Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters fire at a Gremlin with a Bazooka

[Charles Burch <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx>]

lol eddie that someone is me =)

Eddie Stakes wrote:
>
> John where have you been, I see your face on back of AMC milk carton. 
> In the time you been gone I have bought 4 more AMCs, the old forum 
> came back online, Bart's Gremlin still is big flower pot, and someone 
> has a 78 Gremlin for sale but not to Mythbusters. And a obscure fuile 
> on my site was picked #1 by Car Craft, and there was a few AMC 
> national meets. Welcome back.
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* John W Rosa <mailto:JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:54 PM
>     *Subject:* RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters fire at a Gremlin
>     with a Bazooka
>
>     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
>
>      
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Eddie Stakes
>     *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:38 PM
>     *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     *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:
>
>     http://www.perryhaas.com/durrill_vs_ford_overview.html
>     <http://www.perryhaas.com/durrill_vs_ford_overview.html>
>
>      
>
>     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!
>
>     http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/ <http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/>
>
>     Cops die! Still happens!
>
>      
>
>     Read #1 here:
>
>     http://www.tortreform.com/texas_monthly_memo.asp
>     <http://www.tortreform.com/texas_monthly_memo.asp>
>
>      
>
>     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!
>
>     Eddie Stakes'
>     Planet Houston AMX
>     713.464.8825
>     eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     www.planethoustonamx.com <http://www.planethoustonamx.com>
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>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>
>         *From:* GrublinX@xxxxxxx <mailto:GrublinX@xxxxxxx>
>
>         *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         <mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>         *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!
>
>          
>
>         http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioh/34097328/
>         <http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioh/34097328/>
>
>          
>
>
>         Charlie "Cool Factor X"
>
>
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