Eddie,
Actually the first
Gremmies *DID* have the same
fuel neck issue as the Pinto (breaks off easily,
stabs into fuel tank
causing rupture and sparks). Unlike Ford, AMC did not deny it and
recalled
all the car fast and
fixed them. Ford took the ‘deny everything’ route and suffered greatly for
it
in public opinion
while AMC’s version was promptly forgotten. This is detailed in one of Nader’s
books.
Judging by the photos
of the MB Gremlin, it appears they are firing through the car…maybe a
movie
myth?
John
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On Behalf Of Eddie
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Sent: Sunday,
September 24, 2006 8:38 PM
To:
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Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth
Busters Blow up a Gremlin with a Bazooka
That
feeds into the old crap I hear from time to time that 'Gremlins will expolode
on impact, I remember them blowing up in the 70s'. I tell people when they
tell me that that they need to clean their US bong since the 70s as memory is
shot. Use a pipe not bong, less waste. And it was not the Gremlin blowing up
it was Pintos. Most are 'uh, yea!' but a few still dont' get it. To further
pound down a point in their memory loss brain, I tell them that if they have
electricity in their trailer, and have internet, go look fro first teast case
of Ford Pinto exploding. It was Hiway 44, Agnes street near where I gre up in
Corpus Christi, Texas, and Ford was held liable for it. Three girls died when
their Pinto hit from behind by a drunk.
I was
in high school and a friend of mine had a supoed up blue Pinto. Ran over my
foot one day, didn't hurt though. Later the Pinto would be joined by the small
Mustangs:
There
was a rash of Pintos blowing up in Corpus Christi, and I think about a total
of somethign like 7-9 people died in seperate
incidents.
Bottom
line is I tell people to go do homework and they will quickly find out it was
not Gremlin, but Ford blowing up. Ironically later it would be Ford Excursions
and other SUV's rolling over with tires blowing up, Ford
Explosions!
anyhows, I like
Mythbusters, but I think they sould have picked on a real fireball, the Pinto.
Maybe fill it with Diet Coke and then drop in boxes of Mentos in the
sunroof!
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Sent: Sunday, September
24, 2006 6:15 PM
Subject: [BaadAssGremlins]
Myth Busters Blow up a Gremlin with a Bazooka
What a terrible,
terrible, waste of a Gremlin!
Charlie "Cool
Factor X"
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