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29 - Smollop: The Pinto

The Dollop with Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds

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The Problem With the Gas Tank

In 1978, Ford initiated a recall providing a plastic protective shield to be dealer installed between the fuel tank and the differential bolts. The study revealed that the Pinto had lower fatalities than comparable small foreign car models. Hundreds were not killed in explosions as a report at the time. A human life was mathematically proven to be worse than being less worth less than $11. That's basically what they can't do.

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