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Welcome to FordPinto.com, The home of the PCCA => General Help- Ask the Experts... => Topic started by: SunnyPinto on March 04, 2005, 01:27:19 AM
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I just bought a 1977 Pinto hatchback in mint condition. It's my first older car and I love it but everyone keeps telling me I am going to blow up. Now I don't want o drive it!! I'm only 25 and I'm a chick and my brother collects old cars and he says I'm stupid for worrying so now I am secretly asking questions in Pinto chatrooms!!! I read somewhere that the 77's were safe but I don't know who to ask?   Does anyone out there know anything? Somebody...... .please help me!!
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Look under the car between the rear axle and the gas tank. You should see a thick plastic shield about 1/4 inch thick If you have it then you are okay and you won't blow up. My 73 had one, I got rear ended and I am still here. I only had 73 Pintos so yours may be slightly different but that is what mine had.
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Just got off a site that says the 1977 Pinto had the fix installed from the factory( priceless.org)..good to know i always thought it was done in 1975
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It wasn't really a problem to begin with...Contrar y to what that one media source (who was heavily funded by GM at the time) wanted you to beleive.
Of the millions of pintos produced, there were only like 8 cases of Fire from rear-collisions.
-Harry
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It wasn't really a problem to begin with...Contrar y to what that one media source (who was heavily funded by GM at the time) wanted you to beleive.
Of the millions of pintos produced, there were only like 8 cases of Fire from rear-collisions.
-Harry
No, it really was a problem....and it did cost Ford dearly, in money and in customers. It was proven that Ford did Know the concern of rear impacts on the Pinto, but chose to turn the other cheek save a few bucks to keep prices down....rememb er under $2000 was the goal! Thats why there was a recall
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Funny how Ford did not learn their lesson???
The Crown Victoria has the same gromet set-up as the Pinto...
WOW! WHAT??? They Blow up too????
From Pintony
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And what's worse about the Crown Vic incidents?? Cop cars are involved in this one... I tell ya, Ford's gotten dumber over the years... From the exploding Pinto to the exploding cop car... will they ever learn?
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this reply will make a few people mad but if you don't want that problem buy a chevy.
ford equals
F- ******
O- over
R- rebuilt
D- dodge
don't take it personally i am just a chevy man that uses fords to run in demo derbies. remember everyone has their own opinions!
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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD!!! If you like Chevys so much, why don't you race with a Vega?!? ???
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i would just can't find them. would be a good derby car along with pinto wagons, sedans and amc pacers and sprints! i think the neighborhood is just fine though. LOL!!!!
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It seems Ironic to me, that mr. chevyman here, needs a ford to win.
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this reply will make a few people mad but if you don't want that problem buy a chevy.Â
ford equals
F- ******
O- over
R- rebuilt
D- dodge
don't take it personally i am just a chevy man that uses fords to run in demo derbies. remember everyone has their own opinions!
Checy's don't explode??? Tell that to the owners of the CHEVY trucks from the 1980's that blew up, and why? Because CHEVY put the gas tanks outside of the framerails on them, so when it was hit in the side, BOOM!!!
Seems they didn't learn from Ford's mistake on the Pinto.
just my $.02 worth.... No automaker is perfect, and neither are there cars.. If they were I wouldn't have a job, as they would never break down.
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Hey, who's the wiseguy that added "Inferior" to my earlier post about the Vagrant, oops...I mean Vega?!? I did not put that word in there, even though I may agree with it!! ;D
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My take on the whole situation on the gas tanks was that Ford`s knew of the problem and other car makers of the time were jut as bad or worse BUT Ford was caught weighing the cost of the fix vs the cost of the payouts..I found this excerpt from    home.att.net/~Resurgence/Pinto.htm .. " One of the tools that Ford used to argue for the delay was a "cost-benefit analysis" of altering the fuel tanks. According to Ford's estimates, the unsafe tanks would cause 180 burn deaths, 180 serious burn injuries, and 2,100 burned vehicles each year. It calculated that it would have to pay $200,000 per death, $67,000 per injury, and $700 per vehicle, for a total of $49.5 million. However, the cost of saving lives and injuries ran even higher: alterations would cost $11 per car or truck, which added up to $137 million per year. Essentially, Ford argued before the government that it would be cheaper just to let their customers burn! "
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Okay...Okay... is there a gremlin in this forum?!? ??? Someone added "Inferior" to my last post again!!! So who's the wiseguy?!? Or does "Inferior" get added anytime the word "Vega" is used?!?
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Okay....somebo dy's bad!!!! ;D
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Inferior Chevy Vega. does it do it when I type it too?
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It appears so!!! ;D Maybe we should just call them "Vagrants" like we did back in the 70's (I know...dating myself!)!!! ???
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what other chevy's does it do it with.
monza
sunbird
vega
chevette
i dont know I try not to think of chevy too much
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Ok somebody really doesn't like V ega's
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Notice it didn't do it when you put the space between the "V" and the rest of the name?!? Maybe I'll just use "Vagrant" and be done with it!!!! ;D
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maybe Vegatable? (vegetable)
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Ok whatever is doing it doesnt discriminate
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HA,
You found one of the site (and forums) hidden features...
There are so many more!
Have fun!
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Scott, I'll bet you're laughin' your head off!!!! ;D
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Hey Scott, how about a couple clues. Now I feel like a treasure hunter!! 8)
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Me too!!!! This could be fun!!! ;D
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I have never told anyone about the hidden stuff on the site until now.. I actually forgot until I saw this thread. It was fun coding the site & sticking stuff here & there to see if anyone saw it. A little disappointing when they were not found....
No Clues,
Have Fun!
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ok, 1 hint..
Has anyone seen the 'Strech Pinto' ?
Hmmmmmmmmmm... ...
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Well, I've run it through "Search" in a few different formats and came up with nothing! I guess I'll just have to pay a little more attention now!! :)
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hmmmm if i were a stretch pinto where would i be?
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Let's try "stinking Pinto" and see what happens.
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How about P i n t o ?
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Hey 79panel, Im going to go look in the gallery I think I remember seeing something somewhere about a stretch pinto.....
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I did the same. I didn't find anything that either mentioned "Stretch Pinto" or looked like one. there was a chopped wagon, a modified, and a funny car, but that's all I could find that was beyond a fairly stock body. ???
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It's this kind of stuff that adds to the gray stuff that's barely covering the ol' bean anymore!!! ;D
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I didn't find anything yet. I do remember something about a stretch pinto somewhere though.
Scott's probably laughing at us.
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Yeah, he's probably sittin' back with a brewski and LHAO at these two fools that are trying to find something about a "Stretch Pinto". Scott actually spelled it "Strech" instead of "Stretch". I wonder if that was just a misspelling or if it is significant?!? ???
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dunno, i tried a search on strech, too.
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I guess we'll just have to wait until he gives us some additional hints on what it's all about!! :-\
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Well it will have to wait til some other time, I need some sleep.
Hey Scott does it have anything to do with a certain shortened pinto? :o
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Every time a Chevy guy gives me crap about exploding Pintos I remind him that at least someone had to hit the Pinto to get it to blow up. All you had to do was get in and DRIVE a Corvair and it could burst into flames.
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Every time a Chevy guy gives me crap about exploding Pintos I remind him that at least someone had to hit the Pinto to get it to blow up. All you had to do was get in and DRIVE a Corvair and it could burst into flames.
Don't forget the Fiero....it burst into flames also!
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Hey 78Pinto,
Yes the Fiero... There are several bubbled up spots on the freeway form them melting themselves into the assfault freeways around St Louis.
From Pintony
GOOD POINT GT 69!!!!!!!!!