FROM THE FIRST DAY I DROVE THIS CAR, IN 1975, I EXPERIENCED SEVERE RESPIRATORY AILMENTS, A CONSTANT ODOUR OF ROTTEN EGGS, INFLAMED EYES AND LUNGS - LEADING TO REPEATED MEDICAL EXAMINATION/TREATMENT. MY NASAL MUCOUS DISCHARGES WERE BLACK AND I ALSO EXPERIENCED CONTINUAL EXHAUSTION - OFTEN RESULTING IN MY BLACKING-OUT WHILE DRIVING. REPEATEDLY RETURNING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (JACK PERRY FORD ON NY RT. 17M IN GOSHEN NY) I WAS ADMONISHED BY BOTH THE SALES AND SERVICE STAFF WITH "IT MUST BE ALL IN YOUR HEAD".MY WORK AND COLLEGE STUDIES SUFFERED - EVENTUALLY LEADING TO MY BEING DISMISSED FOR POOR PERFORMANCE. THOUGH I WAS REINSTATED I STRUGGLED AND TODAY, WHILE ENROLLED (AGAIN) - I FIND I'VE BEEN DAMAGED PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY DUE TO WHAT WAS EVENTUALLY DISCOVERED TO BE A DELIBERATE DESIGN DEFECT IN THE CAR'S EXHAUST SYSTEM. UPON MY RETURN FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN THE USAF, HAVING LEFT THE CAR ON BLOCKS, THE ORIGINAL EXHAUST SYSTEM HAD ROTTED-OUT. I TOOK IT TO A MEINEKE DEALERSHIP IN NEWBURGH NY WHERE THE OWNER INSTALLED A 'STOCK' SYSTEM. HE WARNED ME I MIGHT BEGIN SUFFERING THE VERY SYMPTOMS LISTED ABOVE AND SHOWED ME WHY. THE DUAL TAILPIPES TERMINATED APPROX 8 INCHES FORWARD OF THE REAR BUMPER. COMBINED WITH THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE; THIS RESULTED IN EXHUAST GASES BEING TRAPPED UNDERNEATH AND LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT THROUGH THE VENTILATION SYSTEM AND WINDOWS - POSSIBLY AFFIXIATING ALL WITHIN. ACCORDING TO THE MEINEKE SHOP OWNER; FOR