Saturday, August 18, 2007

Flame thrower


Crossing the street today I spotted this vintage vehicle, Ford Pinto. Very surprise to see one after all these years. A bit of background for the benefits of the younger generation, this was Ford's response to the Japanese sub-compacts that gained a foothold and started to climb the sales chart.

The car did surprisingly well despite many shortcomings including a sever
lack of power. What did it in was a series of rear end accidents which resulted in deadly fire.

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