We had one that we turned into a drag car. We moved the firewall back, stuffed in a big block 460 c.i. bored .135 over and used it to run an 11second 1/4 mile back about 15 years ago. It was pretty badass

 

Brother had one....he hit second gear hard and the shifter pulled out......I was in the car when he did it....

 

I'd shot myself if I was a Pinto expert!

 

Obviously not an english expert either so that's 0-2

 

Right, shoot; however still consider it

 

I had a Mustang II for a year. Same underpinnings but better interior. It could keep up with a VW Bus going uphill, but just barely. After a year I had enough (it also had recurrent electrical problems) and traded it in.

 

ugh...I had forgotten just how fugly those things are! Hideous.

 

I had a 73 pinto in high school. I hated that car and still do, but I had a friend with a runabout whose father built into a pretty fast street racer. He built up the original 4 banger with a cam, higher compression, headers, weber carbs and a posi rear end.

Here is a pic from the late 70's.

 

Now THAT is a 70s photo.

I can practically hear Pablo Cruise playing on the radio.

 

damn...I got a contact high just from viewing that photo!

 

Bell bottom pants and hippie hair FTW!

 

I like that quick edit, cause you know I was going to ask if that happened last year.

 

Got some Firestone 500 tires that would go right on that Pinto, if yer intrestid

 

Late 70's?

Hmmm.... you were definitely listening to the Bee Gees.

 

The local chapter of the SCCA has long had a class for racing them: Formula Pinto. They were the original spec Miata.