Re: inquiry 092800c (Firestone)

From: GSTROM99(at)aol.com
Date: Thu Sep 28 2000 - 18:00:11 CDT


In a message dated 9/28/00 2:07:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
TIGEROOTES(at)aol.com writes:

> The current Firestone tire recall reminds me of a past Firestone tire
> recall: does anyone remember the "7-2-1" ? Their advertising campaign was
> something like the following: seven strands of catgut wrapped with two
> strands of string cheese wrapped by one strand of dental floss...

Actually, the "721" tire was a pretty good one. It replaced the dreaded
recalled "500" that almost sunk Firestone back in the '70's.

Gary



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