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

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

JOHN...NOT trying to argue. BUT i worked at a FORD dealership for 15 
years, staring wayyyy back in the 1970's. . WE replaced ALOT of 
filler necks on the Pintos. Recall by FORD. All you had to do was 
uinstall a LONGER neck that went deeper into the tank.  Did ANYONE 
ever saee how BADLY the poor PINTO was smashed by the truck???? The 
girls would have died anyway. NOW..i'm NOT saying that it should have 
burned...BUT when a car is smashed clear into the rear seat 
area...HMMM!! --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John W Rosa" 
<JohnRosa@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
> 
> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.perryhaas.com/durrill_vs_ford_overview.html"http://www.p
erry
> haas.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!
> 
> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/"http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/
> 
> Cops die! Still happens!
> 
>  
> 
> Read #1 here:
> 
> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.tortreform.com/texas_monthly_memo.asp"http://www.tortref
orm.
> 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
> HYPERLINK
> "mailto:eddiestakes@..."eddiestakes@...
> m
> HYPERLINK "http://www.planethoustonamx.com"www.planethoustonamx.com
> Email is currently HEAVY
> 5-12 day reply times, call if important
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
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> 
> To: HYPERLINK
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com 
> 
> 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!
> 
>  
> 
> HYPERLINK
> "http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioh/34097328/"http://www.flickr.co
m/ph
> otos/studioh/34097328/
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Charlie "Cool Factor X" 
> 
>  
> 
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