http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504347,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504347,00.html)
Oregon Arsonist Targeting 1990s Green Ford Escorts
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
MEDFORD, Ore. â€" An arsonist is on the prowl in Medford for green Ford Escorts from the 1990s.
Three of them have been burned in recent weeks, a series that Medford police Sgt. Mike Budreau describes as "pretty bizarre."
A 1995 green Ford Escort was destroyed by flames early Sunday morning after someone broke a window and poured flammable liquid into it. A similar fire was set in a 1993 green Ford Escort parked in a driveway on Feb. 22.
Investigators have also uncovered a Feb. 2 case of a 1992 green Ford Escort damaged by a plastic container filled with flammable liquid placed next to a tire that burned without setting the car afire.
Budreau told the Mail Tribune newspaper in Medford, "I think this person really doesn't like Ford Escorts."
[laugh]
How many green ford escorts could there possibly be in Medford?
80k or so people, I think he's torched 'em all. ???
Sucks for the owners of the cars but its actually kind of amusing. Some poor guy probably lost his girlfriend to someone who drove a green escort. Wonder why he hates those cars being that they are so insignificant.
It'd save him trouble if he hated the focus. Those things used to set themselves on fire [laugh]
Can you really blame anyone for burning Ford Escorts?
Quote from: MrIncredible on March 04, 2009, 06:29:49 PM
It'd save him trouble if he hated the focus. Those things used to set themselves on fire [laugh]
You mean the Pinto...no?
only wacky shit like this happens in Oregon
[laugh] [laugh]
Hey Nate you just leave those pinto's alone, they paid my wages for quite some time ;) ;)
Quote from: geoffduc on March 04, 2009, 07:40:13 PM
Hey Nate you just leave those pinto's alone, they paid my wages for quite some time ;) ;)
I drove...and crashed them. ;)
The 1600 pushrod car was a nice little car.
Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2009, 06:56:31 PM
You mean the Pinto...no?
No-the early focus did it too. Along with random airbag deployments, and other interesting problems.
Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2009, 07:42:38 PM
I drove...and crashed them. ;)
The 1600 pushrod car was a nice little car.
That old kent engine was bomb proof but my side of the story was the 4 speed stick shift which even if i say it myself was prity dam good [bow_down]
[coffee]
We had a Fiesta with the 1300cc pushrod engine. I could not decide whether it was one of the world's worst good cars or one of thew world's best bad cars. I had to put a tach on it because it was always running out of speedometer. The car had no torque steer and handled great even though there was so much body flex I pressure cracked the windshield going around a corner.
Quote from: MrIncredible on March 04, 2009, 07:56:58 PM
No-the early focus did it too. Along with random airbag deployments, and other interesting problems.
If I remember correctly, quite a few Fords from around MY 2000 had problems with catching fire. Something to due with the cruise control circuitry shorting itself. Apparently the car could be at rest in your garage for days and then just go poof. There was a recall on some of em.
Quote from: ducpainter on March 04, 2009, 07:42:38 PM
I drove...and crashed them. ;)
The 1600 pushrod car was a nice little car.
Don't know about that, but I had a 1980 Mercury Bobcat with the 2300cc OHC 4 banger and a 4 speed.
A complete dog most of the time, but in the rain or snow I liked to pretend I was a rally driver [laugh]
Quote from: superjohn on March 05, 2009, 04:47:59 AM
Don't know about that, but I had a 1980 Mercury Bobcat with the 2300cc OHC 4 banger and a 4 speed.
A complete dog most of the time, but in the rain or snow I liked to pretend I was a rally driver [laugh]
The original models had a 1.6 pushrod or a 2.0 OHC.
The 2.3 was an improvement.... [roll]
Quote from: Ducaholic on March 04, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
If I remember correctly, quite a few Fords from around MY 2000 had problems with catching fire. Something to due with the cruise control circuitry shorting itself. Apparently the car could be at rest in your garage for days and then just go poof. There was a recall on some of em.
Linky
http://trucks.about.com/od/carsafety/a/ford_cruise.htm (http://trucks.about.com/od/carsafety/a/ford_cruise.htm)
Quote from: howie on March 04, 2009, 08:23:07 PM
We had a Fiesta with the 1300cc pushrod engine. I could not decide whether it was one of the world's worst good cars or one of thew world's best bad cars. I had to put a tach on it because it was always running out of speedometer. The car had no torque steer and handled great even though there was so much body flex I pressure cracked the windshield going around a corner.
:o Didn't know that was possible.
Damn, they guy beat me to it. I've often fantasized about loading up on molotov cocktails and going on a ricer-hunt.
Probably the same guy that's doing this:
http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html (http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html)
I bet he just can't tell the two apart [laugh]
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on March 05, 2009, 11:33:50 AM
Probably the same guy that's doing this:
http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html (http://cbs5.com/local/porta.potty.arson.2.893983.html)
I bet he just can't tell the two apart [laugh]
That's just shitty.
JM
my pops used to run the 2.0ltr out of old pintos with 4 Mikuni's in his super mod, that motor screamed and was damn near bomb proof. as to the fires in Methford, that place is the filter for folks moving north
QuoteThe car had no torque steer and handled great even though there was so much body flex I pressure cracked the windshield going around a corner.
I once had a '67 Lotus Elan roadster. Conventional door hinges were apparently too heavy and complex so it came equipped with plastic ball and socket joints pressed into service as hinges. Occasionally under hard cornering the body would flex enough that a door would pop completely off. That car had a lot of "Character" and still rates as the best car I ever owned, if not the best vehicle period, by a factor of about 10.
To stay on topic I think they were also known for spontaneously combusting and I always carried a fire extinguisher.
Quote from: Ducaholic on March 04, 2009, 08:35:32 PM
If I remember correctly, quite a few Fords from around MY 2000 had problems with catching fire. Something to due with the cruise control circuitry shorting itself. Apparently the car could be at rest in your garage for days and then just go poof. There was a recall on some of em.
That was the only recall on my 02 F150. Nothing ever happened with mine, but it was an easy 1 hour fix. They replaced a wire harness...
Now tell me Nate are you really into ford's or just having us on ??? ???
[coffee]