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Hi all
Just finisehd reading the Wikipedia article on Ford Motor Company (not Ford Australia). There is a claim in the section headed 'the Ford Pinto memo' that after the Ford Pinto scandal of the 1970's, Ford shipped faulty plastic fuel tanks to Australia for fitment to the Falcon because they had been banned in the U.S.
According to the site they caused 'Similar problems in Australia'
I have been around a while and I have never heard of Falcon fuel tanks exploding.
Is this really true or total rubbish? Anyone know any more?
Should be amended if it is wrong.
Tony
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I think the Pinto problem was not so much with the tank as with some dodgy wiring that started the fires...
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I seem to remember something about 2 litre cortinas catching fire in the early or mid 70's.................
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Falcon never had a plastic fuel tank till the XD came out. So I'm guessing the info is false.
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Yeah I thought we didn't have plastic tanks until XD which makes this likeily to be wrong.
They make a version of the Falcon in Argentina. I wonder if some Yank doesn't know the difference between Argentina and Australia!
Anyway still think it should b
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If the Pinto had a plastic fuel tank which I doubt they did it was not the tank that was the problem it was that the tank ruptured and could explode in a rear ender due to it's placement.
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Pintos didn't have plastic tanks.
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Aussie XD Falcon did have a problem with plastic tanks, if the earth wire was not connected, between the filler neck and the body, there was a possibility that you could get a static spark when filling with fuel, and have a Ford BBQ. I started my apprenti
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The problem with the Cortina was the fuel inlet pipe was just press fitted into the Webber carby, over time it worked loose and fell out, I had one Cortina catch fire while i was driving it, it was a loaner from Ford, and my own Cortina the pipe came loos
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Johnperth, what model Cortina were you referring to?
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71 or thereabouts Tc/Td 4 cylinder.
Ford did fix the problem I believe they staked the inlet pipe to stop it moving. They claimed it was probably loosend by heavy handed mechanics when fiddling with the flexible hose connections.
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Ford did eventually recall those Cortinas in about 1980 for this problem. took them a long time but they eventually got around to it.
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