96_12V

Found this while looking around on YouTube. Pretty interesting how simple advertising was back then. Not to mention, how flawed a product could be sold. Funny - but it's original official introduction date was "September 11th." humm, odd coincidence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-Zk...eature=related

ramlovingvet

I had a 75 and it was a great car wish i had kept it.

hotdram

They should have just kept showing the horse

~Rob

Bark

Friend had one in Alaska. The first winter the dash board totaly cracked apart, the seat material cracked and split from the cold, radio died and many other problems. Below about 10f it wouldnt run without starting fluid. During the summer it was a good little car.

Nick02Ram

Cool commercial, I kinda figured it was gonna be some kinda joke video showin one blowin up or somethin though, lol.

hoot

I had a 73 automatic. It was a dog. Plugged it into a tree.
Then I bought the very last year... 1980. Sticker was $4050.

I liked that car alot. Much quicker.

ramlovingvet

I got my 75 for 250 in 85 and sold it for 750 two years later. the only thing I did to it was replace a flywheel.

pind

possibly the best pinto scene ever. from the movie Top Secret

DieselLady

I had that exact car with a v6 stuffed in it. It really hauled butt for being such an old car. Same color too.

BarryG

Ah the old Pinto. I owned several over the years late 70s through early 80's. They were well lets just say basic transportation. They were cheap to buy ( I dont think I ever paid more than 500.00 for one and a couple were only 200.00) and easy to work on and fix. Got decent mileage as well. Where I live there are a couple I see every once in a while. One is an old beater the other appears to have been restored as it looks to be in pristine condition.

zx14on2

my mom bought a gremlin brand new, she blew the tranny before she made it home..maybe it had edge with juice from the factory??

cbtumedic

There was one in hot rod magazine several years ago clicking off 10 second passes with a turbo 2.3l under the hood, he built it for under 10k, pretty cool little pinto, and yes those were 1/4 mile times. LOL.

Brian08Q35004x4

I had the 74 station wagon version. It was scary getting on the freeway with the automatic and four cylinders. You hoped and prayed not to get run over getting on, but was good on gas and when driving at speed was a good car. I traded it plus 1000 bucks for a 74 super beetle.

Lil Dog

We used to chase cattle in a station wagon version. Hard to kill that car and boy we tried.