... situation until May, when senior officials began a "preliminary investigation." A week later the NHTSA requested production data and complaint recordings from Firestone. Finally, in July the NHTSA received the data. Ford Motor Company didn't begin investigating until after Strategic Safety, a research group created by the Center for Auto ... Safety and a political action group, Public Citizen, publicly asked Ford for a vehicle recall, in August. Eighteen hours later, Ford realized there was a serious problem and arranged for a meeting with Firestone on August 5th. On August 8th, the NHTS...

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... purpose of transporting troops over rugged terrain of the war zone. In the late 1930's a struggling automobile company, the Bantam Car Company was producing a car simply called the Bantam. The Bantam was A rugged two-wheel drive automobile with high versatility (Brown 1). Bantam president Frank Fenn knew that the army needed a light reconnaissance vehicle. Getting the army contract was Fenn's only hope ... in keeping his failing company alive. In 1938 3 bantams were given to the Pennsylvania National Guard. These vehicles were looked upon favorably. So much so that the army Quartermaster...

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• Grade Level: High School