Here a full video on Lee Iacocca, who created the Pinto and Mustang kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5ako7iylZPZnqg.html

My mother had one of these when I was a kid. Never left her stranded, never broke down while she owned it. 20 years later I was back in town and saw the guy she sold it to still driving it around.

@PoM-MoM

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@newmanoutdoors1564

3 жыл бұрын

My mom had a blue pinto as well .

@sparky6086

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, these commercials are more truthful than "hilarious". If Ford hadn't messed up with the fuel tank fire thing, the Pinto would have been no joke. In fact, the Pinto engine is to UK hotrodders, what the small block Chevy is to American hotrodders. Joke or not, the Pinto was a huge sales success.

@mrmark8603

3 жыл бұрын

They forgot that the rear bumper bolts penetrated the gas tank in a rear end accident, and spilled gas into the interior. Internal memos resulted in a class-action lawsuit. Ford decided, $12 per car, wasn't worth spending to prevent the owners burning to death. Thanks Ford.

@sparky6086

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrmark8603 Anal retentive Ford Motor Company lawyers and accountants could only understand the tangible $12 per car. They couldn't understand the resulting millions or even billions of dollars, that Ford was destined to lose because of the intangibles of bad PR and a bad reputation! All the Pinto needed was a recall to correct the problem. Sure, maybe it wasn't the greatest car ever, but it was good enough to meet the customer's expectation, of an American made compact in the '70's.

I paid $1,995 plus tax for my brand new 1972 Pinto. Loved that car! Took it cross country twice. Ran pretty strong too. You could squeal the tires in first, second AND third gear! Wish I still had it. Maybe, if they made a cheap, reliable stripped down car today, like the Pinto, people wouldn't need cars with all the bells and whistles. A car to get you from point A to point B.

@gj1234567899999

2 жыл бұрын

Just checked the inflation calculator and that would be $13315 as of today! That’s still really cheap even today! I would say what kills the new car market for cars like this are used cars. I bought a 2 year old Toyota RAV4 for $13,000 that cost over $20,000 new. But someone put 75,000 miles on it already and had some visible scratches. Still driving it over 260,000 miles later.

@Thomas-px6ni

2 жыл бұрын

L I had a 73. My first new car.. I paid 2100 for it. It had the 1600cc Kent engine and a 4 speed trannie. The car was great, never any issues in 5 years. Cheap to maintain and run. It was a perfect car for college.

@horseathalt7308

6 ай бұрын

@@gj1234567899999 The great thing as well is that those cars were SIMPLE and easy to maintain, repair and service as well! You saved in more ways than one back in that time. Today it is NEVER simple, inexpensive, or cheap to service a modern car....ever.

@RMB42

Ай бұрын

There's no incentive to build basic, featureless vehicles. "Bells and whistles" is how automakers make the most profit, and while a few people may buy one, or at least SAY they would buy one, in reality the lower option level models don't sell nearly as well as the higher optioned choices, and much less so today than 50 years ago. People want their luxuries and status symbols, and they don't want to be seen driving a vehicle that makes them look or feel "poor".

I bought one, baby blue. In 1975 we had to move from NC to Texas. We towed my Pinto behind the moving van. I drove it to the drug store one day. I came out, got in the baby blue Pinto, and started it with my key. I happened to look around and realized it was not my car! My Pinto was parked on the next row. I called Ford and was told that there were often a number of cars with the same key tumblers, that they tried to spread them out into different states. That was embarrassing! So glad I didn't have anything really valuable inside. And glad the other Pinto owner didn't see me starting their car!

@gmgssilverplate

2 жыл бұрын

I hope that the other driver thought your car was theirs and it was a wash. Haha

@mjtlop1808

2 жыл бұрын

Haha good story

@Jacques_Merde

2 жыл бұрын

The same issue was with ford pickups in the late 60's and early 70's...

@pyhead9916

2 жыл бұрын

True. American manufacturers made 64 different keys, so in a parking lot of 128 cars, your key would fit two. They tried to prevent this by shipping 64 to the west, then the next 64 to the east.

@fomofud9479

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, the exact same thing happened to me with my Mazda 626 and luckily no one spotted me 🤣

Bringing a Pinto to a demolition derby is a great idea! 🚗🔥🚙

@billolsen4360

2 жыл бұрын

Like they said at the end, "A better idea from Ford" lol

@justexisting8457

2 жыл бұрын

It's the mechanism to both inspire the driver to not crash and also intimidate other drivers into crashing it

@tomsommer8372

2 жыл бұрын

They said it‘s easy to fix. Slap some paint on the burnt-out carcass, some new glass, remove the burnt bodies from the inside and it is good to go again!

@ambientstereorecordings3528

Жыл бұрын

New for '71, "intermittent steering"!

@dx1450

9 ай бұрын

Hope it doesn't get hit in the rear...

I'm heading to my Ford dealer right now. I hope they're still in stock.

@anthonyb27

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@brettnelson3779

3 жыл бұрын

take your Delorean

@danbytp

3 жыл бұрын

Check the back lot.

@wuzgoanon9373

3 жыл бұрын

I hope the prices have stayed the same.

@danbytp

3 жыл бұрын

@@wuzgoanon9373 Wouldn't that be nice.

I owned a 72 Pinto, and traded it in for a 1975 Pinto Wagon. My experience with the vehicles was positive with no signs of poor behavior. When growing up my dad bought a Corvair and I drove it through college with no problems. Sometimes the owner, like pilot error is the root of some problems.

Bringing a Pinto to a demolition derby!?!? 😵 💥 I can't think of many quicker ways to die...

@shermanhofacker4428

2 жыл бұрын

I worked as a newspaper photographer for awhile, and as part of my job I attended a demonstration put on by the police department of a nearby city. A pinto was blocked at the bottom of a steep section of street, a heavy car was positioned at the top of the slope, then rolled down into the back of the pinto,,,.nothing happened other than a crumpled pinto. The other car was then dragged to the top and the sequence was repeated with the same result. Gasoline was then poured over the back of the pinto and the heavy car was again crashed into the back. Again nothing, but a cop struck a match and threw it on the back of the pinto which flamed up immediately. When I later watched the news program the video showed an undamaged pinto with the other car rolling down and crashing into it with flames erupting seemingly at contact.

@serfcityherewecome8069

2 жыл бұрын

@@shermanhofacker4428 Lol, sounds like that time when Fakeline, er I mean Dateline loaded up those GMC pickup trucks with dynamite and plowed into them to show how "unsafe" they were.

@Jacques_Merde

2 жыл бұрын

nahhh, you would be pretty safe as long as you did NOT get rear-ended...

@rockandroll4689

2 жыл бұрын

@@shermanhofacker4428 interesting - so manufactured it seems. Ford is the only brand we will ever buy! we absolutely love them!

@JamesDavidWalley

2 жыл бұрын

That was especially cringeworthy.

I loved my Pinto.And shockingly it never exploded. Imagine that. Got like 28 MPG and could run 90 MPH all day.

@ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474

2 жыл бұрын

2.3 Liter motor??

@Nerd3Ddotcom

2 жыл бұрын

@@ohioalphornmusicalsawman2474 Yeah the 2.3 "Lima". Mine had the improved fuel system from the 1978 recall. Which was just a plastic shield on the tank.

I had a 1973 hatchback. It lasted 17 years 180000 miles. 1600 cc engine, great car ! 😃🇺🇸

@jcamp788

3 жыл бұрын

No, it didn't.

@sumbeech1484

3 жыл бұрын

2.3 LITER ohc

@johnhays1939

3 жыл бұрын

I also had a 1973 with the 1600cc motor, Loved that car, if I could buy a new one today I would. I got 160k miles on it before the rust took it but still ran great.

@dflf

3 жыл бұрын

Good thing it never got rear ended

@LTBudd

3 жыл бұрын

My dad's lasted 300,000 miles with the 2.3L engine. However, that 2.3L engine needed an awful lot of camshaft replacements. It was his work car, so his normal drive would be an hour and a half to work, but his work also required that he drive around the state and collect data. So, the 300,000 miles was over about 6 years. The biggest issue with the car was the engine, but the second biggest issue was the ride. Oft...so harsh!

6:37 Pintos started showing up at dealershipa on September 11, 1971. That just takes the cake.

@theadvocate4698

2 жыл бұрын

I was searching the comments for this....

@TopG800

Жыл бұрын

Let’s talk about 30 years later

@gregorsamsa1364

Жыл бұрын

😅 ""My Dad was a 9/11 victim" "Oh, damn. World Trade Center?" "Nah. Ford Pinto"

@user-hc5dw6jm6b

Ай бұрын

Look up the word "ford" in the dictionary and think about it for a little while.

The Pinto was a lot of fun to drive with the 4 speed manual transmission

@user-ht1xu4gv2u

3 ай бұрын

Had maverick. Tsilights

OMG my dad had this car, in orange, too. I learned how to drive a manual transmission just by watching him drive it for years. Man, life was so much easier then.

@user-ht1xu4gv2u

5 ай бұрын

Yeah they stole cousins mach1. From mall he got a gawd awful puke green one. As loaner and I drove it on the street for weeks at z15 yrs old

I had a Pinto in the 1970s. In spite of its many shortcomings, it lasted over 250,000 miles and was easy to work on.

@badfox1962

3 жыл бұрын

I had a 72 . Same kind of miles. Sold it for 300 after I had for 5 years.

@jcamp788

3 жыл бұрын

Nope to both of you. Unless you rebuilt that engine at least twice.

@69eddieD

3 жыл бұрын

@@jcamp788 I had to rebuild the transmission once. It still ran when I gave it away.

@josephk4807

3 жыл бұрын

@@badfox1962 Easy to fix and cheap. Worst thing that could happen is broke timing belt. 1995 price!

@rkeith4442

3 жыл бұрын

Eddie, you sure got your money's worth out of it ! To this day I only buy Ford's. I have a 2019 F150 which is great. V-8 400 HP, just love it.🇺🇸

Oh man, I wish cars today were easy to repair!!!

@qua7771

3 жыл бұрын

They are disposable today. I'm stuck driving an old beater as a result this. I'm not investigating in new irreparable garbage. You can't even change fluids in them.

@DBrentWalton

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. My 58 pickup with a flat head 6 was even EASIER to repair. I also owned to 61 Corvairs that were also easy to repair. I miss the days when you could do a tune up with a timing light, dwell meter, and a few tools.

@RL-yv7dw

3 жыл бұрын

Well, then just buy an old car (mid 80s or older). Do-it-yourself repairs are easy. I did a lot of my own repairs those old days.

@qua7771

3 жыл бұрын

@@RL-yv7dw I may be in the minority here. I prefer working on '96- ~2012 electronic fuel injection cars. Older carburetor cars don't stay in tune with changes in weather or altitude. The accelerator pumps wash the oil out of the cylinders when it is needed most, resulting in shortened engine life. You never know when older cars will start or not. You can kill the battery trying, and you may flood the engine. Float bowls don't like hard cornering/ acceleration. If the vehicle won't start the can be impossible to troubleshoot. OBD II and above troubleshoot themselves. '70s cars would be lucky to make it 100K miles before needing an overhaul. OBD II cars can go 300K+ miles if taken care of.

@rcschmidt668

3 жыл бұрын

I said that same thing last week changing headlight bulbs.

Man I love the look of things shot on actual film. So beautiful.

@efandmk3382

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're pretty much alone there Dusty.

@ct4074

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. Fake green screens for digital graphics never have real lighting. In the new movie Dune they went to great lengths to make the natural light and reflections look real as in film.

Wish I could go back in time to relive it the way it was :D

@leskern1539

Жыл бұрын

I've been looking for one to relive the old days. There are a surprising number out there. I will only accept a '72 sedan, manual, in baby-shit green.

"Hard to hit, easy to fix!" And it explodes on impact!

@raymondwelsh6028

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because the fuel tank was so close to the rear.🇦🇺

@andysmith6156

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondwelsh6028 OH yes, see my story above

@mustangracer5124

2 жыл бұрын

And you can fix it for $1.65.. to prevent it. most don't have the skill.

@ebx100

2 жыл бұрын

Nah! It was originally designed to be a portable 4 passenger stove.

@brentsummers7377

2 жыл бұрын

@@raymondwelsh6028 And Lee Iacocca would not spend a dollar or two on rubber pads to protect the fuel tank from damage.

I remember when Pintos were almost as commonly seen on the road as VW Bugs.

@wokewokerman5280

3 жыл бұрын

...and chevy vegas....

@oldguysrock2170

3 жыл бұрын

@@wokewokerman5280 : And.... the Asian car clubs loved those 70’s Mercury Capris. There were a lot of nice ones when I was in high school in LA back then. Great body style.

@myexescallmetictac8297

3 жыл бұрын

Both equally as dangerous... good times. Good times

@williamhaynes7089

3 жыл бұрын

@@wokewokerman5280 - I owned one of those Vega, what a great car

@brwils3378

3 жыл бұрын

My Dad had a yellow one with racing stripes. Those things were slow as molasses, I don’t know why you could get them with racing stripes for 3.00 more dollars.

The neighbor down the street had one when I was kid back in the late 80's. My mom told me they were known to explode so I was always afraid to ride my bike past it. She left out the part about rear end collisions.

@tomsommer8372

2 жыл бұрын

She wasn‘t wrong though. Underneath the hood, there were problems with fumes escaping from the fuel lines, which could then ignite. There was a recall, but knowing Lee Iacocca, whoever approved that recall probably got his ass sent to the Siberian salt mines, one way ticket.

@65csx83

3 ай бұрын

Actually, the problem was more than that. It was rear end collisions, with a full gas tank, when the fuel cap has been left off, and the vehicle is stopped in the travel lane, and rear ended by a van being driven by a semi-alert driver drinking from a travel and driving on a suspended license. Also, you say late '80s, so that vehicle apparently provided many un-exploded years of use.

After all these years, it still does look good.

@Johnny-lr5jt

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a good-looking small car.

I had one of these. It was a great car. Cheap and ran forever.

@asher6657

3 жыл бұрын

LOOKS LIKE A SMALLER VERSION OF THE CHEVY NOVA

I have been driving a 1972 Pinto woodgrain wagon for the past 18 years. It has been almost trouble free. 2.0L/4 speed. I did replace the original engine with a rebuilt one, the car had 184K miles on it and showed signs of not being properly maintained. This car is 49 years old and still runs like new. It's styling is 10 times better than anything else on the road. The interior is in excellent condition. No rust anywhere. I'm going to get it repainted and have the woodgrain vinyl replaced. Aside from being beautiful to look at, and completely reliable, I have found very few things I couldn't haul in it. With the seat folded down, there is probably more cargo room in it than there is in most new taxi trucks (4 door trucks with micro beds) If they still made these wonderful cars (the same as they were back then) I would buy a new one right now.

@mrrodgerspoliticalplaytime5663

3 жыл бұрын

get a Hyndai, the Korean's have reverse engineered the lexus. I have a 2011 Hyndai Sonata with 466,000 miles it and still runs fast and its a turbo

@robertheinkel6225

3 жыл бұрын

Just don’t get hit from behind.

@JeffDeWitt

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertheinkel6225 The wagon didn't have that problem.

@u2mister17

3 жыл бұрын

@@JeffDeWitt None of them did once they identified the center bumper bolt as the problem.

@Bill-xx2yh

3 жыл бұрын

I liked driving those cars, they were comfortable and ran ok

I’ll never forget the day my mother came home with one of these in a s day apple red color. It would be cool to see what a remake of this vehicle might look like.

Learned to drive in my mom's Pinto when I was a kid. Easy to drive and one of the most dependable cars we ever had.

love this Pinto shape!! today cars are almost all the same..i would buy a Pinto, today!!! i love it and i love the '70s....

@justayoutuber1906

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the 1970s sucked if you actually lived through them.

@SuperSummer58

3 жыл бұрын

My first car was a ‘76 Ford bobcat, in 1981- much like the pinto, except they didn’t tend to explode if rear ended...

@zacharykane8589

3 жыл бұрын

@@justayoutuber1906 and I'm still waiting for the moment where you actually lived through them you 20 year old

@anthonyfalzon2100

3 жыл бұрын

So when did you graduate Harvard?

@randallvaughn9318

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperSummer58 Mercury Bobcat was the exact same as pinto

I bought my moms 71 when I started driving in 75, then bought a 78. Good little cars,and they didn’t blow up even once 🤣

Never owned one but worked on quite a few and they were easy to work on and tough and reliable while that engine is still in modern versions still used with all kinds of after market performance upgrades, That one design flaw of the fuel tank straps got fixed immediately but the story stays around longer than the reality of the value of these awesome little beaters!

@johndef5075

2 жыл бұрын

My 2009 Mazda has a newer version of the 2.3 liter. Best part of the car.

@andykerr3803

Жыл бұрын

​@@johndef5075 Wow, didn't know that. I had the Merkur XR4Ti 2.3 with turbo. There were many versions . I knew Mazda did the Ford Probe...Different motor though. Have to check that out!

"Needs half the oil changes". I had a pinto and it never needed an oil change. It lost so much oil that I had to keep adding.

@swtsthings

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe someone forgot to put the plug back in, huh? lol

@darrellcook8253

2 жыл бұрын

You Never owned a real oil road coater until you own a stock pre '65 Chevrolet Covair. They leaked oil out of the valve lifter tubes on the crankcase and on the heads. The later versions were a little bit better but not by much. Kept the road conditioned though and never needed a total oil change. I learned that the hard way. And eventually fixed it. Too stupid to give up I guess.

My '72 Pinto was the only car I have ever bought new. Loved the shape and it was fun to drive. Never had a problem and drove it for over 10 years.

@jdunlap2

9 ай бұрын

Same here. Bought a 72 in February when I got out of the navy. Autocrossed it for 8 years and never had a failure of any kind. .

We need to go back to some of these old ideas, everything nowadays has so much overkill! I don't think it's worth it!!

@lennychorn147

3 жыл бұрын

The biggest thing I miss from my 70's vehicles, was a fender bender didn't equal totality your vehicle. No matter were you got hit, a good body shop made it look brand new.

@George.Andrews.

3 жыл бұрын

I have a hate on for tinted windows. Its grim being in some modern vehicles and with traction control , abs brakes, power steering ,and auto gearboxes they are impossible to drive well and when it comes to working on them it's a nightmare. Lets stop trying to be so slick and start having fun.

@qua7771

3 жыл бұрын

@@George.Andrews. A hate for tinted windows? You probably don't live in the South.

@George.Andrews.

3 жыл бұрын

@@qua7771 I live on the south of the planet

@qua7771

3 жыл бұрын

@@George.Andrews. What are the odds? You got me! I'm in Florida where tinted windows are practical.

Back then, I really liked the Pinto. A friend of mine owned a Pinto he bought from his dad, and after it was totaled from being rear-ended, he turned around and bought another Pinto to replace it. And a coworker had a Pinto with stick, and she helped me learn how to drive manual - which wasn't pretty for the first couple starts from a dead stop, but fun once I got the hang of it.

@CarbonTech19

2 жыл бұрын

Learning to drive stick is one most gratifying things I've ever experienced. It's on a par with learning to drive a bicycle. One moment you think you'll never get it and then suddenly it all falls into place and you wonder why it ever seemed so difficult. Thanks for reminding me of my own experience.

I learned to drive with the family 72 white pinto wagon. It was available to me most of the time as long as my grades/behavior were good. I loathed it, but you know, I had so much fun in that car. We drove it as a family all the way from CA up I-5 to British Columbia. It even got on a ferry boat to go to Victoria BC. Then, the next summer, we drove it all the way down to Ensenada (with Mexican Ins.) and it never failed us. My Dad and I washed it and waxed it and it was pristine. Now at 60, I've had BMW's, MBZ's, Lincolns etc. and now I'd love to have that little wagon back. Isn't life funny like that. I recall my friends and I taking it to the drive-in and stuffing as many cute football players we could find in it one time to see if they'd fit. I slid around a corner in it in the rain and the neighbor told my Dad. No pinto for a month! But getting on the freeway was terrifying. Even on a downhill ramp, it would be 25,28, 31, 37...there'd be a semi coming and I'd sweat bullets as it'd be up to 48 mph by then, LOL.

Say “Hello!” to Ford Pinto and “Goodbye!” To EVERYTHING ELSE. WOW. What a slogan. Or….driving your new Ford Pinto…It’s a BLAST!

@Chris_Troxler

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@janmcguire5268

3 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@alhorn2664

3 жыл бұрын

they were called "Flaming Beans" down south!

@Greg-yu4ij

2 жыл бұрын

Priced under 2000? What an explosive 🧨 deal!

@noahpartic7586

2 жыл бұрын

@@Greg-yu4ij 😱You had to say EXPLOSIVE...DIDN'T YOU🤨?

The first car I ever owned was a Pinto. It was one of the most reliable cars I have owned. Worst thing that ever happened was that the starter needed to be replaced, and I was able to do that myself, and I'm no mechanic. Even in the coldest days of a northern Illinois winter, that car would start with no problems. The car just ran, and you really can't ask more of a car than that.

Loved my pinto. Got over 32 miles per gallon when I was driving , wife got somewhat less! Put over 130,000 miles on it and only had to replace water pump. Would still have it except family out grew it. Trade in value was almost what I paid for it new.

@BuzzLOLOL

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the timing belt also broke and left you stranded...

@flybeep1661

2 жыл бұрын

" Trade in value was almost what I paid for it new." "almost" lol. Amazing how some people think how dumb other people must be. 130.000 miles and almost got new price? Yeah sure buddy, whatever you say.

@BuzzLOLOL

2 жыл бұрын

@@flybeep1661 - New car prices are artificially high to allow inflated ficticious trade in prices...

@duramirez

2 жыл бұрын

I love my "pinto" too xD

@GNF54

2 жыл бұрын

@@flybeep1661 Sherman here has literally been talking about how the Pinto tests were ‘rigged’ in another comment 💀

In 1977 my senior year in high school I had a 1974 Pinto station wagon because I was a drummer in a local band so when I needed to move my drum set I could I had a gas grass or ass sticker in the window.... my mom and dad who was a Southern Baptist minister had a fit... oh my God how I miss those days

They were good little cars. Drove one for years and put lots of miles on it with no problems

@scdevon

3 жыл бұрын

The engines were great in Pintos. There was no comparison between a Pinto and a Vega. It wasn't even close.

@joesawyer1483

3 жыл бұрын

The only problem that I had was the ground wire from the frame to the engine block broke and it wouldn't start. Fixed it and no problem again

@durango8882

3 жыл бұрын

Trash

@kendallsmith1458

3 жыл бұрын

Just don't get rear ended

@haroldwebster4710

3 жыл бұрын

@@kendallsmith1458 Ford recalled the sedans and hatchbacks to replace the shorter rubber sleeve between the filler neck and gas tank. Problem solved. The wagons were not affected because their production came later with the larger sleeve.

When trying for my driver's license in 1977 I had the choice of using either my parent's tank Ford LTD or my sister's pinto station wagon. I used the pinto and aced parallel parking and got my license on the first try. A lot of fun to drive.

@ericunderwood8080

2 жыл бұрын

I want that wagon!

@mgmcd1

2 жыл бұрын

I took my driving test in a 71 Plymouth Sport Suburban station wagon. The range officer was so impressed that I could parallel park it that he passed me after that part of the exam.

@lisaact1

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I had to take my first test in our LTD with a nervous Nelly tester and failed. Wish I had that choice!

@willduke69

2 жыл бұрын

It must of been Ford's new Rack and Pinion steering that made it possible for you to pass your parking test.. Lol

I lost count on how many I've had, I remember my garage was full of Pinto parts, They were so easy to work on, I used to cruise around my neighborhood in my custom built Pinto with a small block 302 V8!

We had one, I don't remember the exact year, probably a 72 or 73. My mom and I took that car all the way from SoCal to the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, we had zero problems with it and thoroughly enjoyed the Fair.

I miss those early years cars no computer chip less maintenance ya lol

@efandmk3382

3 жыл бұрын

New cars have less maintenance than the old ones BECAUSE of the computer chips, Bubba. Lot's of old timers don't like the new cars because you can't fix everything with a screw driver or duct tape.

@LTBudd

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely do not miss carburetors.

@tonymcdowell9017

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right

@benbernal328

3 жыл бұрын

Yup I'm old timer an proud of baby boy because you can't get a classic muscle car out of your computer chip car baby boy I'm a Die hard fan of classic muscle cars Barret Jackson auto auctions you don't see no duct tape in them engine s little boys are to young to know or wish they had our muscle cars sitting in there driveways yup that's us were a old-timer club of muscle car hard core prideful proudful thank you for cutting are cars down you Kitty's don't Deserve to be in our classic club cars amen God bless all who Respect a old timer because sooner or later younger teeny boys will get old to ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀thank you again for not liking are cars more for us none for you God bless

@ringo666

3 жыл бұрын

"early years cars"? 50 years ago? Cars have been around for 150 years.

I owned two Pintos and two Mustang IIs. I can still hear the valves rattle. Good times 😌

@FranFJB

3 жыл бұрын

My first car was a 75 MUSTANG II and at 22,000 the Pistons and Camshafts were shot. The Only Bad Ford I ever had. Apparently between the 74 & 75 they eliminated lubricating areas causing the issue.

@raydraw2313

3 жыл бұрын

@@FranFJB how many camshafts did your mustang 2 have?

The early years when they offered the 1600cc Euro Ford engine as the entry level in a car without a hatch (lighter than the hatchback, small trunk lid below the much smaller rear window than the hatchback had) and rubber floor mat (no carpet) with 4-speed was extremely inexpensive, pretty light in weight, yet remarkably fun to drive.

I had three, two in HS and a new 78 I bought right after boot. All very reliable. Drove the 78 cross country 4 times. No A/C kind of sucked but otherwise a fun car to drive plus the memories.

Back in those days I had a Pinto. It was a very reliable grocery-getter/commuter car!

Owned THREE Pinto's in the 1970's........no complaints :-)

That weber carburetor was fire 🔥

@davelowets

2 жыл бұрын

So was the car, if it got rear-ended.

Loved mine. Rear wheel drive with no weight in the back-end meant getting easily stuck. Remember block oil gasket was having some trouble and sometimes when driving I would produce a humongous white cloud about half a block long and 30 feet high. When mine got to rusted out the passenger window fell right through the door onto the pavement. One time the accelerator got stuck somehow, I panicked for about two seconds and then turned the car off while braking. Came back the next day and knew the problem had to be in the throttle assembly or carburetor. The problem was a screw holding in place one of the two butterfly valves inside the carburetor came loose and got stuck inside the chamber keeping the valve (and the airflow for combustion) open. I'm not a mechanic but I dismantled the carburetor right off the engine block, identified and fixed the problem and put everything back together. The drive home was most enjoyable after that. The night before this left me stranded and had to walk forty minutes home at 4AM. Great car to have owned and great memories!

I learned how to drive stick in a 1976 Pinto - it was great!

@alexanderbhartley5549

3 жыл бұрын

About 1983-84 I would have started driving. My parents had a 1976 Pinto wagon, stick shift. I had no complaints. :-)

@davidatovar

2 жыл бұрын

Me too !

My mom had a '76. It was a great little car. It's what I learned to drive a stick in.

I remember that every September was the start of the school season; new television shows; the arrival of the Fall/Winter Catalogs and the new auto models.

@johnmorgan4405

2 жыл бұрын

God yeah, life was so much simpler. Remember circling toys in the catalog for Christmas???

@eduardoramirezjr4403

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmorgan4405 👍

@bruce2357

2 жыл бұрын

I remember shopping for new school clothes around that time every year. I hated it. Yep, the TV guide would come out with descriptions of all the new shows. We didn't have VCR's and the shows weren't repeated several time in the same week, if you missed your show you had to wait for the reruns to come out.

@robertd9850

2 жыл бұрын

And football!

@nycsty1e1

2 жыл бұрын

Remember the fall issue of TV guide letting you know of all the new fall tv shows.

I bought a 1 year old Pinto in 1973, during the gas crisis. When everybody else was driving their gas guzzlers, I was getting 30 miles to the gallon! I tricked mine out with all kinds of engine and suspension modifications. I also dropped in a 5-speed transmission. It had a strong 2 liter engine which really moved. I loved that little car.

True story, I had a Mercury Bobcat while going to college. The timing belt broke going around 65 m.p.h. I pulled off the road. I came back the next day with a new belt, and maybe 8 wrenches. I changed the belt, and drove away, as good as new. TRUE STORY.

@videomaniac108

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I was driving south through North Central Florida early on a Sunday morning in 1985 from Gainesville to Ocala to visit my future mother in law. My cam belt broke at speed on the highway and so I pulled over and parked it at a closed gas station's parking lot. I hitchhiked back up to Gainesville, put on my old Army fatigue jacket with big pockets stuffed with hand tools and walked to an auto parts store to get a new belt. I hitchhiked back and installed the belt with no problem, after phasing the cam in properly. The car ran fine and I never had problems after that. Years later, when I had that happen on a Porsche 944s I had to have the head rebuilt at a cost of about $3K.

@dennishuffstutler9820

3 жыл бұрын

My mother had a Mercury Bobcat. You could be driving 55 mph and floor it and the car would drop to 53 mph.

@nallen1006

3 жыл бұрын

WHy any manufacturer would build an interference motor with a timing belt is beyond me. Thats not engineering thats just plain stupid.

@edwardfestor8726

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, in non interference engines, breaking a timing belt was an inconvenience but not a catastrophe.

@briansullivan5908

3 жыл бұрын

Mercury was a division of Ford. Every Ford I ever owned was a piece of crap.

In response to the usual comments about exploding Pintos, Chevrolet's 70s pickups with saddle mounted gas tanks fried more people than the Pinto ever thought of. Pintos were actually pretty decent little cars, especially when compared to anything the competition had to offer, which wasn't much.

@matthewfusaro2590

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that Pintos weren't any more dangerous than other economy cars. Ford did a cost analysis on the fuel tank problem and decided not to fix it because the lawsuits would cost less than the recalls. I think if Ford had been a little more ethical in their business practices and had recalled the cars sooner, Pinto's reputation would have been saved.

@wyo1446

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfusaro2590 That "cost analysis", or "cost vs risk" is the formula used by ALL manufacturers, not just Ford. Ford issued the recall, fixed the problem, and the Pinto went on to live a successful life, their reputation didn't suffer as bad as some might think. Btw, it was Lee Iaccoca who initially put the kibosh on addressing the problem.

@matthewfusaro2590

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyo1446 , "That "cost analysis", or "cost vs risk" is the formula used by ALL manufacturers, not just Ford." The difference here is Ford got caught and the information was leaked out to the public. It probably wouldn't have been so damaging had it been something else. No one wants to be burned alive. The Ford execs should have know that this was going to "blow up in their faces" (sorry, couldn't resist that one). I just watched another KZread video on the subject where Lee Iaccoca bragged about the Pinto's "safety". No wonder the Ford company was harshly criticized over the issue. They were just asking for trouble - call it automotive karma. Still they sold tons of these cars. Incidentally, my first car was a '78 Ford Pinto station wagon. I actually liked the car and I never once worried about the gas tank. My biggest worry was the timing belt. It had broke after 10k of driving although the previous owner replaced it 20k before that (I knew the guy personally and was not lying to get rid of the car). After that, I was always paranoid about the timing belt snapping. Still I didn't think it was a bad car. I wish I would have kept it; they are worth some money now.

@RobKeenan826

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfusaro2590 are you saying Chevy didn't know about the dangers of an outboard fuel tank? They also didn't change that until they had too

@matthewfusaro2590

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobKeenan826 I'm sure Chevy has their share of secrets but what separates the Pinto from other cars was the rush to get the cars into production. Pintos were already rolling off the assembly line before testing was completed. Fixing the problem meant modifying cars that were already built.

My dad bought a PINTO wagon and it lasted a long time and I was even able to buy a rebuilt engine and went a little more until it was rear ended on the freeway.

I learned how to drive on a '72 Pinto. i was 15 then. Good friend bought one new with a 4 speed (automatic would have been better for him). Nice little car.

I owned two pintos in the past both had the 2300 motors you could pound on those cars they would never give up.

@draykeblack7850

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they were/are great little beasties. But these ads are still laughable. "So easy to work on you can change the spark plugs yourself!" - Gee, I sure as **** hope so. XD

@dave23024

3 жыл бұрын

My first car was a Pinto Runabout with a 2300cc engine. It was my grandmother's old car, so she sold it to me when I turned 16.

@stevencartlidge6574

3 жыл бұрын

I had a '73 with the 2300 in it. That thing was tough as nails. I could spin the tires in 1st 2nd and chrip em 3rd...lol I really miss that little beater.

This made me feel old. I actually remember these commercials. I do have to say, if you were going to get stuck sitting in the backseat of a compact car, Pinto was the car you would hope to be riding in. They did have decent leg room.

@dmark2639

3 жыл бұрын

...until the Pinto gets rear-ended...KA-POWWW!!

@alexanderbhartley5549

3 жыл бұрын

I AM old, and it's okay.

@PRH123

3 жыл бұрын

I spent some time in the back of a Pinto. Awith most American cars of the time you say too low, sprawled on your rear end with your legs splayed out. It was like sitting in a vinyl - plastic bucket, as you couldn’t roll the side windows down, just pop them out a little. It wasn’t a bad car, but it wasn’t a great one.

@JamesRendek

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think the kids were stuck back there 🤣

@lennychorn147

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesRendek ???? Your comment makes no sense.

I owned a '76 Pinto Stallion(yellow w/black hood and trim). My dad used to call it "the bumble bee. Consistently gave me 25 mpg. Four speed with 2.4 liter eng. That thing could MOVE!!! AND never got stuck in mud OR snow.

I suggested this car to my boys as their first car. Their reactions were priceless 🤣

@rosegarten4389

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll bet LOL

My first wife totaled 3 pintos, only 1 was her fault and one was a head on collision, not her fault. My wife and boys survived, Strong great little car.

@boataxe4605

3 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness she hit in the front not the back.

@13bigerdave

3 жыл бұрын

won't be letting her drive

@BigBirdy100

3 жыл бұрын

Did you eventually find a car to do the job LoL?

@normieslayer1169

3 жыл бұрын

Dude your wife shouldn't drive.

Had a 73 Pinto. Headers. Oversized valves Holley 390 4 barrel. Wide tires. Shift kit in the automatic. Guy blew stop sign in a Fury. No explosion lol. But totaled. Had a lot of fun with that car.

this is classic thanks for sharing it with the world

yes, purchased a 1971 pinto ! our 1st car as married couple ! then became my work car lasted until the mid 80`s !

Had two 4-on the floor Pintos back in the day, loved them!

@madelinecesnalise76

3 жыл бұрын

Pokie!!! 😃

I had a brown 76 hatch back 4 speed. I’m old enough i remember seeing most of these commercials lol.

I opted for the 1972 Ford Maverick myself. 4dr. listened to my favorite AM station KHJ/The Real Don Steele radio show.

Had a 1973 Pinto, and it was one of the best cars I ever owned.

@danwatkins3044

2 жыл бұрын

My pinto, & fire

@davelowets

2 жыл бұрын

You're lucky to have lived through it...

@Bleriotman

2 жыл бұрын

@@davelowets No, it had the plastic gas tank shield installed. I found out later there were actually only 17 deaths total from the Pinto gas tank design. That was about normal for any other car as well, based on the numbers sold. So, although it was big news it was actually not a story at all.

@donovan2913

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bleriotman My Dad had a Pinto. I loved the looks and it performed well. I miss that car.

@Bleriotman

2 жыл бұрын

@@donovan2913 That car handled like a sports car. I once went around to junkyards trying to find an engine to rebuild, so when mine wore out, I would have a replacement ready. The junkyard guys just laughed: "Those 4 cylinder engines were designed in Germany, for use on the Autobahn. They last forever, and you aren't going to find any engines to rebuild, because the racers have bought every one they could find!".

Rear window heater to keep your hands warm while pushing during cold weather. Standard equipment.

My 1972 Pinto was fun to drive, it handled unbelievably.

The fuel tank explosion risk is low unless you're driving around on fumes - a full tank of gasoline is not very explosive because it's the vapours that light, not the liquid, and if the vapour pressure is too high it won't light either.

Great car when you put a 302 V8 in it! Bought a 71 in 78 for dirt cheap, swapped a high mile 302/3 speed standard into it and used to surprise a lot of muscle cars, fun times.

@SweetTodd

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to that car?

@bobbydavis2299

3 жыл бұрын

@@SweetTodd I messed with it for a couple of years, installed different engines/transmissions, sold it in 1980 to someone who wrecked it less than 2 weeks after he bought it....

Loved our pinto. That's the car I learned to drive a stick in.

@MplsTodd

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to say! Not many have a clue how to drive Manuel transmission these days

I owned a light blue 71 pinto automatic with the 2000 motor , excellent handling car , I loved it , wish I still had it today

My wife bought her first car in 1972. It was a Ford Pinto Runabout, 4 cylinder, auto and A/C. It was a great car until it was totaled in a collision in 1977. She bought a used 1976 Ford Pinto wagon with a V6, auto and A/C. She still has a wagon in 2021 but the A/C quit so I bought her a Prius.

Go easy on the Pinto, I'm a little sensitive.

@ryant282a

3 жыл бұрын

Username checks out!

@DChrls

3 жыл бұрын

Really, I though you were Wild Pinto. *:rimshot:*

@MrCozin-kd9mb

3 жыл бұрын

Pinto means Dick in Portuguese. Lol

@MLGSHINGOJI_3000

3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Cozin really bro

@ohPokey

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

Man in suit: “hey guys, just bought a pinto” Guys: “save some ladies for the rest of us”

@myexescallmetictac8297

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Loved those pintos back in the day…parents had matching pintos and I had a red pinto wagon.

@robertd9850

2 жыл бұрын

I was considering a Pinto wagon for my first car out of college. Guess I wanted the whole babe magnet thing! lol

I had a '73 with the 1600 Cortina engine. While I have some fond memories of my years with it I also had some serious problems that I blamed on the Ford dealers and service organization. Because of that I swore I'd never buy another Ford again ... and I haven't.

I had a 72 Runabout with the 2.0 litre and automatic transmission,one of the best small cars I ever had,never had a single problem with it.

We had one in 1971 and loved it. It went anywhere we had to go with no trouble at all.

Old car commercials are the best time travel vehicles we have (for now).😉

I had several pintos and loved every one of them they were great little no frills cars.

@HHHAAA111222

2 жыл бұрын

I particularly loved the timing belt that if you didn’t SERVICE in advance, could smoke the motor. RIP, Pinto.

@jimdavenport4484

2 жыл бұрын

@@HHHAAA111222 thats on most cars with an overhead cam. They put the same engines in the ford ranger 2000/2300 I had one of these and many pintos and never had a problem of it “smoking” the engine if the belt broke. Also had a dodge shadow that had duel overhead cams that I had break a belt that didn’t “smoke” the engine.

I once owned a Pinto, but the "o" fell off, and everyone thought I drove a Pint.

@TruthOverLies

3 жыл бұрын

I drink a pint..does that count? 😆

@HarrisonJBounel

3 жыл бұрын

My brother changed the lettering on our family's Pinto station wagon to DORF.

@nickhill8612

3 жыл бұрын

@@HarrisonJBounel Haha good one

@clemmahabir

3 жыл бұрын

Well Its not half a pint!! 😂

@jamesmartin3131

3 жыл бұрын

Could have been a 1/2 PINT....

taking a pinto into a derby might be the ballsiest move ive ever seen lol

They didn't include my favorite Pinto commercial: It featured a supposedly famous baseball player at his last ballgame, and the announcer said that in honor of his retirement, all the fans had pitched in to buy him a brand new Pinto. His response was 'Thank you very much, but you know the car only costs $1,919 - couldn't all you fans have gotten me something more expensive?'

Great commercials. I had several Pinto's, loved them. The American Mini Cooper

I had a 1977 Pinto bought it new. Had a 2.3l and 4 speed with the all glass hatch. It was a great car and IMO good looking.

@matthewfusaro2590

3 жыл бұрын

I had a 78. I think the 77-78 model years were the best looking body styles.

@michaelwilliams4410

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewfusaro2590, I totally agree!

@mistermusic140

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, Herman did you buy the Pinto from Fair Deal Dan?

One of those announcers (toward the end) was the announcer for “Lost In Space”!

First time I came to N. America was 1976 when I was still a student in the UK and I came over with my girlfriend for a long summer vacation. We mostly stayed in the Boston area but part of our plan included a trip west to Denver. We hired a Pinto from Hertz in Boston, drove west to Denver then south to Santa Fe. Then we turned back heading east through St Louis, DC, NYC and finally back to Boston. We had put on 5,500 trouble free miles, which was a bit of a shock for the rental agency. I later emigrated to Canada in 1983 and one of the first cars I bought was a well used Pinto. Just like the rental in 1976, it gave me trouble free service and my kids loved it.

Loved mine! Went up to Jack Stratton Ford in LA and bought the PANGRA fiberglass fender and hood conversion. Looked like a De Tomas Pantera. Built the 2.0 and turbocharged it. Left a ton of very surprised Cosworth Vega and 914s in the dust.

Friend of mine had one. That little car lasted forever for it’s time had a great little engine.

A long time ago,back in the early 90's. I saw a pinto with a flame paint job. The flames were painted from the rear,going forward.😆 I saw another one at a car show that had a pack of matches painted on the hatch. It said Strike here to ignite. LOL Back in the mid 90's I saw an orange Pinto panel wagon sitting in some dude's yard. It was actually a nice little car. It was a 1978,orange with that dark brown wood sticker on the side. It also had 2 round bubble windows in the back. Kinda like where they used to put those small windows on the side of a van. Anyway I decided that I wanted to buy it,if the guy wanted to sell it. I went up to the house and talked to the guy. It was broke down and it needed a 4 speed manual transmission. It only had 80k on it. The guy wouldn't sell it. I offered him crazy $$ for it $1600. He still wouldn't sell it. He said he was saving it for a retirement project. Here we are in 2021 and that car is still sitting in his yard under the pine tree. Except that car is destroyed by the elements. I wish that guy would have been more of a realist and just sold it to me. He'd have a little cash for his pocket and I probably would have kept the car on the road a while longer and enjoyed it. $1600.00 went quite a bit further than it does today. Back then you could still buy a driveable vehicle for $300 -$800. Today,probably not impossible. But fairly unlikely. I ended up buying a 78 Camaro Rally Sport instead. That got totalled. Guy ran a red light T-boned me.

I've had three Pintos, one I owned twice! Outside of the pre-'74 problem, they ran forever.

In 1983 I traded my 1973 Ford Maverick for a 1973 Pinto Station wagon. Best trade I ever made!

I miss the 70's

@lawnmowerman2199

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@paulherzog9605

3 жыл бұрын

No more good acid now

It was my first car. I bought it used for $800, drove it 70,000 (for a total of 150,000)miles with only needing a clutch, a starter, and replacing a rusted-out gas tank restraining strap. Regarding the exploding gas tank, it was fixed with a plate between the tank and the differential.

@joeblough2485

2 жыл бұрын

In 1986 I just put a bumper sticker on my Pinto. Caution this vehicle explodes on impact. That also seemed to fix the issue.

@LawrenceMeisel

2 жыл бұрын

Too bad they decided it was too expensive to install that little plate at the assembly plant.

@JL-sm6cg

2 жыл бұрын

@@LawrenceMeisel $11 compared to Ford deducing that a wrongful death would be $200K. Turns out it was way more than that, and they had to recall and put that cushion in there anyways.

@rosegarten4389

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@richardyoung4616

2 жыл бұрын

@@JL-sm6cg 1

When I was 17 my friend borrowed his Mom’s Pinto.The 4 of us went on a little vacation ,but quickly locked the keys in the car!But no problem,2 guys put their fingers under the hatch and gently lifted up,Pop!We are in..

I had a '72 Pinto. Loved it.