Joeronimo Caffiend Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Ah yes, the famous Ford Hindenburg coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I remember a cartoon I saw in Playboy (I of course only read Playboy for the articles and the cartoons) He got a campfire. Three cowboys standing around it. Got a picket line run between two cacti. Four horses. One of the horses, you can barely tell that it was black and white spotted, is upside down doing the dead cockroach, and is burning. The fourth cowboy is standing there staring at the burning horse. The caption says, POOR SLIM. HIS PINTO EXPLODED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I had a 75 wagon, that I lost in a divorce. Also a '72 a little later, butterscotch with the fake wood sides. 2000cc with a four speed. Also had a '79 Mercury version hatchback( glass yet!) 2300cc four speed. That one was bought new and had a lousy paint job that the factory had to pay for a repaint on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Joeronimo Caffiend said: Oh my WORD!!! I really think I'm going to hell for laughing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 ..... no Dear, not for laughing at that ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Alpo said: I remember a cartoon I saw in Playboy (I of course only read Playboy for the articles and the cartoons) He got a campfire. Three cowboys standing around it. Got a picket line run between two cacti. Four horses. One of the horses, you can barely tell that it was black and white spotted, is upside down doing the dead cockroach, and is burning. The fourth cowboy is standing there staring at the burning horse. The caption says, POOR SLIM. HIS PINTO EXPLODED. I went looking for that cartoon. Got sidetracked. Took me half an hour to realize I forgot what I was looking for… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 40 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Took me half an hour to realize I forgot what I was looking for That sounds so damn familiar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 i cant believe there is still one intact in that condition , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I was so taken with the flame job that I missed the flammable cargo sign on the rear deck.... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 said: I was so taken with the flame job that I missed the flammable cargo sign on the rear deck.... LL Undoubtedly shod with Firestone 500 tires.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 They sure don't make nostalgia like they used to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 When I left home some friends of mine had a Pinto. I actually liked that car and it drove very nicely. One day when I was driving Susan, my friend’s wife, to the store I asked her if the car had been fixed in the recall. She said “What recall?”. The car still had the original gas tank punching bumper assembly on it. We drove to the Ford dealer to have it scheduled for repairs which they did that day. After all the news over Pintos blowing up or catching fire these two somehow missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I had a 72 Pinto Runabout, 4 speed hatchback. Great little car and I never got rear ended so that's why I'm still here!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: The car still had the original gas tank punching bumper assembly on it. So that's what it was all about? I never had a Pinto, or even ever rode in one, so for me it was just hearing about how Pintos exploded when they got rear-ended. Never knew why. Never was interested enough to find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I noticed it, but the backwards flame job caught my eye first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Treś apropos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Seamus McGillicuddy said: From my favorite low budget comedy movie all time. The Gods Must Be Crazy. I'm not sure what a Ford Pinto was doing in Australia though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Cyrus Cassidy #45437 said: They sure don't make nostalgia like they used to... ........ please consider this line as STOLEN ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: I'm not sure what a Ford Pinto was doing in Australia though. ........ not that much .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I was in the back seat of one when the driver crossed the center line. A conversion van topped the hill also across the line. Didn't go well for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: From my favorite low budget comedy movie all time. The Gods Must Be Crazy. I'm not sure what a Ford Pinto was doing in Australia though. I have not seen THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, but that clip was from the Val Kilmer movie TOP SECRET, and they were in East Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 The Pinto in that movie clip had the later "Safer" rear bumper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, Alpo said: I have not seen THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, but that clip was from the Val Kilmer movie TOP SECRET, and they were in East Germany. Oops, you are quite correct. Got my movies mixed up. The Gods is my favorite low budget movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 i did not know there was such a thing as - ".. the later "Safer" rear bumper...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 15 hours ago, Alpo said: So that's what it was all about? I never had a Pinto, or even ever rode in one, so for me it was just hearing about how Pintos exploded when they got rear-ended. Never knew why. Never was interested enough to find out. How quickly this stuff passes from our social consciousness. Ford manufactured the Pinto on an accellerated design/build schedule, and missed the fact that the rear bumper and gas tank design left the tank exposed to a higher than normal likelihood of penetration (and resulting ignition) in the event of a rear end collision. (Note: there was a continuing debate over whether the result would have been any different even with the redesigned fuel system; the Pinto was stopped in the right travel lane while the driver searched for her car's missing gas cap, and was struck from the rear by a 2 ton van with a modified plank front bumper, doing 55 mph; the other driver was in possession of alcohol, drugs and other mind-altering substances, and never braked or changed course.) After some dramatic accidents, it came out in litigation that Ford knew about the "defect", but after performing a risk benefit analysis concluded that the cost of recalling and retrofitting the cars grossly exceeded the likely cost of litigation and judgments from injuries and deaths in resulting accidents. It was a method of assessing risk that had been suggested by courts in prior decisions, but on paper (and in front of a jury) it looked like cold-blooded greed and absolute lack of concern for the human lives lost in the accidents that followed. The jury punished Ford with $126 million in punitive damages in one death case, sending Ford (and much of the auto and financial industries) into a tizzy. Even after agreeing to retrofit the affected cars with gas tank protection, Ford could not give away used or new models, and one of its best sellers was poisoned and lost. LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 The '72 wagon I had still had the thin bumper. I hadn't thought about it at the time. Had some carb trouble with it, but nothing else. The '79 Merc( Bobcat) had some carb troubles as well and didn't get very good mpg until gasohol hit the area. For some reason it really liked it and did pretty good mileage wise on it. Go figure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 8:24 PM, watab kid said: i cant believe there is still one intact in that condition , They became even more rare after two dozen Pintos on parade collided when the lead Pinto suddenly had to stop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry T Harrison Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Don’t forget the Chevrolet Corvair with the rear engine and the fuel tank in your lap. Remember the mantra “Unsafe at any speed” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Yeah, Nader killed that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 those were two that came to mind with the gremlin - goldfish bowl on wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 That was the Pacer, I believe. Wife called them an "Upside down bathtub on wheels". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 For what it's worth, the Pinto was statistically no more dangerous than any other car of it's size at the time... and in fact a bit safer than some. I'd take a Pinto over a Chevy Vega! The Vegas had aluminum blocks, but the early ones had no cylinder sleeves. Gee... aluminum blocks, aluminum pistons, and cast iron rings - some folks were surprised when the engines wore out. As I recall, the later engines were sleeved. I knew a fella who had a machine shop, and he got good at boring the cylinders and sleeving 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: That was the Pacer, I believe. Wife called them an "Upside down bathtub on wheels". your right - the pacer , the gremlin was not much better tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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