Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters fire at a Gremlin with a Bazooka
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Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters fire at a Gremlin with a Bazooka
- From: Charles Burch <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:58:37 -0500
lol eddie that someone is me =)
Eddie Stakes wrote:
>
> John where have you been, I see your face on back of AMC milk carton.
> In the time you been gone I have bought 4 more AMCs, the old forum
> came back online, Bart's Gremlin still is big flower pot, and someone
> has a 78 Gremlin for sale but not to Mythbusters. And a obscure fuile
> on my site was picked #1 by Car Craft, and there was a few AMC
> national meets. Welcome back.
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* John W Rosa <mailto:JohnRosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:54 PM
> *Subject:* RE: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters fire at a Gremlin
> with a Bazooka
>
> Eddie,
>
>
>
> Actually the first Gremmies **DID** have the same fuel neck issue
> as the Pinto (breaks off easily,
>
> stabs into fuel tank causing rupture and sparks). Unlike Ford, AMC
> did not deny it and recalled
>
> all the car fast and fixed them. Ford took the ‘deny everything’
> route and suffered greatly for it
>
> in public opinion while AMC’s version was promptly forgotten. This
> is detailed in one of Nader’s
>
> books.
>
>
>
> Judging by the photos of the MB Gremlin, it appears they are
> firing through the car…maybe a
>
> movie myth?
>
>
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Eddie Stakes
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:38 PM
> *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters Blow up a Gremlin
> with a Bazooka
>
>
>
> That feeds into the old crap I hear from time to time that
> 'Gremlins will expolode on impact, I remember them blowing up in
> the 70s'. I tell people when they tell me that that they need to
> clean their US bong since the 70s as memory is shot. Use a pipe
> not bong, less waste. And it was not the Gremlin blowing up it was
> Pintos. Most are 'uh, yea!' but a few still dont' get it. To
> further pound down a point in their memory loss brain, I tell them
> that if they have electricity in their trailer, and have internet,
> go look fro first teast case of Ford Pinto exploding. It was Hiway
> 44, Agnes street near where I gre up in Corpus Christi, Texas, and
> Ford was held liable for it. Three girls died when their Pinto hit
> from behind by a drunk.
>
>
>
> I was in high school and a friend of mine had a supoed up blue
> Pinto. Ran over my foot one day, didn't hurt though. Later the
> Pinto would be joined by the small Mustangs:
>
> http://www.perryhaas.com/durrill_vs_ford_overview.html
> <http://www.perryhaas.com/durrill_vs_ford_overview.html>
>
>
>
> There was a rash of Pintos blowing up in Corpus Christi, and I
> think about a total of somethign like 7-9 people died in seperate
> incidents.
>
>
>
> Bottom line is I tell people to go do homework and they will
> quickly find out it was not Gremlin, but Ford blowing up.
> Ironically later it would be Ford Excursions and other SUV's
> rolling over with tires blowing up, Ford Explosions!
>
> http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/ <http://www.safetyforum.com/cvpi/>
>
> Cops die! Still happens!
>
>
>
> Read #1 here:
>
> http://www.tortreform.com/texas_monthly_memo.asp
> <http://www.tortreform.com/texas_monthly_memo.asp>
>
>
>
> anyhows, I like Mythbusters, but I think they sould have picked on
> a real fireball, the Pinto. Maybe fill it with Diet Coke and then
> drop in boxes of Mentos in the sunroof!
>
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> www.planethoustonamx.com <http://www.planethoustonamx.com>
> Email is currently HEAVY
> 5-12 day reply times, call if important
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* GrublinX@xxxxxxx <mailto:GrublinX@xxxxxxx>
>
> *To:* BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:15 PM
>
> *Subject:* [BaadAssGremlins] Myth Busters Blow up a Gremlin
> with a Bazooka
>
>
>
> What a terrible, terrible, waste of a Gremlin!
>
>
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioh/34097328/
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/studioh/34097328/>
>
>
>
>
> Charlie "Cool Factor X"
>
>
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