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To: martin_fierro
Dude, that’s a 1958 Simmons gazorniflaptor.

They were recalled as unsafe at any speed.

You should throw it away immediately!

I thought it was the 57's that had the problem, not the 58's. Oh well....my mistake.

19 posted on 01/09/2012 11:47:50 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet; martin_fierro
I thought it was the 57's that had the problem, not the 58's. Oh well....my mistake.

Well, the problems began with the '57s and Thornebridge and Sons Mfg. didn't really fix the problems until 1959 or 1960.
24 posted on 01/09/2012 11:57:49 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: GreenHornet
I thought it was the 57's that had the problem, not the 58's. Oh well....my mistake.

That's an internet rumor spread by unscrupulous contractors, looking for work. If you research the CPSC logs, you will see, that although the 1957 Simmons gazorniflaptor was delisted by UL due to insufficient testing, the CPSC never issued a recall, and the actual reported incidence of fatal accidents was relatively low, approximately three fatalities were attributed to it, which was considered an acceptable risk. It you replace it with a current model, the likelihood of a Chinese counterfeit is probably greater than the risk from using a vintage model.

67 posted on 01/09/2012 1:20:25 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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