This thing cost $1995.00 Seriously. I think you also could get a discount with Green Stamps, but I'm not sure. (The reason I remember is that the Polaroid Swinger camera cost $19.95 and they came out at about the same time.) Go ahead search for the swinger commercial now...
My mom owned a Pinto, and she drove that thing for a long time. It did have it's issues. I was loud and rough. I remember riding around and listening to A.M. radio. I still see a few once in a while. People are fixing them up to look like hot rods cuz the body style looks sporty. Wasn't the best cars. But ours ran forever.
Ah, what memories I have of this, the first in a long line of POS cars I owned in my youth. Mine was fire engine red and had (now don't laugh) "racing stripes" and a Ford aftermarket air conditioner. The motor went through camshafts like a teen goes through condoms. The timing adjustment was a lesson in guess-work, and the electrical system shorted more often than GWB's brain. I remember rewiring the ignition with wire from a set of Xmas tree lights. Gave my mechanic the best belly laugh he'd h
@Tryvaltor Do you know the actual name of the horse used in the commercial, I think it might have been one of my Grandfather's horses, he bred pintos/paints?
@85ZingoGTR Seats 4? Pffft... amateur! We used to do beer runs in that thing. 2 people in the front, 3 in the back, and 2 in the hatchback. How I'm still alive to write this is nothing short of a miracle.
I had this magazine ad taped to my bedroom wall in 1970...........I was 15, and really dumb! My first car ended up being a 1971 Monte Carlo...........which is now a classic. Like myself.
The pinto was actually not substantially more dangerous than other cars of the time its just that Ford sold more Pintos than any of the other manufacturers small cars so that's why the media totally overreacted to a couple of accidents that led to fires involving the Pinto.
who ever was born in that time know what this car was or is.but if you dont know what pinto is .you better start googling for pinto piece of shit.the word pinto stands for put it into oblivion
@bengativo6 we had a green pinto wagon and loved it. It was as tough as a truck and thrifty too.
Drove it on logging roads in idaho for rock sample collection long ago and was never stuck.
only 27 fatalities were recorded because of the fuel neck fire problem, and as it turns out the pinto was LESS likely to catch fire than other contemporary cars available.
Go figure... one of the best cars of the era slandered as the worst because of fear and greed
LOL, I remember my grandmother's little Pinto wagon in North Carolina. Blue with woodgrain trim and blue vynal seats. Used to ride in it as a child. But, MAN, what a joke it turned out to be! 25 miles to the gallon? My dad's 78 Toyota Corolla did better than that in the city AND had more power. Funny it came out on September 11th. Guess that prooves September 11 of ANY year is a disaster!
Ford wasn't even trying to fight the imports. Probably figured the 25MPG Pinto would bring them in and they'd talk em into getting a bigger car. The new Mustang GT gets 26 on the highway. We could've ruled the world.
"The new little carefree car from Ford." Yup, when you're burning, you won't care anymore.
I like the derogatory tone the narrator takes: "...with a wider stance than any little import, so you won't be pushed around by the wind." How could that pathetic company Toyota ever beat a company with that much confidence?...lol
I almost bought a Pinto back in 1986. I didn't know jack about cars (15yrs old, actually my mom was going to buy it) and the guy selling it convinced me that it was a 'good' economic car. Luckily, my uncle went with us the next day and laughed at us. We ended buying a '79 Monte Carlo.
A Pinto! What a flashback . . . my sister had a 1977 silver Pinto that I used to borrow. Funny how I never thought about it exploding at the time. Maybe I was too busy listening to all that groovy '70s music on the factory installed 8-track tape player it had.
I liked the homemade convertible version Pinto that Smokey was driving in the movie "Friday." It was all backfiring and the engine was running even after he turned it off. Such a POS but he really thought he had something.
40 years later, the US *still* can't make cars that exceed 25 mpg fuel economy. If US car companies based in other countries can and *do* make economical cars, why do they not sell those models in the US??
@fernblatt What are you talking about? the ford focus gets 28 -38 and thats in automatic, the chevy malibu gets around 33. the dodge caliber gets around 32 also.
@BensHerps ... to be fair the Focus (and the Fiesta) are Euro imports, however US cars on sale today are lightyears ahead of what they were five years ago and they're getting better.
@dcanmore -- true. Our family owned several Escorts - which achieved mid-30 mpg range, but the Escort was a joint design between ford and (was it Mazda?) My '66 Falcon would do that. As I commented below, my 1985 Mercedes station wagon would average lower-30's, then again, it was diesel. (like the Smart mentioned below) Ahhh, I think we've all fussed enough on the topic, or at least I have. Many of the economy vs emissions vs safety decisions are more political than anything else.
@BensHerps ... They were taking liberties in advertising back then, consumer guides had the Chevette down as 29mpg city and 39mpg highway, EPA figures were 28 city and 34 hwy.w
@fernblatt My 1993 4-cylinder Mustang has consistently gotten over 28 mpg (usually around 30) in the past 13 years that I've owned it. You shouldn't fall victim to the media lies. They'll make you a fool every time.
@shellymic - Not media lies, but personal experience. Of every car I've owned over the past 30 years, US models have, in almost every instance, had the worst fuel economy compared to similar Japanese imports of similar size and engine specs. Latest example is not Japanese, but a Smart ForTwo -- the gasoline models sold elsewhere get upwards of 50 mpg, the gasoline model sold in the US gets quite a bit less. The Canadian diesel model I own regularly gets 60 mpg. Even my '85 Benz wagon got 33.
I'm surprised they didn't make the rear end blow up when the pinto pranced by it. Those were terrible cars, exploded upon impact. Crappy American cars, just like most of them were and still are today.
How silly that people keep commenting on the Ford coverup of the rear-end collision risks of the Pinto FORTY years ago. I agree, American cars were, for the most part crap by the 80's. But today The Big Three, Ford and GM in particualr, are producing worls-class cars that lead in quality, performance, and value. Stop trashing them based on mistakes of the past. It was TOYOTA caught with it's pants down in a major safety-related coverup just this year! And their quality continues to slide!!!
Sadly, a number of respondants on this are idiots or weren't there. The actual lawsuit was based upon a car that was rear-ended to the back of the FRONT seats. EVERY car back then had the fuel tank in behind the rear axle and with inches of the rear bumper. This car was no less safe than the Maverick and MUCH safer than the first generation Mustangs, which had the fuel tank as ACTUAL FLOOR OF THE TRUNK!
@uofmrules1 yep well i read ,back in 71, it would have cost ford 121 million to fix the problem of them blowing up/fire from rear end colusions, or pay out 50 million in court settlements...they choose the latter..
Ironic that it was introduced on September 11! Both it and the World Trade Centers would be known as things that explode on impact with moving objects! lol
September 11, 1969. You really can't beat it for your first car (back in the 80's)! For me, it was a 1972 then a 1976 back in the mid-80's. For my older brother, it was a 1971 back in the early 70's. Great find in that commercial.
I had a Pinto while another project car was not driveable; I realy liked it. Got it for $200 bucks off a guy who didn;t know how to put ATF in. The Pinto had the 2.3L 4-banger, which would throw a rubber timing belt and then go another 100K miles. With a tune-up (cheap on the 2.3) and some decent tires, it was a firm, stable, comfortable car. And it hauled the 351W heads for my 1967 Mustang just fine.
I am from st louis I love the pinto infact I had one that completley dominated the streets 2 different motors 1st had a 260 with a 10,000 rpm shift point, 2nd had a 351 with quench chamber heads cleveland 8500 rpm shift point.
Always driven NEVER trailered or towed even when take to the Car Craft nationals.
Not to brag but my car was and still is a lengnd around the St. Louis and surrounding area (hatch back model it was all grey prime).
I had a 74'with a 2300 engine,if you wanted to go anywhere in it,I would always have to fix it first LOL! so ford fix or repair daily was true for mine,but when it ran,it ran.
@RabidKoala - When I was a kid (late seventies) my "gearhead" neighbor at the time stuffed a small block 302 in a Pinto coupe. That became one brutal machine!
Had a Pinto. Drove from Des Moines to Tucson in 1976. It did not take the whole year but it felt like it. My Pinto struggled to hit 45 mph going up mountain highways.
Coming to dealers September, 11, 1970, good God, what is it with that date and disaster? I'm beginning to think they should do the same thing with the calendar as they did in many high rise buildings with the 13th floor, get rid of September, 11 and replace it with September 10B. So like a building with a 13th floor they have a 12 and a 12B and then a 14th floor, we can have a calender with a September, 10, September 10B, and then September 12.
I heard the reviews of this car are quite EXPLOSIVE! XD lol
defconbunchofnumbers 5 days ago
If all you guys were teenagers or in your 20's in the 70's... You're lucky.
Today sucks so bad for younger people!
BlkJag08 5 days ago
25 mpg...Ha!
ZKupekZ 1 week ago
i love how this car came out on september 11 (even though this was in the 70's)
JackAttack1000 1 week ago
pinto: small, classic, and (DEADLY)
electriktiger 1 week ago
Coming September 11....not a very auspicious date
perdondaris 2 weeks ago
i'd be more embarrassed to be seen in one rather than worried about it catching on fire
msmithstud 3 weeks ago
This thing cost $1995.00 Seriously. I think you also could get a discount with Green Stamps, but I'm not sure. (The reason I remember is that the Polaroid Swinger camera cost $19.95 and they came out at about the same time.) Go ahead search for the swinger commercial now...
Dadgrug 1 month ago
September 11th... never a good day...
pmoney200 1 month ago
I saw a ford pinto one time in my life and it was sitting in the middle of the woods
aaronpourazar 1 month ago
what a turd of a car , and the tempo gets a bad rap wtf the tempo is superior tho this roadside bomb
inman1a 1 month ago
Coming Sept. 11. Yikes, two disasters same day.
aguyandhiscomputer 1 month ago 9
ROFL "carefree car" Um.... I care about explosions, and fiery deaths.
Dcook85 1 month ago
My mom owned a Pinto, and she drove that thing for a long time. It did have it's issues. I was loud and rough. I remember riding around and listening to A.M. radio. I still see a few once in a while. People are fixing them up to look like hot rods cuz the body style looks sporty. Wasn't the best cars. But ours ran forever.
dnwiles228 1 month ago
Ah, what memories I have of this, the first in a long line of POS cars I owned in my youth. Mine was fire engine red and had (now don't laugh) "racing stripes" and a Ford aftermarket air conditioner. The motor went through camshafts like a teen goes through condoms. The timing adjustment was a lesson in guess-work, and the electrical system shorted more often than GWB's brain. I remember rewiring the ignition with wire from a set of Xmas tree lights. Gave my mechanic the best belly laugh he'd h
1ndridC0ld 2 months ago
Nothing like the Pinto "Blowabout"
caribeandude1 2 months ago
I've seen the movie Cujo. I KNOW what happens to this "DARN CAR!"
streetroyalty1 2 months ago
Wonderful
ofermisk 2 months ago
they should've had a button in the pinto that automatically called the local fire department!
zizzlefiggle4969 2 months ago
Little explosions...
ExcruciatingMinutae 2 months ago
What they don't tell you is that they went through three cars for just this commercial because the horse kept setting them off.
Tryvaltor 2 months ago
@Tryvaltor Do you know the actual name of the horse used in the commercial, I think it might have been one of my Grandfather's horses, he bred pintos/paints?
mwhitesnow 2 weeks ago
@mwhitesnow I think that is illegal in the state I live in.
CheckM8King2 15 hours ago
The barbecue that seats 4.
85ZingoGTR 3 months ago
@85ZingoGTR Seats 4? Pffft... amateur! We used to do beer runs in that thing. 2 people in the front, 3 in the back, and 2 in the hatchback. How I'm still alive to write this is nothing short of a miracle.
tonyjf55 1 month ago
Cute car...
ForeverIronhide 3 months ago
High end options include: tinted windows, cut-pile carpeting and a braided fuse.
keefmeister77 3 months ago in playlist More videos from WookieCookie
Got my first POA in a Pinto. I still have fond memories of it.
eyeinidas 3 months ago
Found 0n Road Dead hahahaha :D
cartoonist1975 3 months ago
asbestos underwear recommended
pfcwar5150 3 months ago
Fire Extinguishier not included.
The1baddman 3 months ago
you wont be pushed around, cuz if you do, you blow up!
pedovans 3 months ago
I had this magazine ad taped to my bedroom wall in 1970...........I was 15, and really dumb! My first car ended up being a 1971 Monte Carlo...........which is now a classic. Like myself.
Simon5005 3 months ago
hahahhahaha.. care free hahaha....get it?
wiliscool 3 months ago
The pinto was actually not substantially more dangerous than other cars of the time its just that Ford sold more Pintos than any of the other manufacturers small cars so that's why the media totally overreacted to a couple of accidents that led to fires involving the Pinto.
CVTaxi 3 months ago 2
the documentary named "Engineering Disaster" (History Channel) ever present about the failure of this car
thaichubby101 4 months ago
pinto what a piece of shit. !!
who ever was born in that time know what this car was or is.but if you dont know what pinto is .you better start googling for pinto piece of shit.the word pinto stands for put it into oblivion
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bengativo6 4 months ago
@bengativo6 we had a green pinto wagon and loved it. It was as tough as a truck and thrifty too.
Drove it on logging roads in idaho for rock sample collection long ago and was never stuck.
only 27 fatalities were recorded because of the fuel neck fire problem, and as it turns out the pinto was LESS likely to catch fire than other contemporary cars available.
Go figure... one of the best cars of the era slandered as the worst because of fear and greed
datawraith3080 4 months ago
The world's first fully functioning mobile crematorium
rlstz 4 months ago 15
The dealer's threw in a bag of marshmellows and hotdogs when the gas tank exploded...
majormannfred 4 months ago
It's funny how he says Pinto
PENT HO!
Americas ugliest car with exceptions of AMC's cars.
hottdylan1993 4 months ago
It looks like a Maverick hatcback.
visor109 4 months ago
LOL, I remember my grandmother's little Pinto wagon in North Carolina. Blue with woodgrain trim and blue vynal seats. Used to ride in it as a child. But, MAN, what a joke it turned out to be! 25 miles to the gallon? My dad's 78 Toyota Corolla did better than that in the city AND had more power. Funny it came out on September 11th. Guess that prooves September 11 of ANY year is a disaster!
Timbrock1000 4 months ago
Not as bad as they were made out to be. My sister had a used one, it lasted and got her around for years.
joeysixtysix 4 months ago
Now, with exploding gas tank!
kenfo0 5 months ago
Put
In
New
Transmission
Often
oscarfish48 5 months ago
00:30 i mean
bobdabuilde99 5 months ago
30:00 its risky lol
bobdabuilde99 5 months ago
Biggest POS Ford ever made. May it Rust in Pieces.
danieljh 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you know this Car from Car Town on Facebook :D
Mr1lk3r 5 months ago
Has anybody bought this Pinto car before.
alanisgirl2010 5 months ago
Ford wasn't even trying to fight the imports. Probably figured the 25MPG Pinto would bring them in and they'd talk em into getting a bigger car. The new Mustang GT gets 26 on the highway. We could've ruled the world.
hulkhatepunybanner 5 months ago
Wonder if Senator Larry Craig owned one - with its "wider stance"....
musicom67 5 months ago
"The new little carefree car from Ford." Yup, when you're burning, you won't care anymore.
I like the derogatory tone the narrator takes: "...with a wider stance than any little import, so you won't be pushed around by the wind." How could that pathetic company Toyota ever beat a company with that much confidence?...lol
MaestroTJS 5 months ago
"Coming Sept. 11th" ? I mention it only in passing....
JoshuaTaylor 5 months ago
UN DÍA COMO HOY 11 DE SEPTIEMBRE
1970: se presenta el Ford Pinto.
(El Ford Pinto fue un automóvil compacto para los estandares norteamericanos.
Se lanzó en 1971 para competir en el mercado estadounidense contra los importados pequeños, y fue un resonante éxito comercial)
BANDIIDO 5 months ago
RIP to the 53 people who died because Ford decided it wasn't cost effective for them to fix that little back bumper problem.
kisscactus 5 months ago
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Carefree car, looks like ford was very carefree when they made the peice of shit.
VWman100 6 months ago
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VWman100 6 months ago
Bang!
floooky1 6 months ago
Care free car...haha! Care if it explodes?
drummer4theperish 6 months ago
My 22nd husband bought me this car and I sucked his dick all night for it!!!
ItBrandonSilver 5 months ago
@ItBrandonSilver
22nd husband? What are you a street grovelling crackhead? Get bent.
drummer4theperish 5 months ago
I've been married 35 times, BITCH.
ItBrandonSilver 5 months ago
@ItBrandonSilver 35 times in 35 days no doubt.
drummer4theperish 5 months ago
@ItBrandonSilver
LOLOL!!! YOU NEED to raise yo' MUTHAFUCKIN' STANDARDS, Girl! LOL.....made me laugh....thanks!!
BigHrdB 5 months ago
that car explodes if rear ended
mike104740 6 months ago
PINTO--PORTUGESE 4 --SOMETHING...
chadberry75 6 months ago
wow them 2011 Hondas have competition
SWLILAMAZING 6 months ago
my first car right there
thestevshady 6 months ago
I almost bought a Pinto back in 1986. I didn't know jack about cars (15yrs old, actually my mom was going to buy it) and the guy selling it convinced me that it was a 'good' economic car. Luckily, my uncle went with us the next day and laughed at us. We ended buying a '79 Monte Carlo.
defnyung 6 months ago
The new Ford Pinto. With special mounts to hold those enfant car seats secure directly over the gas tank.
JeffersonDinedAlone 6 months ago
They edited out the part where the horse brushed against the back bumper and it exploded...
tech9803 6 months ago 42
@tech9803 LMMFAO!!! That's f&*ked up!
themaytagrepairman 6 months ago
@tech9803 I had been listening about that lol... gas tank on the bumper, thats is true irresponsibility
CondeTERRAN0VA 4 months ago
@tech9803 Yes drive a Pinto....the rolling BBQ
CheckM8King2 2 months ago
They couldn't find a horse that looked normal? or is that a retarded cow?
GamingPalooza 6 months ago
A Pinto! What a flashback . . . my sister had a 1977 silver Pinto that I used to borrow. Funny how I never thought about it exploding at the time. Maybe I was too busy listening to all that groovy '70s music on the factory installed 8-track tape player it had.
Karen12777 7 months ago
Pinto's were great until they started blowing up...
looterish 7 months ago
I liked the homemade convertible version Pinto that Smokey was driving in the movie "Friday." It was all backfiring and the engine was running even after he turned it off. Such a POS but he really thought he had something.
getarealife 7 months ago
There's something creepy about the 70s: The Exorcist, Amityville, The Pinto, Salem's Lot, and Burnt Offerings.
ajsutubeacct 7 months ago
@ajsutubeacct Don't forget Disco!
itsmegp46 6 months ago
The Pinto is the reason why the emergency ph# 911 was established. The first 911 call ever? A burning Pinto.
ajsutubeacct 7 months ago
40 years later, the US *still* can't make cars that exceed 25 mpg fuel economy. If US car companies based in other countries can and *do* make economical cars, why do they not sell those models in the US??
fernblatt 7 months ago
@fernblatt What are you talking about? the ford focus gets 28 -38 and thats in automatic, the chevy malibu gets around 33. the dodge caliber gets around 32 also.
BensHerps 7 months ago
@BensHerps ... to be fair the Focus (and the Fiesta) are Euro imports, however US cars on sale today are lightyears ahead of what they were five years ago and they're getting better.
dcanmore 7 months ago
@dcanmore -- true. Our family owned several Escorts - which achieved mid-30 mpg range, but the Escort was a joint design between ford and (was it Mazda?) My '66 Falcon would do that. As I commented below, my 1985 Mercedes station wagon would average lower-30's, then again, it was diesel. (like the Smart mentioned below) Ahhh, I think we've all fussed enough on the topic, or at least I have. Many of the economy vs emissions vs safety decisions are more political than anything else.
fernblatt 7 months ago
@fernblatt oh and the 83 chevette advertised up to 60mpg
BensHerps 7 months ago
@BensHerps ... They were taking liberties in advertising back then, consumer guides had the Chevette down as 29mpg city and 39mpg highway, EPA figures were 28 city and 34 hwy.w
dcanmore 7 months ago
@fernblatt My 1993 4-cylinder Mustang has consistently gotten over 28 mpg (usually around 30) in the past 13 years that I've owned it. You shouldn't fall victim to the media lies. They'll make you a fool every time.
shellymic 7 months ago
@shellymic - Not media lies, but personal experience. Of every car I've owned over the past 30 years, US models have, in almost every instance, had the worst fuel economy compared to similar Japanese imports of similar size and engine specs. Latest example is not Japanese, but a Smart ForTwo -- the gasoline models sold elsewhere get upwards of 50 mpg, the gasoline model sold in the US gets quite a bit less. The Canadian diesel model I own regularly gets 60 mpg. Even my '85 Benz wagon got 33.
fernblatt 7 months ago
My brother got a brown Pinto for his first car and we nicknamed it the Tumbleturd. It looked like a turd on wheels.
whatanightmare1 7 months ago
does this mean the 4 cylinders of the apocolypse is coming
ghilliem85 7 months ago
And just a little explosion here and there...
4gasem 7 months ago
i got to addmit. pinto is a fun car to use, it would be a great car if it didnt have the gas tank problem
triggerhappybullets 8 months ago
I'm surprised they didn't make the rear end blow up when the pinto pranced by it. Those were terrible cars, exploded upon impact. Crappy American cars, just like most of them were and still are today.
SpazChat 8 months ago
pinto in portuguese means DICK!
1968userrgb 8 months ago
Long before the date of September 11 became infamous
gmt921 8 months ago
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@gmt921
11 September 1973, OR 11 September 2001?
star1923 8 months ago
i love these cars! my dad had one, and no, they dont all blow up
MechanicDan1 8 months ago in playlist Cars
i love my 1974 ford pinto wagon best car ever
justinjeeep1 8 months ago
bahaha 9-11 what a perfect day to release this disaster of a car
youtuuberoxx 8 months ago
must have spent more money on this commercial than making that piece of crap car lol
youtuuberoxx 8 months ago
kaboom!!! lol
tlv156 8 months ago
How silly that people keep commenting on the Ford coverup of the rear-end collision risks of the Pinto FORTY years ago. I agree, American cars were, for the most part crap by the 80's. But today The Big Three, Ford and GM in particualr, are producing worls-class cars that lead in quality, performance, and value. Stop trashing them based on mistakes of the past. It was TOYOTA caught with it's pants down in a major safety-related coverup just this year! And their quality continues to slide!!!
TonyMaximMuscles 8 months ago in playlist Car Stuff
The Pinto replaced the far superior english Ford Cortina, what a shame.
GuitarMania59 9 months ago
@GuitarMania59 Wow I had a '69 Cortina. What great running little car. I had it painted black with a white racing stripe. Way better than a Pinto.
JKubel25 8 months ago
There was two comercials: the first and last one xD
DYNGOthebest 9 months ago
*pinto is rolling... boom
sandythebear 9 months ago
I just love the foal, adorable!
justmelisap 9 months ago
Sadly, a number of respondants on this are idiots or weren't there. The actual lawsuit was based upon a car that was rear-ended to the back of the FRONT seats. EVERY car back then had the fuel tank in behind the rear axle and with inches of the rear bumper. This car was no less safe than the Maverick and MUCH safer than the first generation Mustangs, which had the fuel tank as ACTUAL FLOOR OF THE TRUNK!
chiwowowo 9 months ago
@chiwowowo I had two of them 71 & 74 they great little cars , I would own one tomorrow without hesitaion.
svoable 9 months ago
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@chiwowowo I had two of them 71 & 74 they great little cars , I would own one tomorrow without hesitaion.
svoable 9 months ago
Had a basketball hit the rear bumper of mine and it exploded.
e081194eng 9 months ago
Boom!
jvolstad 9 months ago
Yup, the car Iacocca felt didn't need an $11 safety device. He'd rather assume a human life was worth $200K and run with that. Nice job, pal!
uofmrules1 9 months ago
@uofmrules1 yep well i read ,back in 71, it would have cost ford 121 million to fix the problem of them blowing up/fire from rear end colusions, or pay out 50 million in court settlements...they choose the latter..
bettydaw1970 9 months ago
@bettydaw1970 Yeah and eventually they ended up paying for both. Once again, nice job.
uofmrules1 9 months ago
Why am i attracted to old 70s commercials...
i just love the poorer quality and sound over today's commercials... lol im weird
HodgePodge218 9 months ago
Love those old car commercials.
1aauto 9 months ago
The Pinto is coming back in 2012!
SaleGuy 9 months ago
The pinto has a much better safety record than the Ford Falcon or the original Ford Mustang.
YTRulesFromNM 9 months ago
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Thumbs up if you want to see the horse explode.
frednora 9 months ago
Ironic that it was introduced on September 11! Both it and the World Trade Centers would be known as things that explode on impact with moving objects! lol
ncmountaingal1960 9 months ago 18
@ncmountaingal1960 LOL. That was a good man!! EXCELLENT
TheLizardKing1967 6 months ago
@ncmountaingal1960 not funny douchbag
islandersarehot 6 months ago
@ncmountaingal1960 so, yeah, youre a piece of shit
Pj311foo 5 months ago
@ncmountaingal1960 nice analogy...I sense some underlying issue here
lubaker 4 months ago
The BBQ grille on wheels! lol Bring it to the beach or park and roast weenies on it as it explodes! So convenient and cheap, too...
ncmountaingal1960 9 months ago
coming in september 11th reminds me that the pinto could explode in a fire ball if hit hard from the rear.
laneatlileden 9 months ago
A bunch of bald guys sat around the conference table at Ford Motor Company and gave this ingenuity the go ahead.
LOL, what were they thinking?
throttlehard 9 months ago
If you live after getting rear ended, you are lucky.
dekoldrick 10 months ago
Ford should've be sued for animal abuse. They put that poor pony in harm's way by having it come dangerously close to the rear bumper.
luso2kx 10 months ago
@luso2kx Shit I was going to say if it hit the rear end of it, the car would explode. lol
uofmrules1 9 months ago
September 11, 1969. You really can't beat it for your first car (back in the 80's)! For me, it was a 1972 then a 1976 back in the mid-80's. For my older brother, it was a 1971 back in the early 70's. Great find in that commercial.
theaudiophilestore 10 months ago
FORD got sued with this wreck !!
monte61 10 months ago
The only car that have been able to hold its standard through all these years!
It was ugly when it came , and its still ugly!!!!
loppenmat 10 months ago
So the Pinto is a baby Mustang? ...subtle
spentfromnz 10 months ago
haha 9-11
carman87015 10 months ago
I had a Pinto while another project car was not driveable; I realy liked it. Got it for $200 bucks off a guy who didn;t know how to put ATF in. The Pinto had the 2.3L 4-banger, which would throw a rubber timing belt and then go another 100K miles. With a tune-up (cheap on the 2.3) and some decent tires, it was a firm, stable, comfortable car. And it hauled the 351W heads for my 1967 Mustang just fine.
haakondahl 10 months ago
Looks like at 0:45 the pony was trying to get away before it could explode.
ChristianTVArchive 10 months ago
@ChristianTVArchive Yes it was like driving a hand grenade on wheels !!
monte61 10 months ago
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Ford Pinto... = 9/11
XSunacX 10 months ago
I heard that in the last year of the Pinto 1979, Ford made the quality better.
jimbobubbadj 10 months ago
@jimbobubbadj The ones from 1977 on were safer...just heavier and less fuel economical, but that's the trade off.
uofmrules1 9 months ago
@uofmrules1 Thanks for the info.
jimbobubbadj 9 months ago
i had a love affair in KC MO back in march 78....hers was blue......, and i was Greek....great combination
flyingxk 10 months ago
Bucket seats, damn that sounds appealing:P
RenatusUpborne 10 months ago
Ford Pinto... coming September 11... all about explosions and death.
Helmut83 10 months ago
@Helmut83 Hah, i caught that too.
WeBeNukin 10 months ago
Care free car, Until you get rear ended and the gas tank explodes
HemiPowah 11 months ago
I almost bought one. I put down a deposit of a whopping $5 on one in 1975. But I changed my mind the next day. DAMN!
circusitch 11 months ago
"Coming September 11th." Whoah. I guess we didn't see those notoriously-explosive buggers flying into the Trade Towers, but hey, they're "frisky"!
AudioVisualMatter 11 months ago
In brazil pinto is the vulgar name of pênis
brejonild 11 months ago
@brejonild But we're not in Brazil. We are on Earth.
4Y83Z120401 11 months ago
I am from st louis I love the pinto infact I had one that completley dominated the streets 2 different motors 1st had a 260 with a 10,000 rpm shift point, 2nd had a 351 with quench chamber heads cleveland 8500 rpm shift point.
Always driven NEVER trailered or towed even when take to the Car Craft nationals.
Not to brag but my car was and still is a lengnd around the St. Louis and surrounding area (hatch back model it was all grey prime).
oldhippiefromthe60s 11 months ago
Pinto. Put In Nickel To Operate.
JanusChristIsRisen 11 months ago
Does anyone know the title of the music playing in the background? ITS AWESOME!
allennnnnn91 11 months ago
@allennnnnn91 Sounds like Harry Nillson's "Everbody's Talkin'" which is a timeless and classic song from that era...
JAB5625 11 months ago
@JAB5625 Yeah I thought the same thing. But this has an awesome intro w/ harmonica! Not in Harry Nillson's Everybody's Talkin...
allennnnnn91 11 months ago
I had a 74'with a 2300 engine,if you wanted to go anywhere in it,I would always have to fix it first LOL! so ford fix or repair daily was true for mine,but when it ran,it ran.
KRAZZYMF 11 months ago
This is the first car I can remember my mother having. It was light green with faux wood siding. Mom was stylin' in her saasy little pony.
mella1970 1 year ago
I had a 74 wagon, a bit gutless but it was a rugged car overall. I would have loved a 289 in that thing!
RabidKoala 1 year ago
@RabidKoala - When I was a kid (late seventies) my "gearhead" neighbor at the time stuffed a small block 302 in a Pinto coupe. That became one brutal machine!
orange20fan 11 months ago
little care free... except for that whole it will explode in your face thing oops
starwolf112 1 year ago
Had a Pinto. Drove from Des Moines to Tucson in 1976. It did not take the whole year but it felt like it. My Pinto struggled to hit 45 mph going up mountain highways.
fourpatts 1 year ago
i'm surprised the pony lived after it touched the pinto
it just got lucky......
joker0187 1 year ago
Did anyone else notice the date it was released?
Ekamchi 1 year ago 11
It was irresponsible of Ford to let that horse gallop around the rear end of that thing.
Megiddo123 1 year ago
I had a pinto back in the 70's, never had any trouble with it. It gave me fine service, bought it brand new. Maybe i just got lucky.
vraydio 1 year ago
I remember when my pinto was parked outside and someone reared it that it burst into flames. I was like WTF just happened?
GracieAncelotti 1 year ago
Coming to dealers September, 11, 1970, good God, what is it with that date and disaster? I'm beginning to think they should do the same thing with the calendar as they did in many high rise buildings with the 13th floor, get rid of September, 11 and replace it with September 10B. So like a building with a 13th floor they have a 12 and a 12B and then a 14th floor, we can have a calender with a September, 10, September 10B, and then September 12.
OlegKostoglatov 1 year ago
Meet the Pinto, just born, and if you hit it in the rear it could burst into flames.
OlegKostoglatov 1 year ago
this car caused many deaths
noearaujo 1 year ago