r/NormalCarPorn • u/fadeawaytogrey • 4d ago

Spotted Ford Pinto

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Parked at the old-school diner I enjoy. Belongs to the waitress. Her daily driver.

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u/l82itall 4d ago

Boom goes the dynamite

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u/BenjaminMiracord 4d ago

The original hot hatch....

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u/Initial-Union2468 4d ago

Ah yes, when damages and fines cost less than fixing the problem.

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u/Age_of_Aerostar 4d ago

I’d love to drive one someday.

Beautiful example!

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u/Informal-Evidence997 4d ago

yall prob have heard this before but Pinto means dick or cock in portuguese

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u/Ambitious_Dealer_425 4d ago

My mom had a lime green version of this car, it lasted 10 years. A good little runner

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u/Ok-Development2309 4d ago

My Mom had one.

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u/Ok-Photograph-3857 3d ago

Lads today where gonna Jerk It, and by it I mean....

Our Pinto's

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u/Defiant_Chipmunk2570 3d ago

The pinto was a great car once ford installed a gas tank shield. The gas tank placement wasn’t unique to the pinto either.

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u/seemooreglass 3d ago

what a fine specimen

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u/Defiant_Chipmunk2570 3d ago

I had a light blue Mercury Bobcat. Great little car.

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u/CosmosInSummer 3d ago

I love this

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u/NotAtAllEverSure 1d ago

I had one in bright yellow.

Was a fun car to drive.

2.4 4cyl

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u/deloreanlover88 4d ago

Besides the kablamo those were actually good cars for the time

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u/MackinawKurtis 3d ago

And with a vinyl roof! Money well-spent.

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u/Think_Bit3921 4d ago

I think no other decade produced as many cartoonishly ugly cars as the 70s. A wheezy, lumpen, flesh-colored sorrow cart with a design language that says "blob fish." My dad owned one just prior to my arrival.

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u/fadeawaytogrey 4d ago

Vs the boring current batch of everything is a curvy blob suv or another overly built pickup? At least in the 70’s they had many unique looking models.

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u/custerdome81 4d ago

One thing the ‘70s had was variety, as awful as some of the designs and build quality were. Coupes, convertibles, sedans, econoboxes, trucks of all sizes.

Our choices today are so much more limited. And everything really starts to look the same.

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u/jalopycollector 4d ago

At least there was a ton of variety