I remember the "500", the tire had a problem with tread seperation also- had
them on my Pinto (!). One way or another Ford and Firestone will kill you! I
now drive a Toyota with Goodyear's on it.
Jan
GSTROM99@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/28/00 2:07:30 PM Central Daylight Time,
>TIGEROOTES@aol.com writes:
> The current Firestone tire recall reminds me of a past Firestone tire
> recall: does anyone remember the "7-2-1" ? Their advertising campaign was
> something like the following: seven strands of catgut wrapped with two
> strands of string cheese wrapped by one strand of dental floss...
Actually, the "721" tire was a pretty good one. It replaced the dreaded
recalled "500" that almost sunk Firestone back in the '70's.
Gary
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