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1. MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:54:38 -0400; I was just watching a show about auto safety, and they were showing the deadly design of the Ford Pinto. The gas tank/rear axle arrangement looks very similar to the MGB's. Am I right in saying that; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01050.html (7,474 bytes)
2. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: MGMagnette@aol.com; Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:15:12 EDT; It has always amazed me just how well built little MGBs can be! A local British car breaker gets bashed up accident damaged MGBs from time to time and the passenger compartment is always saved. The f; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01051.html (9,133 bytes)
3. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:27:13 -0400; Is Unsafe At Any Speed still in print? If not, do most libraries carry it? interesting, but it is considered a landmark in auto safety and might still be running around... Michael S. Lishego http://w; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01058.html (8,080 bytes)
4. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:00:21 EDT; Unsafe at any Speed is out of print, I think, but most libraries have a copy (my local has 2) I've read it, and I'll agree with you, it is more a dissertation touting Nader's preconcieved theories,; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01060.html (8,749 bytes)
5. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Carney" <carney_fam_ark@email.msn.com>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 01:36:41 -0500; The problem with the Pinto was a bolt that punctured the tank on rear impact of sufficient force. Many cars have the tank behind the rear axle, without having the fire problem associated with Pintos; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01064.html (8,252 bytes)
6. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: "wizardz" <wizardz@amdyne.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:41:12 -0400; check out the photos of the rear end of my BGT after hitting a wall backwards at 55. The tank isn't even dented the rear of a B is much more substantial than a Pintos metal work --Original Message--; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01074.html (8,281 bytes)
7. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: Nory@webtv.net (Nory); Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:47:56 -0400 (EDT); Seems to me that any smallish convertible would be somewhat unsafe if rear-ended at high speeds. (-8 -NORY Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the ONLY problem. '71 5; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01078.html (8,175 bytes)
8. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: "image" <image77@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:17:40 -0700; I feel that I need to say that Nader was 1.) an idiot or 2.) employed by Ford or something. The Corvair was not unsafe, it just had an unusual (for the time) amount of oversteer. Most cars of that ti; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01081.html (8,196 bytes)
9. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@bc.sympatico.ca>; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:59:31 -0700 (PDT); Michael, Many , many moons ago, while stopped to make a left turn, my 3 month old `76 B was smooshed squarely in the rear by a `69 (I think) Chevelle driven at high speed by a friend of mine. The imp; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01095.html (8,962 bytes)
10. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: grunt14@juno.com; Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:03:40 -0400; Corvairs did get a bum rap, I launched a TR-6 with myself and a friend off a road at 65+ miles an hour in 1969 bounced off a couple trees tore out the drivers side axel and trailing arm and we both w; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01096.html (7,698 bytes)
11. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 08:28:14 -0400; On 10/23/98 4:59 PM so and so (Ross MacPherson) said. (And I quote:) NO!! Larry Macy 78 Midget Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu System Manager/Administrator Neuropsychiatry Section; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01121.html (7,820 bytes)
12. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 20:29:58 +0000; Wasn't one of the things Nader took issue with the jamming open of a throttle? Some things never change, there have been several similar cases with Ford Explorers in the UK recently. PaulH.; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01292.html (7,368 bytes)
13. Re: MGB and Pinto? (score: 1): Author: MGMagnette@aol.com; Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 22:37:32 EST; That could be an Explorer problem but Ive never heard about it. The problem with Ford Explorers, or atleast mine, is that they don't brake worth a damn. My brothers Ford Ranger will snap your neck th; /html/mgs/1998-10/msg01314.html (7,564 bytes)

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