<VV> fuel tanks & Nader

[Mike Clark]

Yes but remember Ford bean counters figured out they'd be money ahead with 
the lawsuits than to put the extra material into the car.

Who in their right mind would think the top of the gas tank would be a good 
trunk floor?  That must be "the better idea" they touted for so long.



Mike Clark
Stockbridge, Georgia



>
> 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.
>