Lucky

[pillen140]

haha my dad used to have one and he put a hooker header on it and raceing stripes and some really loud exhaust, now a days he would be called a ricer haha that thing had a whopping 2000 cc engine, i think thats the equivelant to about a 2.2 maybe i dont know tho

thats the same motor my old ranger used to have! the 2.0, 83hp, at least i think they stayed the same.

hey man, the pinto was a cool car!

until you get rearended at 10mph and catch fire! i myself almost bought a amc gremlin last year! tobad i had no cash! it was awesome! green, standard, had no motor, but he had two 350 chevys he was going to give me for $700 and the car! i really kick myself every time i think about it!

 

[Kdawg532]

wow 83hp i'd give my left testicle to have something with that much power lol

 

[Mutant Pony]

We know you are fantastically old, but I believe they started putting the 5.0 badges on in 1982.

I started college in '83. I moved out of my parents house and went to work in a junkyard in '80. I'm pretty sure it was in that time somewhere.

The thing about Pintos exploding though is something that has been spread by a bunch of total morons that don't know how to read. The repair for the American made Pintos cost about $10 and took about 10 minutes to install. The Canadian made Pintos all came with the extra panel from the factory and not 1 of them ever caught fire (from a rear end collision). Every Pinto I owned (about 20) came from Canada.
'73-'87 chevy trucks are FAR more likely to go up in flames from a side impact Than any Pinto you see going down the road from any impact.
I raced 2.0 pintos in the early '80's they were rated at 110 hp and the cars weighed in under 2000 lbs.

 

[Kdawg532]

hmm, yeah i think my dads was like a 70's pinto, i dont remeber tho what exact year it was, does anyone know the hp/tq ratings of a 73 250 cid inline 6?? i heard something about 145 horses what about the torque?

 

[Psychopete]

73 250 cid inline 6?? i heard something about 145 horses what about the torque?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Straight-6_engine ----

The 250 cu in (4.1 L) straight six was an engine option offered in 1969 in the Mustang and 1970 in medium sized Ford cars. Output was 155 hp (115 kW) in the Mustang, and became the base engine in 1971. Power was down to 98 hp (73 kW) for 1972 and just 88 hp (66 kW) the next year. The last year of production for the 250 was 1980. This engine had seven main bearings and can be identified by the five freeze (core) plugs on the side of the block. The block uses a low mount starter and six bellhousing bolts sharing its bellhousing with the Windsor V-8s 302-351W, late (1965-68) 289, 351 Cleveland, modular V-8s (4.6-5.4), and the 240-300 CID Ford Six.

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I am more partial to the later 70's inline 6 200s with the 7 mains.

My 2.3L HSC Tempo has whopping 98hp.

Pete

 

[Kdawg532]

ok thanks for the info

 

[snake]

I had the first year pinto, a 71. Had the german built, 1.6 timing chain engine, not much power but couldn't be killed- and I mean that seriously. I paid $200 for it, every body panel but the passenger door was caved in, and had plywood on the driver's side floorboard to keep your feet from falling through and playing fred flintstone. Previous owner took it stump jumping and had a big one come through the floor. I caved in the oil pan myself, (twice) and the last time decided to replace the rod bearings when I had the pan off. After cranking it up, it knocked horribly and didn't have much oil pressure. I put standard bearings in it and it had come from the factory with .10 oversized. My friend's dad bought it new and the pan had never been off. I drove it like that for at least 10,000 miles, sometimes holding it on the floor in nuetral for 30 seconds just to see if it would blow up. Damn thing never did. Finally got rear-ended at like 40 MPH. Didn't explode because mine had been de-bombed by Ford. It was a little plastic cover they installed in front of the gas tank. In a bad wreck, the tank would get shoved forward and hit a bolt holding a brake line or something and puncture the tank. The plastic sheilded it from the bolt. The damn thing was dark green with black interior, no A/C, no power steering, AM radio. Probably cost $2500 new!

 

[Kdawg532]

Pics Are Up!!!

 

[Kdawg532]

Put in a 347 with good heads, an upgraded C4, and a narrowed 9"/t-lok with good gears and it'll be a stomper, one that doesn't have to be checked for emissions in most places.


It's a light car that doesn't look too bad (2 door)

in maryland anything 25 years or older doesnt have to get emissions or if it has a non catalyst engine

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Sometimes you guys really make me feel old. When I was a kid there was no such thing as a 5.0 ford. Sure there was a 302 but, they weren't called a 5.0 until later.
Today the Maverick is cool but, back then it was no more cool than a Pinto.
I would consider him Lucky.

We had 302's too, but they were only in trucks. 5.0 was a car only term

That is a scary nice looking car, there was a 2dr tan with black racing stripes for awhile in my college parking lot a couple years ago in similar condition I would have loved to take home.

 

[Kdawg532]

to tell you the truth when my dad pulled up in the drive way with it that was the first i had seen it and the condition it was in surprised the hell outta me lol i am in the process of photobucketing interior pics right now my camera lins is a little dirty so the pics are not the greatest

 

[Kdawg532]

here is the interior pics
sorry they are so big i will downsize them later

one engine pic

 

[Mutant Pony]

Aw man, You didn't say that it was a 4dr. That sucks. Still better than owning a '97 Grand am though! WAY better.

 

[Kdawg532]

yeah my bro also has a 68 stang to compensate for the grandmother nature of the car, he just wanted a nice car that doesnt have to have to much TLC to get it on the road, this car is clean enough to pass the Maryland State inspection, the stang however needs alot of TLC till it can do that

 

[e010740]

My first, and last Chevy was a 71 Vega. Talk about junk. As soon as it reached 50k miles the head gasket blew. I had no money back then, so I just kept replacing the head gasket everytime it blew. (about once every two months or so) Until the engine finally said enough. I could change that gasket in a couple of hours. The 4 banger in the Vega was an aluminum block with a cast iron head. The Pinto was a much better car than the Vega. The only decent Vega's on the road back in those days V8 Vegas.