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Not to be worried about. Pintos were not really a problem either. Only as seen on TV. My dad put his 72 HiBoy F250 through the backend of a Seventy something Pinto hatchback. The front bumper was against the front seat backs in the Pinto when everything stopped moving.

The Pinto guy was backing up on a snow covered two lane highway with 3 foot berms on each side, with oncoming traffic, in the dark, because "He slid past his mailbox." My dad was unhurt and was able to back the truck off of the Pinto and drive home. This occurred about 3 months before the whole Pinto fire thing blew up in the news.

The only car that I know of that is a concern is the 1992 to 1996 (I think) Ford Crown Vic police cars. Those cars did have a problem when getting hit in the rear. Several police officers died after crashes when their car caught fire and the officers were unable to get out. There were others who were badly injured as well. Fuel Safe in Bend, OR made thousands of fuel cells for police departments after the class action lawsuits started.