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Regarding that writer's accusation of the Pinto killing "thousands," has there ever been a specific design or manufacturing defect in an automobile that killed tremendous numbers of people, like 100 or more? I'm not talking things we didn't know across the board about design or safety (such as non-collapsible steering columns), but clear defects.
There were 26 deaths attributed to over 3 million Pinto's, so his claim is an outright lie.
The Pinto WAS the worst car of the 70s! I liked the Duster. We had one that my mom bought brand new in 1970 for $3000 (stripped down model) and it was a great car.
The Pinto WAS the worst car of the 70s! I liked the Duster. We had one that my mom bought brand new in 1970 for $3000 (stripped down model) and it was a great car.
and you can make that claim how? there were worse cars, like the vega for instance, most any fiat at the time. lancia also made terrible cars, and they were also worse than the pinto. i have owned a few pintos over the years, and i would love to get my hands on another 79 or 80 pinto, especially the rallye version.
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It was my understanding that Nissan thought their name would offend Americans, so they started with Datsun. The Asian culture always changes their first name to an American name either to make it easier for us, or to assimilate.
Dad had a Comet which I drove for awhile in high school, until my brother bought it. We really liked that car.
My brother used to race with it, and he always won---lightweight body with a powerful engine.
It was pretty durable too. Dad drove it off-road, up and down ditches, through fields and the woods. It wasn't designed for that kind of driving, but it handled it very well.
G/D! Can I have one?! There's a guy who lives here, who's Maverick has square headlights, it's flat black with bonneville disc, and exhaust. It has a stock 200I6, with exhaust that dumps into th fake lake pipes, I have a pic somewhere. Anyway, he claimed to work with ford to invent the square headlight.
Little known fact, the fox chassis is called that, because it's based off the audi fox.
Naw, their not for sale. As I said I only have seven. Most of rest were parts cars.
Dad had a Comet which I drove for awhile in high school, until my brother bought it. We really liked that car.
My brother used to race with it, and he always won---lightweight body with a powerful engine.
It was pretty durable too. Dad drove it off-road, up and down ditches, through fields and the woods. It wasn't designed for that kind of driving, but it handled it very well.
I have a 75 Comet 4dr that I bought in 2000. Thanks to Kevin Marti, I know it's a rare one. Out of 30,511 sold that year, only 388 were the 200/3-speed and only 5 of those had factory AC. Mine was a customer ordered car. Only options were tinted glass, AC, and AM radio. Manual steering, dog dish hubcaps, and four wheel drum brakes. The buyer must have backed out though because it sat 11 months before it sold.
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