1974 V8 Ford Pinto

as seen on Ebay January 2009

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• ford
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[nextnashvillstar]

yep we just went over that in drivers ed

the bumper would penitrate the gas can and spark making it explode :)

[cookieboystoys]

actually.... in early model Pinto's it was the tank getting pushed into the rear end with protruding bolts that would tear the tank, not the bumper. The other item fixed by the recall was the gas filler was reinforced and replaced with a longer tube into the tank to keep it from coming out during a crash. Never a problem with wagons.

[cookieboystoys]

However, a 1991 law review paper by Gary Schwartz claimed the case against the Pinto was less clear-cut than commonly supposed. The number who died in Pinto rear-impact fires, according to Schwartz, was well below the hundreds cited in contemporary news reports and closer to the twenty-seven recorded by a limited National Highway Traffic Safety Administration database.

[cookieboystoys]

Given the Pinto's production figures (over 2 million built), this was not substantially worse than typical for the time. Schwartz argued that the car was no more fire-prone than other cars of the time, that its fatality rates were lower than comparably sized imported automobiles.

[Shalashaska016]

Didn't they say that if you hit a Pinto just right in the rear it'll alway explode due to where Ford places the gas tank in the car?

[cookieboystoys]

@Shalashaska016 it is know for that to be sure. However it must be remembered and noted that any! car with a gas tank will catch on fire if hit right (they don't explode) and the gas tank leaks. Many more Ford Mustangs caught on fire when hit from the rear vs. the Pinto but... the Pinto is/was the poster child for "exploding gas tanks."

[lv2xlr8NOW]

nice car thanks for sharing

[ThaRealGecko]

Why do people hate these cars? they should hate their own life...

[dexter2433]

@nextnashvillstar Actual deaths in Pinto fires have come in at a known 27

allot more people have been burned or killed in a Chevy truck with side saddle gas tanks well over 300

any car can explode if the gas exits the tank and catches fire

[DeltaElite121]

I actually really like this. Looks great, and definitely looks like it could hold it's own on the street no problem.

[craigr13666]

Someone needs to build a mini-Mad Maxx car out of a pinto...

[Thunderchicken1997]

Nice Pinto, but that under dash A/C unit has GOT to go! How hard would it be to use the factory ducting? That thing looks hideous. Nonetheless, great ride.

I thought about putting a 3.8 super in my ''79 wagon. That would be a great ride!

[archona4]

The hubbub over the pinto was indeed overblown. Not a bad little car at all.

[19ranger90]

Looks like a Mach 1 Nice!!!!