iron gone insane. ;-) 

 That is right. ITF you have yuor wits about you it did give you sings
that it was going to Hurt you if you got a little more foolish. 
But dull your brain even a little bit and you were getting into very
dangerious territory.                       
Of course the same is true of ALL rear engined cars evcept for
possabibly the pittifully underpowered Fiats of many years ago.
I know I had a little Renault Daulphine over in Hawaii and you counld
get you into a heap of trouble and find yuorself going off the
road backwards.
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