More than pipes and wires

In the early ‘80s I helped purchase brand new baby blue Ford Pintos for the SDG&E fleet. And they were cutting edge! Pool cars were supposed to be white, but when the Postal Service cancelled an order of blue Pintos after their manufacture, it was too good a deal for us to pass up.

Oh, they were “cutting edge” because they had heaters. No, not air conditioning: regular old heaters. Before that purchase, pool cars didn’t come equipped with heaters because it added to the cost of the vehicle – and it was San Diego, after all. But from that point on, they all had heaters. AM radios came later.

If you’re driving an SDG&E pool car in comfort right now, please put down your electronic device. And you’re welcome!