Pull to the right.

[Bob Wells]

Hope this link works. Remember it may not be your emergency but what if it is.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

I remember with my old misaligned ford pinto, any time an ambulance was behind me, all I had to do was let go of the wheel. Also with the pinto, you always drove with one eye in the mirror and one hand on the fire extinguisher.

 

[Bob Wells]

I remember with my old misaligned ford pinto, any time an ambulance was behind me, all I had to do was let go of the wheel. Also with the pinto, you always drove with one eye in the mirror and one hand on the fire extinguisher.

I remember them. Makes the song Jesus Take The Wheel relevant.

 

[Lake View Too]

My first car was a Pinto. 1973. It cost me $2100, brand new, with AC and radio.

 

[Bob Wells]

My first car was a Pinto. 1973. It cost me $2100, brand new, with AC and radio.

And if you hit something or something hit you in the back end it had a propensity to explode, if I remember correctly.

 

[Lake View Too]

Bob, I was so young and so dumb in those days. I did side-swipe a tree at rather high speed. It tore the rear axle loose, spun me around backwards, and the engine was still running. I owe my life to that obnoxious noise it would make if you didn't click the seat belt. Looking back, and knowing what I know now about their gas tanks exploding, I was damn lucky.

 

[PoppaJ]

My first car was a Pinto. 1973. It cost me $2100, brand new, with AC and radio.

That's exactly what I paid for a new 1972 VW with no AC. It had a radio but don't remember if it was factory or added later.

 

[Bob Wells]

Bob, I was so young and so dumb in those days. I did side-swipe a tree at rather high speed. It tore the rear axle loose, spun me around backwards, and the engine was still running. I owe my life to that obnoxious noise it would make if you didn't click the seat belt. Looking back, and knowing what I know now about their gas tanks exploding, I was damn lucky.

I wouldn't call it dumb...it was freedom to go. My first car was a 67 Impala, saw many a cornfields while driving fast on old rock roads in a dry Missouri night and missing the curve. It was a tank but the radiator needed to be replaced a few times.

 

[Lake View Too]

That's exactly what I paid for a new 1972 VW with no AC. It had a radio but don't remember if it was factory or added later.

The Pinto was a step up from the two Corvairs we had in the family. When we upgraded to a Chevy II and Nova we knew we were on top of the world.