<VV> fuel tanks & Nader

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:19 PM 9/7/2010, Dennis Pleau wrote:
>It would have worked if there was a firewall between the trunk and passenger
>compartment.  The back of the rear seat springs and padding weren't much of
>a gas fire deterrent.
>
>A few dollars worth of steel to complete the fire wall between the trunk and
>passengers compartment would have made the Pinto, Maverick and Mustang a
>much safer car.



Pintos had non-integrated fuel tanks underneath the trunk of the 
vehicle like similar vintage Chevelles, Novas, and many Chrysler 
products, not like Mustangs and Mavericks and Panther platform cars 
which incorporated the top of the tank into the floor of the trunk.

This is why a Pinto was actually safer in a rear-ender, MPH per MPH, 
than the Mustang or Crown-Vic, in which many more people have died in 
fires than in Pintos.  ;)  The Pinto does NOT deserve the reputation 
it has for being a "fire hazard".   Just a reminder.



tony..