Had new in 1971 and again in 1979. Loved them both. Good times and fon memories.

Never had a Pinto unfortunately but I did own a 75 Mercury Bobcat wagon, yellow/woodgrain. It was a fun little wagon

@davidkastin4240

4 жыл бұрын

The Bobcat was the same vehicle as the Pinto therefore you know how basic they are. Ford Pinto Mercury Bobcat same

When I was a kid my dad owned a ‘71. My mom soon after owned a ‘74 wagon and me and my brothers all subsequently owned them as our first cars as our dad had a good stock pile of parts to repair them and in his view they were a great first car as they were cheap to buy, insure and run. Everything I learned on how to fix cars was all thanks to my early exposure as a young kid to helping my dad fix those cars.

❤I always get excited when I see a really old car on the road.. My first car was a 1970 dodge challenger.

Imagine backing up when you accidentally hit a shopping cart.

I miss my 1976 Ford pinto it was a white hatch back I loved that car dearly.

We had a blue pinto wagon. My dad was a truck driver, and we used to follow him to different states. Have mini vacation.

My first car was a 1974 Ford Pinto that I purchase at an Auto Auction for 375.00 dollars back in early 1983.

I've owned at least one of every year Pinto ('71 through '80) except 1978 and 1980, I had my first in 1977, and still own one to this day. Can't seem to live without at least one around!

My Aunt had a 1976 Pinto Squire wagon with an optional V-6

Had a 1973 and 1975 Pinto Wagon. The 73 was brown with the woodgrain and the 75 was blue Loved them both!

One of the best cars ever built

My mother bought a brand new one in 79. The times we had in that car made many good family memories. Also my allowance increased since she didn't have to spend much to fill it up.

Ive got a last generation ford escort with now 326 k miles on it and with the 5 speed trans it reminds me a bit of the 73 Pinto i drove as a parts getter for coppola ford back then . escorts are another car we will miss, if you see a mint one buy it .

My father bought new a 1971 green pinto wagon 4 speed manual trans mission 2.0 4 cylinder engine. me and my 2 sisters all learned to drive in this car. in 1976 my mother bought a new beige color pinto wagon 4 speed manual 2.3 4 cylinder engine. in 1980 a year after graduating high school i bought a new black and green 1980 mercury bobcat hatchback 4 speed manual transmission with a 2.3 4 cylinder engine. all 3 were fantastic cars .

l'd rather have a Pinto than a 2020 Camaro.

@sava08xd58

3 жыл бұрын

if u touch a pinto the pinto will explode

@thomaspryor4415

2 жыл бұрын

@@sava08xd58 Haha, funny, get it? Because the car exploded because Ford let it? From only 1971-1973? Hilarious! Try driving the car. I own a '74 Pinto.

Had two 72's. Both Runabouts with the 2 liter engine. One strippo and one fully loaded. I would take them back in a second. They were fun little cars that always got me where I needed to go.

I have a 79 Pinto with only 68,000 miles, its runs well and is fun to drive around, people come up to me and tell me their Pinto stories

I absolutely LOVE my 1971 Pinto!!

@adameaby

7 жыл бұрын

Has it blown up yet?

@mariopintudo1683

4 жыл бұрын

if you have a pinto...in brazil you receive a cock. ..

@mariopintudo1683

4 жыл бұрын

do you like PINTOS hein..kkkkkk

@mariopintudo1683

4 жыл бұрын

in brazil a lot of people needs a PINTO. ( como se diz aqui..um PINTO bem grande e grosso)

@thomaspryor4415

2 жыл бұрын

@@Olds_Pwr Good point. I have a '74 Pinto. They're really popular on the dirt tracks; especially the 2.3 motors. I know a guy who runs a '74 Pinto at my local dirt track here in Missouri. He's fast.

I had 6 Pintos all with the 2.8 6 cylinder engine. Nice performer with the V-6. I installed a 4 speed trans in one of them out of a wrecked Mustang II. I also bought brand new a 1977 Mercury Bobcat loaded with all the bells a whistles. Very nice car. My wife rolled it on an icy road at the 18 month mark. Car was toast. Sadly, she survived unscathed. We divorced shortly after.

I owned a 73 Pinto hatchback when I was in College, a copper bronze metallic, dark brown vinyl roof, steel belted radials, high back bucket seats and...…...shag carpeting! It was a 2 liter 4 spd. and I used to race a classmate in his VW Karmen Ghia on The Maine Turnpike. Both cars would do 95 mph flat out. I put a Stebro exhaust system on it and top speed jumped to 105 mph. Never would have believed an exhaust could make that big a difference. It actually sounded pretty cool for a 4-banger. Moved to Florida after college and had to sell it (no A/C) with 34,000 miles. The dealer couldn't believe how clean it was as I took very good care of it. He bought it for his son in Georgia. One of my best memories of that Pinto was getting laid in the back hatch area on that comfortable shag carpet one nice summer night! One of my friends bought a nice looking Chevy Vega Camback wagon but the crappy engine let go at 12,000 miles! Never had any trouble with the Pinto at all!

Fond memories of a cross-country trip on I-70 in a '74 Pinto ... back-in-the-day

I bought a brand new Canadian built '75 Mercury Bobcat (glorified Pinto) and drove it for 20 plus years until I got T-boned at an intersection. Sure miss that car.

Simply the Best. 🐾💖

I miss my 73 and 77 and 78 and 79 and 80

I remember them being every where until they started to disappear at a rapid rate in mid 80’s.

My first car (June 28, 1977) was a new brown 1977 Pinto 2 door (no hatch) with absolutely no options. I got a $50.00 credit for the dealership deleting the stock AM radio. Luckily they left the antenna (as I ultimately had an AM FM installed at Mad Man Muntz a few months later). 2.3 litre 4 cylinder, 4 on the floor, no PS or PB, Armstrong air conditioning and Armstrong windows. I kept it for about a year and a half when I special-ordered a 1979 Mustang Cobra two-tone silver and black with blue hood graphics. I ordered it with 4 on the floor but it came in with a 3 speed auto. They wanted to give me a deal on the auto and charge me "their cost" but it being early February 1979 (and there being a dearth of Cobra buyers in the winter) I talked them down to $100.00. It improved the resale value but I still wonder what the 4 speed would have been like.

I had 2 of them a 1974 and a 1978 cruisin’n package the 78 had the 2.8 L V6 I loved it.

Great video! And thank you for showing that Pinto Cruising Wagon! The Pinto that thought it was a custom van! I miss that little wagon! Even in regular form, It looked way better than Chevy's Vega or Monza wagons.

My dad has a 71 in his garage, almost all original parts, nothing restored, still ready to go at a minutes notice

I was pretty broke from the mid-seventies to the early eighties and owned three very worn Pinto's during that time. They were an excellent durable and trouble free car, and could be bought cheap because of the fire issue. The first thing I did when I got them was go to the Ford dealer and have the fire recall done. It's funny how people always think of fires and explosions with these car yet none of the former owners bothered to have the recall done. At times people make no sense at all.

@michaelfleming5092

6 жыл бұрын

discerningmind I certainly hope you are doing much better now.

@JoseSanchez-bp7xz

5 жыл бұрын

discerningmind My dad bought one in 1973, and never said anything about any fire issue if there was one.

@jean-claudecullum3355

5 жыл бұрын

They were hoping to get hit and sue Ford

First car was an orange '74 Pinto . Bought it used in '77 and drove it through high school. About as basic as it got . I think the only option was the AM radio . It made me appreciate cars for what they were . A to B transportation

73 Runabout 74 Coupe 77 running about 1979 Coupe 80 Coupe they were all great cars and that all had for Speed

I'de love a pinto in orange with a white 3/4 vinyl roof. Greetings from England.

I miss my pinto. Sure had fun with mine and a simple car to drive. Different times now cars are so confusing you can't just put a key in the ignition make sure the computer accepts it then start. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!

Bring back the Pinto!

Had a "79 as my first car. Have never seen one like it. Maroon with the "Starsky and Hutch" white stripe down the sides and over the top. Have always wondered if this was a factory option, or aftermarket. I bought it in '86. Wish I still had it, and people laugh at me when I say my "lottery" car is a 1979 ford Pinto. Well...that and an Aston Martin.

My sister had a 1976 pinto light blue. She traded it in for a Subaru in 1985 and they only gave her $300 for it. I was so mad when I heard that. I would have given her the the $300 for it. It was a good little car.

I sure do miss my 73 Pinto roundabout Blue on Blue 2300 and the rest of my pintos I have a owned

We had a 1978 when I was a kid: white with the big read stripe that went down the side over the roof and down the other side (think Starsky and Hutch), also had the all glass rear hatch. The lines were actually not bad and it did have a unique look about it compared to other designs of the 70's. Sadly the quality of everything was not very high, I guess that was in line with the low price. All in all, it was fun, practical, and offered decent value.

I had a green 1971 pinto as My frist car I loved it wish I still had it

I had a 71 mustard yellow with the trunk not a hatchback l purchased it back in 93 with 50k on it for $600 it was rust free and all original condition hung on to it for a couple of years and sold it for $3500

Ahora que no tengo carro... quisiera tener aunque sea un ford pinto!!

Simpler times.

I had a pinto station wagon ! Love it!

I had four now down to two

I owned 2 Pintos.

I never had realized how European-looking the very first Pintos were.

I hate to admit it, but they were fun little cars as a kid, Had they fixed the fire problem, They could have sold much longer. In my home town many started hot-rodding them and shoe horning small V8's in them and Vega after sales stopped, That and putting Small V8's in Vega's. But the crash testing fires kinda killed them. They were cheap, Cheat to customize and could be hot Rod projects but never got past the risk of fatal fires in collisions.Maybe another day?

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I drove a 1971 Ford Pinto in college. Not a real great car but it was adequate for a student. Many of my classmates had real muscle cars like the Mustang, Barracuda, Plymouth GTX, etc. I couldn't wait to graduate so to get a job with bucks to buy a real car. When the bucks started flowing, I walked into a Ford dealership who was advertising the new Boss 302 Mustang. I looked at the model on the show floor which looked familiar yet strange. The Mustang had a 4 cylinder engine; very odd for a muscle car. It looked very much like my old Pinto. I asked the salesman what made this Mustang a Boss 302. He said it was the decals! Otherwise the vehicle was similar to a Pinto! I spent 5 years in engineering school and my dream car morphed into a Pinto! What happened is that smog control took hold. The oil crisis forced low mpg cars off the market. Asian car manufacturers were kicking the butts of GM, Ford, and Chrysler. All US cars had their performance denatured; total emasculation. I was so disappointed that I never bought a Ford car in my life.

I have 1978 Pinto 4 cylinder 4 speed

I waiting to see the Charlie’s Angels Pinto in Orange. Nice concept of a car sadly it got bad press with the gas tank issue

Had a 71 as my first car and, later, a 78 wagon. Nothing wrong with them...basic decent cheap cars

My parents had a 1974 Pinto wagon wood grain which they bought brand new

my brother bought a 71 pinto when he got out of the navy in 71 while driving off the lot it stalled.(an omen?)

Had a Galaxie 500 with a 6 Cyl., which was Plenty of engine...

i own two a 78 and 77 the 77 is a wagon that i race

Click and clack the tappet brothers love their pinto

I wish I could say I loved my 78 Pinto but it kinda sucked. Got me around for a few years but that was about it. The 2.3 had trouble going up hill lol. It was a dog. Fun times though.

The millionth was my car. MILLIONTH PINTO BOUND FOR GERMANY.

Ford made some great cars. its too bad it had the gas tank problem. This was a case of the engineers not having their pencils sharp and being controlled by the accountants!

someone knows the title of the first song please

@davidkastin4240

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a rendition of John Cougar Mellon head Pink Houses

@TheKDKCollector

4 жыл бұрын

Daisy Dukes by Silent Partner

I just wonder where the name Pinto came from...

@boristheamerican2938

2 жыл бұрын

Ford had a horse thing going on back then with Mustang and Maverick.

99% I love this car 1% bomb jokes

Here is what I did with a '74 Pinto Wagon and few extra parts... kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnqIu9GBnq6zhZs.html

😆 lil grandma cars

aqui no brasil muita gente quis levar um pinto !!

I was much classier than you commoners.........I owned a Bobcat. :P