Re: repairs and obsolescence ish

On 5/9/2025 12:56 PM, AMuzi wrote:

On 5/9/2025 11:51 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 9 May 2025 08:58:15 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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Small clarification on the dates regarding Mr Nader.
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His strongest criticisms were for Volkswagen and Corvair
rear swing axles. Both manufacturers had already planned
their improved IRS models; Corvairs were on the road in USA
from September 1964, before Mr Nader published in January 1965. (Volkswagen didn't change over until autumn 1967 for
the 1968 model year)

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Not that the swing axles were inherently dangerous, except to
loudmouth, self serving jackasses like Nader who didn't even have a
driver's licence when he wrote about Corvairs. Porsche 356 Speedsters
had swing axles and many of them were raced successfully.

 Well, yes. Except Ernie Kovacs.

James Dean died in a swing axle Porsche, but I don't know that things would have been different if it had different suspension.
I think swing axles were more stable with cars with lower centers of mass.
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- Frank Krygowski