Look at this survivor! Pinto content.

[ls1mike]

Didn't talk to anyone, but I would bet it is all original. Was the cleanest Pinto I have seen in 20 plus years.
Yes I was at Harbor Freight.

 

[jims5600]

Real nice!

 

[Number_35]

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Didn't talk to anyone, but I would bet it is all original. Was the cleanest Pinto I have seen in 20 plus years.
Yes I was at Harbor Freight.

I have way more appreciation for those now than I did in the '70s.

I'd love to see a Pinto, a Vega, and a Gremlin together - and perhaps some over the weird Mopar imports from that era too - the French Simca 1204, and the Brit Hillman (rebadged as a Plymouth Cricket).

Chrysler's rebadged Mitsubishis were much better cars, but not as interesting.

 

[ls1mike]

Chrysler's rebadged Mitsubishis were much better cars, but not as interesting.

Don't you blasphemy the K-Car, L-Bodies (think Omni)and G-Bodies(Daytona, Lebaron).

Some had the Mitsubishi 2.6 hemi. The early L-bodies had a VW 1.9.

The rest were all Ma MoPar unless the turbo car had a Mitsubishi turbo. The Early ones and intercooled ones had a Garrett turbo.
in 88ish non-intercooled ones had the smaller Mitsubishi turbo.

There you go. Some useless information you or no one else on the planet needs.

 

[Escape08]

Ford's answer to the popularity of the VW Beetle but failed

 

[Burt]

Almost everything looks odd by today’s standards. The proportions, the bumpers, the antenna, hub caps, the side trim, the side markers. Very little in common other than 4 wheels and windshield.

 

[CleanSump]

My older sister had a baby blue one, manual trans. We thought it was pretty nice back then, but understood it was a budget car.

 

[bullwinkle]

Ford's answer to the popularity of the VW Beetle but failed

I beg to differ... My first car was a '64 Beetle, 1200 CC, 40 HP, 4 speed manual-63 MPH on flat ground (which would have got you ran over today, but it was 1980). My $25 '72 Pinto automatic with the 2.0 would have ran RINGS around that Beetle! Not to mention the '64's lack of heat, 6V electrical system, seat belts.... etc...

 

[Patman]

That Pinto owner is pretty smart to be backing into the parking space. Less chance of getting “blown up”

 

[fantastic]

Always neat to see an old relic of an era that no one really thought would last that long. Someone got their money's worth out of that one!

 

[Lawnman23]

Don't you blasphemy the K-Car, L-Bodies (think Omni)and G-Bodies(Daytona, Lebaron).

Some had the Mitsubishi 2.6 hemi. The early L-bodies had a VW 1.9.

The rest were all Ma MoPar unless the turbo car had a Mitsubishi turbo. The Early ones and intercooled ones had a Garrett turbo.
in 88ish non-intercooled ones had the smaller Mitsubishi turbo.

There you go. Some useless information you or no one else on the planet needs.

My mom had a LeBaron GTS turbo during my early years, it was a 86 or 87 I wanna say.

I barely remember riding in it as I was single-digits young. My dad had to replace something I remember, intake gaskets or something related to coolant. I remember he had part of it disassembled.

Anywho, rando childhood memory.

 

[Number_35]

Don't you blasphemy the K-Car, L-Bodies (think Omni)and G-Bodies(Daytona, Lebaron).

Some had the Mitsubishi 2.6 hemi. The early L-bodies had a VW 1.9.

The rest were all Ma MoPar unless the turbo car had a Mitsubishi turbo. The Early ones and intercooled ones had a Garrett turbo.
in 88ish non-intercooled ones had the smaller Mitsubishi turbo.

There you go. Some useless information you or no one else on the planet needs.

The K-Cars (Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant) were a decade later than the Pinto and Vega - I remember the teaser billboards in September 1980 - "K is coming!".

IIRC, the Omni/Horizon twins were whipped together as competitors to the VW Rabbit, appearing c. 1978. Were they based on an existing European Chrysler model? Agreed, I think they used a VW engine early on. 1.7 l?

I remember the big Mitsu 2.6 with its balance shaft being used in the early "Magic Wagons" (Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager). They were notorious for dropping the timing chain. That engine was optional - the base engine was the K-Car 2.2! Later on there was a 3.0 V6. I think that may also have been a Mitsu. Not sure.

 

[pbm]

I'd love to see a Pinto, a Vega, and a Gremlin together - and perhaps some over the weird Mopar imports from that era too - the French Simca 1204, and the Brit Hillman (rebadged as a Plymouth Cricket).

Chrysler's rebadged Mitsubishis were much better cars, but not as interesting.

The Gremlin wasn't a bad car but a bit weird looking. The Pinto wasn't a bad car but had a tendency to burst into flames when hit in the rear (ask me how I know). The Vega was garbage because they hadn't figured out how to properly use aluminum in engines yet when they came out with it. The Cricket and Simca were very old tech and the Mitsubishi's really were 'much better cars'.

As a kid growing up in NYC in the 1960s we had many cars parked on the streets. There was a Cricket on my block, a Jaguar XKE, a Morris Minor a few Novas and Darts, VWs etc.... I remember when another kid was wearing a Toyota pin on badge and none of us knew what it meant...he had gotten it at a street promotion for this Japanese company that was trying to break into the American market....I'd guess it was 1966 or 67. There was an AMX Javelin (390ci I think) around the corner. It was paradise for a car lover like myself.

 

[CleanSump]

Mitsu 2.6 with its balance shaft being used in the early "Magic Wagons" (Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager). They were notorious for dropping the timing chain.

My brother had one he gave to my niece when she was 16 or 17. The chain broke on that one just a block uphill from my house! What a place to do that. Coasted it to the driveway and then pulled it in with the lawn tractor. I think the parts were about $115 plus new antifreeze, oil, and filter. She just took my car and I rode the Sportster for the 3 or so days it took to finish fixing it.

 

[hemitom]

Don't you blasphemy the K-Car, L-Bodies (think Omni)and G-Bodies(Daytona, Lebaron).

Some had the Mitsubishi 2.6 hemi. The early L-bodies had a VW 1.9.

The rest were all Ma MoPar unless the turbo car had a Mitsubishi turbo. The Early ones and intercooled ones had a Garrett turbo.
in 88ish non-intercooled ones had the smaller Mitsubishi turbo.

There you go. Some useless information you or no one else on the planet needs.

some more useless info !
my uncle bought new a 1978 I believe first year out ? Omni with the Volkswagen engine complete piece of fecal matter.

 

[AandPDan]

Dad had a '79 Horizon, 1.7l. Learned to drive a stick on that. Not a bad car and you could really stuff the hatchback.

 

[harbor]

I have way more appreciation for those now than I did in the '70s.

I'd love to see a Pinto, a Vega, and a Gremlin together - and perhaps some over the weird Mopar imports from that era too - the French Simca 1204, and the Brit Hillman (rebadged as a Plymouth Cricket).

Chrysler's rebadged Mitsubishis were much better cars, but not as interesting.

Here’s a recent Hagerty Simca article. I had a 1204 as did my sister. https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/against-all-oddities/against-all-oddities-simca-sickness/

 

[gfh77665]

The K-Cars (Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant) were a decade later than the Pinto and Vega - I remember the teaser billboards in September 1980 - "K is coming!".

IIRC, the Omni/Horizon twins were whipped together as competitors to the VW Rabbit, appearing c. 1978. Were they based on an existing European Chrysler model? Agreed, I think they used a VW engine early on. 1.7 l?

I remember the big Mitsu 2.6 with its balance shaft being used in the early "Magic Wagons" (Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager). They were notorious for dropping the timing chain. That engine was optional - the base engine was the K-Car 2.2! Later on there was a 3.0 V6. I think that may also have been a Mitsu. Not sure.

I bought an '88 Aries 2.2L as our "first car". It was good.

 

[Rand]

I like ugly cars which is why I liked the gremlin, cybertruck, nissan cube, and of course the santa fe with the box shape and X lights.

 

[KCJeep]

I all but bought a blue Pinto used when I was young and dumb. Don't remember why that deal fell through now though.

My neighbors had a red Pinto wagon with fake wood siding (IIRC) for years. I almost got my first kiss in that car with the neighbor girl. Almost. Blew it LOL.