Dzervit

Look it up, the Pinto started production in 1970. (others probably corrected you). I worked the line in NJ building those for a while putting in the front shocks and coil springs.

I had a puke green 1972 Pinto station wagon and it ran for 220,000 miles. It had the 2 liter engine built in England, before they went to the 2.3 liter built in Lima Ohio. Had to redo the cylinder head once, only because the valve guide seals were leaking and it blew smoke on acceleration, and here in NJ, you fail inspection.

One of the best vehicles I ever owned, no kidding. Ran like a champ but I could'nt pick up any girls with it. Go figure.

 

now if you tub them, throw in a cage and a big block, then they are kewl.

Kinda like a Gremlin.

 

Fuel cell.

Please.

Really.

 

KABOOM

 

I have a buddy that races Pinto's and does dang well! They are of course, moded...a little.

 

I know when the Pinto was released. Check the ? about this site forum for a thread started by lifegaurdjoe. It's a joke.

 

I bought a new Pinto when they first came out...coupe (no hatchback), 1.6 ltr., 4 speed, dark green w/black interior. It was a great little car, and my wife and I drove the wheels off of it. I put a header on it, drilled the dash for gauges, fitted a chin spoiler from a Boss 302, added fog lights and baby moons with trim rings.
When my daughter was born I ordered a new '76 Pinto wagon...brown w/beige interior, 2.3 ltr., 4 speed...modded that one too. We drove those Pintos on long trips, ran well over 100,000 miles on each of them and had very few problems with them. My wife still says that they were the smoothest-shifting 4 speeds she's ever driven. I knew lots of people that owned them back then, and the key was the 4 speed. The automatic cars were dogs. If I could find a cherry early model Pinto, I'd use it today, but they were throw-away cars. A turbo 2.3 would just slide into one of those...cool.


MR

 

and here I thought you were serious about owning a Pinto.


This isn't something people joke about. I hear Pinto owners are quite serious about their cars.

 

I learned to drive in Pintos and had a yellow '71 with 2.0 liter and four speed. It was a decent little car for its day. While it may not have been cool, it was reliable and would easily outsprint most of the economy 4 cylinder cars of the '70's, including my friend's '78 Celica, much to his embarrassment.

Had the chance to drive a '79 2.3 liter Pinto wagon, and it was a real POS compared to my '71.

 

There, I'm accurate now...

 

D

Much better, don't know much about Renaults Sorry, I was'nt dishing you, but you inferred that the Pinto was a bad car, of which I disagree. No hard feelings (unlike those political threads).

I agree, the earlier models of the Pinto were thie best. I particually liked the rac-in-pinion steering, no drift and great turning response. Never had mine aligned, it always drove true.

 

I gotta tell you, I'm shocked so many folks caught that... cracks me up! No hard feelings! I wasn't inferring the Pinto was bad, but nearly any car from the 60s driven regularly in MI would be a rustbucket by now...

 

they would have been rustbuckets after 5 years of ownership...

 

I had a bright yellow 79 pinto with low profile 50's on the back. It was a chick magnet.. I was rear-ended in that car three times. I guess I am lucky to be alive.

 

I had a '76 Pinto coupe 2.3,4 speed and I drove the crap outta that car. I bought it with 38,000 miles and sold it 2 years later with 120,000 miles and no syncros left in 2nd gear. It was a pretty indestructible car. It saw me through my senior year of HS and I used it to go to college until I bought my Toyota 4x4.