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i defy you to show me were they had any more reason to catch fire in an accident than any other Ford.
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The recall press release published in the newspaper per the link I gave isn't enough evidence? And it wasn't as a result of an accident; the cars were self igniting when I assume the the floor covering and or perhaps the fuel tank/line got overheated from the hot exhaust heat. Remember this was also before the ACCC enforced recalls and they were therefore not mandatory rather than voluntary and were often via a press release (and probably letters to owners). Things had to pretty serious before they recalled anything. The idea of government legislated recalls was only being discussed in 1975 per
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary...976_pp156b.pdf etc
Only the dual exhaust two door vehicles were recalled:
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The - Ford Motor Company is recalling 3,200 two-door Falcons because of a fire risk and will fit, free of charge, heat shields between the mufflers and the floor pan. ' The models affected are XA and XB Falcons built between March, 1972, and June this year, and fitted with dual exhaust systems.
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Although perhaps Ford were more responsible than most:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...&searchLimits= in May 1975 it was reported:
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"-The Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd, which gave this evidence today, has made 59 recalls, since November, 1966
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