I know we have all ( probably) seen Pintos in movies, comercials, and TV shows. I have started looking in the background of shows and movies I have seen before just to locate a Pinto. Yesterday, while watching Back to the Future, I saw a Yellow late model Pinto In the scene just after Michael J Fox and his Girlfriend are sittling on a park bench, with the clock tower in the back ground, talking about "going up to the lake". There are Famous scenes like the Blues Brothers Red wagon flying off a bridge and who can forget " Kujo" the man eating St. Bernard, trying to eat the people in the Yellow Pinto. The scene in the movie "Almost Famous" where Michael and Penny lane are driving to the riot house is shot looking through the windshield of a 72 Pinto.
Escape from New York & Escape from L.A. are Full of 2 or 3 pinto shells. also in at least i scene in Terminator 3 there is a pinto shell. It seems that Pinto's are easy to use a set dressing. In most 70's-early 80's there are Pintos in most city scenes.
there is a drug awareness commercial. here in california where a kid gets home late.. and he gets dropped off by a pinto wagon... there is also final destination 2 in the collision gets plowed by a log also there is one in the new dukes of hazard movie also in silence of the lambs.. clarice drives one.. there is a crap load in chips.. and thats all i can think of at the top of my head..
The Rockford Files allways had one or two per episode.
There was an episode of Nash Bridges a few years ago where they were doing some Private investigating and the client was a major sports star. His przed but somewhat rough Pinto was stolen. This big star wanted the car back because he said he had it when he had no money. I can't remember the year of Pinto but it was definitely aa major part of the show. ???
I wish I had Nash Bridges Hemi Cuda ( even though it was not a real Hemi Cuda).
in seinfeld, they were in the mall parking lot looking for their car and i saw several pinto's in the background. i was watching that back to the future yesterday, but i didnt notice the pinto.
The story on A&E or the History channel about the "Hillside Strangler" in LA clearly shows a Pinto in the background when the bad guy is arested at his auto shop.
There is one in Miracles just after the coach goes to the camp, he walks out of the building and it drives off behind them. There is also the one in Starsky and Hutch after they get teamed up they walk out of the building and there is one driving on the street. Those are recent movies that I have seen one in.
Taxi Driver- one drives through the light when Robert DeNiro is out with the blond in the coffee shop
Crocodile Dundee- There's a red hatchback parked on the street somewhere when Paul Hogan's running to the subway.
Those are the two that come to mind that haven't already been mentioned.
Not a movie or TV show, but a Pinto is mentioned in a song called "Pretty Fly For A White Guy", by The Offspring.
Thats a great song.......... ;D
If I remember right, Pinto was referred to in a bit by Jeff Foxworthy or Bill Engval. They're talking about how someone has just won the huge lottery jackpot and the pot has gone back down to $14 million.
A guy walks in and say's, "Oh, it's back down to $14 million, I guess I won't buy any tickets this week."
And the commedian goes, "Yeah, like $14 million isn't going to make a dent in you Pinto payment."
That is, if I remember right...it's been a couple years.
also a song bout a golden pinto.. called "cletus goes to florida" by cletus t judd. pretty funny... ill try to find a link...
mad max, with mel gibson..the original...has pinto wagon or youth van, but it is one that has been customized..very cool :o
The red "wagon" that Max drives is actually a Holden. The model escapes me at the moment, but it's a GM, unlike ALL the police cars which are Ford of Australia Falcons (including the "Interceptor")
As for pinto's in songs there's a line in Everclear's song "AM Radio" that goes, I remember back in '72 we were hangin in the neighborhod with nuthin to do, sometimes we'd go drivin around in my sister's Pinto ridin with the windows rolled down, We'd listen to the radio station cuz we were too d#*n poor to buy the 8-track tape
Here's some others have seen:
-"The Betsy" and it had a Red Pinto Hatchback it was being used as a testbed for a engine.
-"Cujo" with it's yellow 77' runabout.
-"Final Destination 2" has a real nice cream colored 79 or 80 , that they smashed to bits unfortunatly.
-"Silence Of The Lambs" has Charice driving a beat up grey 74 or 75 Pinto.
-"Friday" with Ice Cube shows a black Pinto "convertible"!
-"Red Dawn" breifly shows a yellow wagon from the rear ( also gets smashed).
-"Top Secret" shows an early pinto getting gently "tapped" from behind before exploding.
-the first Blues Blues Brothers movie.Henry Gibson was driven around in a real beauty and it came to a sad end in the movie
-"The Spirit of 76". this was an indie film done in the early 90s that starred David Cassidy and was basically a spoof of the 70s. Anyway, a poor little early blue sedan gets blown up.
-straight talk was on and the first six minutes of it is dolly pardon driving a 79 or 80 odd shade of orange trunk model pinto.
-'JoJo Dancer, You're Life is Calling' - A brown Pinto wagon (~74-79) is following the subject vehicle along the winding road.
-the original Terminator. At the end of the movie as Linda Hamilton is pulling in to the gas station in Mexico, there is a 75 or so Pinto sitting beside the gas station.
well here is one thats not one here it the movie Poltergeist right at the start there is a pinto hatchback don't rember what color it was ;D
The original Charlie's Angels drove a red Pinto.
There is always a Pinto or 2 in the old Columbo movies.
there was a movie staring Leslie Neilson when at the end of the movie some thing just touches the rear bumper and the car explodes.
and the tv show Emergency when the fire truck pulls out of the station a Pinto slows down to let it by
Sabrina is the Angel who drove the Pinto and it was ORANGE. It remained on the show being handed down to the next Angel.
What's it say that the Pinto outlasted the stars?!?!?
I dont know but if a Pinto could do what Cheryl Ladd could do I would have many more for sure......... ;D
ROFLMAO!!!! Me too Brad :D
got another on for the list was watching Police Academy and in the first of the movie where Mohony is the parking attendant u see a green pinto wagion parked to the right of the screen
see a green pinto on A&E's cold case files last night.....guy was shot in his Pinto at the side of the road.
Ah yes Pintos on the big screen I saw a BEAUTIFUL light golden/creamy collord 1980 pinto in Final Destination 2....but unfortunately it was completely destroyed in an explosion (what a suprise lol) when Nora Carpenter in the film (Canadian actress Lynda Boyd) lost controll of her Runabout while attempting to dodge HUGE logs falling at a VERY fast velocity when a LARGE truck lost all its load a few vehicles ahead of her pinto. The fast falling dangerous automobile killers of of coarse didn't spare Nora or her son Tim in their old hatchback sliding n skiding all over a VERY VERY slick & wet highway (to make situation even worse) Finally missing all the log truck had to offer( meaning the falling logs/moving logs) Nora tried to stop her Pinto which was speeding at least 65mph probably about 80mph? down the death highway but couldn't do to an obstruck break peddle (Tim's watterbottle managed to roll over onto his mother's side of the car during all the skiding and sliding seconds before) and prevented the break peddle from taking any kind of effect to save him and his mom's life hence their fiery death when they had a HORRIBLE frontal collision with one of the bigger logs that fell from the truck that was sitting motionless in the far right lane which was there ticket to safety & remote survival then Nora realized what was going on with the peddle and just screamed as they hit the log going at my guess probably 75 mph which then exploded into flames upon impact.
There's several good shots of Pintos in Cheech and Chongs Next Movie. If I remember correctly, theres a blue 77 or 78 peeling out from cheech's house when the girl he's trying to get with gets mad at him because didn't answer the door when she showed up for a date with him.. just so happens he passed out..
:D
Wow I cant even remember half the movies and shows mentioned here. :-\
I do have a frame from a Redd Foxx show that has Sanford with his white love child Pedro. You can see the Pinto in the background. :P
(http://photos.imageevent.com/pandbz/misccarpics/websize/fredsanfordandpete.jpg)
I was watching an episode of matlock today about a used car lot owner that ran over the spokesman for the lot across the street and they moved the preceedings into the dead guys lot... Anyways what car was sitting in the back? None other than a 1980 Ford Pinto. The show was taped in about 1992 so that was kinda nice to see a Pinto in that good of condition in that show.
Here are a few more movies where Pintos show up...
Being There
Uptown Saturday Night
Smokey & the Bandit
The Mack
Capricorn One
Let's Do it Again
...and Justice for All
The Glove
"The Glove" is notable becasue no less than *six* different Pintos are shown (along with 2 Gremlins).
As if that wasn't enough, the first Pinto is torn apart by Rosie Grier with his hands...
Paul
I just watched the movie " Clerks" and a guy wanted to know " where he could buy a set of hubcaps for a 1972 Pinto hatchback".
I watched the movie "Friday" AND TRUST ME GUYS IF YOU WANNA SEE A CONVERTIBLE BLACK PINTO WATCH THE MOVIE IT'S A CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE BUT BACKFIRES AND IS A LITTLE RATTY IN THE MOVIE, BUT THE GUY DRIVES IT AROUNG THERE ALOT AND THERE ARE SOME HILAIOUS PARTS THAT ARE ABOUT THE PINTO, HINT HINT: THEY HAVE TO DO WITH WHEN HE SHUTS IT OFF AND OPENS THE DOOR. WATCH THIS MOVIE,IT'S AWESOME
There are quite a few pintos in the good...i mean original gone in sixty seconds. The most notable one is in the shop where they are working when the cop comes in. It's red, I don't know what year.
cool, I'll have to see that one again.
Was watching Scarface last nite and saw a golden brown Pinto station wagon when Tony Montaya was going to meet the Columbian's for the first time, the bad guy sure had a hard time starting that chain saw, it would have been a short movie if he would'nt have shut it off. :o
Final Destination 2 a pinto gets demolished by a tree
There is a Pinto wagon in one of the latest Toyota commercials. Of course, it's made to look like the biggest piece of s**t going!! :)
There is a Pinto wagon in one of the latest Toyota commercials. Of course, it's made to look like the biggest piece of s**t going!! :)
Who can ever forget...Sabrina Duncan in her orange ESS Pinto on Charlie's Angels. I always wondered why they didn't give her a Rallye or Cruising Sedan instead of that orange. Oh well..it's too late now.
I actually collect dvd's the I see Pinto's in. :D Other than the many mentioned, a few more off the top of my head are a few seen in "The Falcon and the Snowman", a sighting in the old classic Ron Howard movie "Eat my Dust", but one of my favorites has to be in the original "Dawn of the Dead" it shows a nice closeup of a bunch of zombies having a feast on top of a 74 -75 Pinto.
I don't think Sabrina drove an ESS.
There's neo-nazi guys in a Pinto wagon in The Blues Brothers.
I was watching an episode of "In the Heat of the Night" on a PBS station a couple of days ago and there is a green Pinto wagon that appears as a "pizza" delivery vehicle complete with "Pizza" sign on the top of the car. It is also seen in a scene shortly after showing the rear of the wagon. I believe it may have been a '76. Unfortunately, I didn't get the title of the episode.
I just put a movie in the DVD player I hadn't seen in twenty years - Fast Company. It was filmed mostly in my home town of Edmonton Alberta. There are several pinto sighting in that movie with one bad V-8 monster on the drag strip.
Worth watching again - boy has this city changed in twenty five years but a few land marks are still the same.
Eric
I just put a movie in the DVD player I hadn't seen in twenty years - Fast Company. It was filmed mostly in my home town of Edmonton Alberta. There are several pinto sighting in that movie with one bad V-8 monster on the drag strip.
Worth watching again - boy has this city changed in twenty five years but a few land marks are still the same.
Eric
I did not read all the posts...
Did anyoe mention sielence of the lambs?
Jodie Foster drives a 1977-78 in the first 1/2 of the movie.
From Pintony
Also Richard Geer drives a Pinto in" American Gigolos"
i seen a orange pinto wagon in cheech and chongs nice dreams the beginning of it
in the movie straight talk with dolly parton drives one
and in the beginning of thunderheart
Our beloved PINTO was mentioned on tonights episode of NCIS....was of a slight negative tone but mentioned just the less!
Any one mention the new Starsky and Hutch movie . you get to see an Orange wagon.
I was just down in Va watching safety videos for the trucking company I work for. And they had an old copy of Smith System driving videos, and it was loaded with pintos. I think the copyright was 1983.
No one probably watches this show, but on the WB's Charmed (the show about witches), they go back in time to the '70s to witness a murder. So when they are walking the streets, a Pinto passes right behind them. I was screaming Pinto! several times and pointing to the TV.
I'm preetty sure there were some in the original Carrie, and also there is one in teh beginning the the Chris Rock movie CB4. you don't really get a good look at the outside of the car, but i recognize the interior of a pinto anywhere
curse my horrid spelling
there is a new car commercial with a wagon but its all beat up and smoking.
Hey skrach:
Is that the one where the guy is pulling the Pinto up the hill with a chainl? Is so, the commercial is
hilarious! My wife tells me that it is the story of our lives with my Pinto. ;D
77Pintocw
The original Smoky & the Bandit is littered with Pintos. When the "funeral" goes by look close, there's a sky blue sedan there in the background. There are 3-4 "sightings" throughout the flick
yeah that was the one. haha i recognised the tail light right away..
Theres one on the advertisement for that new show on comedy central called "stella". its a blue small-bumper. Wish the show was as cool as the car....
Also, theres an old episode of reno 911 where a fellow is selling fireworks out the back of a pinto wagon.
-Harry
on comedy central there is one on stella on the advertisment although i havent seen one on the show yet. its really stupid though i hate that show i just watch it to catch a glimpse of the car. also on automaniac with bill goldberg he talks about pintos alot cause he mentions the gas crunches. and then they show a shot of a pinto.
Old post but i watched 48 hours the movie "Nick Nolte,Eddie Murphy" there was a least 3 green hatch back sightings same one differant parts of the city.Might have been more dont know crashed on the couch.
My favorite one was in the movie Folks with tom Sellick, when he tries to help his parents commit suicide, one of his attempts he puts them in a red pinto pours gas all over it and hand his dad a cigar.
The History Channel does a series on Engineering Disasters. They did a segment on the Pinto a while back. In it was a NICE early Pinto. Lime Green with white vinyl top, roof rack & aftermarket "slotted dish" wheels.
Hello all,
I can definitely relate to the Pinto sightings in Movies and TV shows. I do it all the time. Last night I was watching Rumble in the Bronx (Jackie Chan).
There is a Red 74 that first appears at the scene where Jackie Chan just narrowly escapes a falling truck loaded with plastic balls. Later in the movie the same car is seen again getting whacked by another car after a large air Hydrofoil type boat blast through the streets taking out a bunch of cars in it's way. I also remember an early episode of Married with Children where there was a brown pinto sedan. Al was doing some repairs on it for his wife Peg.
later
4R11Y Guy
I was channel surfing today, & I ran across MTV's 70's house... The remaining contestants were driving a black 1977 or 78 Runabout. I wish my 77 sedan I got was in as nice shape as that one was. I did notice the wheels on it didn't look original... Anyone else see it??
NO! I only watch misic channels that play MUSIC! ;D
I was watching "Final Destination II" a couple of nights ago and there is a tan Pinto Runabout used in the movie!
Hey 79pannel,
Was it used or blown up??? ;D
from Pintony
Hey Pintony!
Actually both!! In the first sequence (turns out to be a dream sequence!) of the movie, the Pinto crashes into the back of a truck and goes up in a big fireball. Then the Pinto is shown a couple of other times in the movie.
You know, I saw a yellow Pinto hatchback in either the movie "Speed" (starring Keanu Reeves) or "Dragnet" (80's movie starring Dan Akroyd and Tom Hanks) -- I didn't write it down, and I can't remember which movie I saw it in (saw both videos this weekend).
It was seen in passing, in a highway scene.
Just got back from seeing "The Man" starring Samuel L Jackson and the funny white guy. Sam Jacksons character commandeers a Pinto in the movie. I turned to my fiance' and said " I hope they don't wreck it." She said " Your going to cry, aren't you?" I'm not going to tell you guys what happened, you'll have to see it for yourself. Very funny movie by the way.
I saw a section of the movie "Fletch" today. It looks like a yellow wagon with woodgrain is parked on the street (quite a way back. look over chevy's left sholder) when Fletch takes the stolen car for a "smog check." I could be wrong, but don't blink.....
Bill
gone in 60 seconds the original with the 73 mustang they mention working on a pinto plus there is a yellow and a white and a grey one in the movie plus im sure more that i didnt see. but i thought it was funny cause right after the officer leaves the shop when the cadillac has heroin in it they say "get back to work on the pinto" haha that is probly the only car that didnt get smashed up haha
I can't beleive none of you have mentioned the best Pinto movie scene to date.
In the movie Used Cars the salesman is pounding a customer bare-assed in the hatchback of a runabout.
Classic ;D
Also in Married With Children they were trying to make a point with the cars the Bundys had.
They were all classified as loser cars. Gremlin, Duster, and the beloved Pinto. Too bad they chose to stick with the Duster instead of the Pinto. Maybe nobody would beleive that Al would have so many problems with a Pinto. Wishful thinking.
dazed and confused has a red pinto in it ,also gone in 60 seconds original when he is told to get back to work on the pinto it is in the chop shop ( red) passanger side smashed,there is also a green one across from the dealer ship before he races through i did see a few others in the movie.
In the Friday night episode (October 14th-Brad's birthday-how appropriate!!) of "Ghost Whisperer", one of the main characters drove a '74-'76 orange sedan. Never did see the front, so not sure of the exact year, but it did have the '76 and earlier taillights. The character was made out to be a loser, so I guess they thought the Pinto fit the mold!! :-\
"Damnation Alley" from the mid "70s has a couple of Pintos scattered about. Most notably, a Wagon sitting on the street just after they blow their way out of the parking garage in the "Landmaster"!
I was flipping the channels today and saw a Medium blue pinto in a couple seens from a movie call " Return to Witch Mountain" . I thinks its a kids movie??
Saw 1 last week at the drag race on TV show Guns and Gears.
I can't believe this one isn;t here.
In "Speed", as the bus is careening onto a crowded offramp, it sidelines all the cars in the left lane. Unfortunately, a 79 or 80 white Pinto Wagon gets destroyed and is shot from a couple different angles so you see all the wreckage.
top secret theres a pinto sitting out in a feild and a car comes roilling down the hill and comes to a stop right before it hits the pinto and then barley taps the bumper and the pinto violently explodes!! it was cool
Just went out and got Rob Zombie's sequel The Devil's Rejects, and I give it 2 thumbs up. A great movie, non stop action, and if you look close, I believe there is a Pinto runabout sitting in the tall grass by the house where the totally freaked out Firefly family live. The movie is based in 1976, alot of cool Dodge cars in it, also ;D
This was a TV show but If I am not mistaken, didn't the secretary on Barnaby Jones played by Lee Merriweather(?) drive a pinto hatchback?
I like in "SPEED" when Sandra talks about driving the bus and states that it is "like driving a really big pinto."
In the 007 movie, "Diamonds are Forever" (1971), there is a pinto parked behind Bond, right after the other agents loose the woman they were following at the funhouse.
Bill
I found a more obscure one. The movie "Surf Nazis Must Die" has a dark green runabout (don't know the year) toward the end of the film. A couple of guys are getting ready for surfing just outside of their Pinto when two Nazis run up and steal their boards.
You see what happens when you have a friend who owns a video store. You are invited to view films that are only worth viewing to see the Pinto at the end.
I hope this isn't a repost- H.B. Halicki wrote, starred, produced and directed the original "Gone in 60 Seconds" in the early to mid 70's. there was a '71 - '73 pinto sitting in his shop where he did his "switch-overs"
krazi
In tonights episode of Desperate Housewives there was an orange trunk model sitting outside of the photographers (had pics of Gabby/Eva Longoria posted on the net) building. I spotted it right off but my son had to call and ask if I saw it.
Quote from: losin sux on January 15, 2006, 10:49:24 PM
In tonights episode of Desperate Housewives there was an orange trunk model sitting outside of the photographers (had pics of Gabby/Eva Longoria posted on the net) building. I spotted it right off but my son had to call and ask if I saw it.
Yeah, It was a 79 or 80. That was kinda cool seeing that.
Ran into a spoof these guys made about "The fast & the furious". Pretty awful, but about 3/4 of the way in it looks like they are unveiling their "Secret Weapon".
http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=E4221929-ED29-4440-859D-A6F0C5B0B712&term=3fast3furious&p=0 (http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=E4221929-ED29-4440-859D-A6F0C5B0B712&term=3fast3furious&p=0)
If the linky no worky, just go to streetfire.net, videos, and search on 3fast3furious and yes, it is a complete waste of time.
Glad someone else saw the orange one in Desperate Housewifes. I thought it was, but my wife didn't get the chance to see it. Hard for "us losers" to miss them though isn't it??
I belive it was in "the Betsy" that a super-fast racing test motor was trying to be hid from some top exec's that I think wanted to take the credit for it or something, so to test it without being noticed they put it in a red 71? pinto trunk-model, and they ran it, and there was a chase scene( in which the pinto won) and it was pretty neat. But that was the most interesting part of the movie, the rest of it was a bunch of flashbacks and stuff, it didn't really have a plot, and the ending really sucked :o :) ;) :D ;D
Hey BGP,
Yes I saw thar and thought it was so cool that I bouhgt the CD on ebay.
From Pintony
Lol, I liked the Pinto part, but I would never waste my money buying THAT movie......
:lol: :lol: :lol: ;)
The ebay price was 3.99 and the shipping was 3.80 for the Betsy.
I have paid more and gotten less...
Besides there are more than just that Pinto in the movie.
from Pintony
Has anyone mentioned Cujo yet?
http://www.deewallacestone.com/images/store/auto_010l.jpg (http://www.deewallacestone.com/images/store/auto_010l.jpg)
in 1986 a movie that starred mark price "skippy from family ties" . The movie was about the #1 fan of a rock star who dies in a hotel fire. the kid becomes demonic. and the spirit sammi curr "the rock star" posess vertually everything thats electric. in one particular scene the boy tries to escape the spirit gets in a yellow 75 pinto wagon the car starts and the radio comes on by itself and you see the car going in circles. the was called "trick or treat" anyone else remember it?
There was a show on MTV called The Seventies House. They used MY actual pinto for the show, when it aired, as they were driving it, they edited in awful noises that the car has never made. which pissed me off royal!! also there is one in the newly released movie "Crash." two guys are arguing and get into a car, which if you know pintos, you'll recognize it. While they are arguing, the driver is trying to start it, then he yells, "Man what did you do to my car?!?!"
I have the T.V. on the Sci-Fi channel and the new serie`s "John Doe" is on...and whadda ya know, here come`s a gal drivin` up in what seem`s to be a beige `79 or `80 Runabout...some real short clip`s...I guess Hollywood hasn`t blown `em all up yet! :amazed:
I was watching full house the other morning and saw a red pinto. it was on the episode that has the oldest boy from the brady bunch in it as a band member of jesse's old bad the ripper's. anyway it was in a garage. :amazed:
ok dince im a BIG fan of Ghostbusters there is a red pinto hatch paked by the apt building that lewis runs out of and across the srteet being chased by the devil dog
In final destination there is a pinto that gets crashed at the beginning of the movie.
Last Night, Jesse James had a special on the evolution of Choppers. They showed old 70s footage and several pintos were in it.
You beat me to it! I saw a Squire wagon in there, going the opposite way in some road footage.
Tercin
I just watched Dragnet with Tom Hanks and Dan Akroid (sp). There is a Yellow 71-73 in it that you see from the back end.
watching Repo Man and spoted at least 3 pintos a white, a blue and a brown wagon
Not a movie, but last Thursday on the WB's show Supernatural, I spotted a yellow '79 or '80 hatchback in the background when the main two guys walked past it. It was really clean, and it showed the "owner" working under the hood in another scene when they were walking back from the campgrounds.
Found this site.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Ford_model-Pinto.html?PHPSESSID=e592e79ae0a6c4dc0529c31bc4cda54d
Bill
Saw two of them on Repo Man this weekend.... the blue one and the light colored one. Missed the wagon. Will have to check it out again, that movie is a riot.
saw a dark green or blue pinto wagon in the movie "Bulworth", couldn't tell which year, though.
in the front yard of halle berry's character's parents' house.
6 pages and nobody spotted the pinto in the opening sequence of "Demolition Man"! :hypno: Its seen from the cockpit veiw from the helicopter. its a yellow hatchback but I cant make out what year as you dont see the front-end or the bumpers as its a battle ground below.
I'd like to have a pinto convertible/ roadster like the one in the movie "friday"
krazi
was watching cold case. and they were at a highschool in the 90's and they showes this car parked by the football field, it was an orange pinto. couldnt tell what year though.
i saw a pinto hatch in the movie Commando with Arnold Schwarzenegger its the seen where he is in the red car and following the other car not exacty sure what part but its prob in the shot for 5 sec
i saw a couple in the movie Blood in Blood out. they are really hard to spot. in other movies they stick out. it has been a while but i think i saw some in Dazed and Confused.
Well, I only saw this one time and it was yesterday ( 8/3/06 ). It was an ad for ( I think ) Round table Pizza. In the ad there is a guy handing over a pizza to two kids at the beach. Behind the kids is a sand...............PINTO...........
Yes, I could not believe my eyes, but I'm real sure the car made out of sand was a Pinto ( with small bumpers).
Ya, I also saw "The Man" on DVD when I was at a friend's house. I spotted the Pinto immediately and squealed, startling everyone in the room. I'm pretty sure I held my breath throughout the whole car chase...lol. It was an awesome movie, but an even more awesome Pinto
i recently discover that in the snl movie the ladies man, one of the guy drives a ointo. i barely saw it, and my friends got mad at me for rewinding. it is right before or during the gay music scene.
I have a bunch of "Spenser For Hire" TV shows on tape and was watching one the other evening. During a chase where a Dodge van was chasing Spenser and Hawk in a parking structure, the van runs into a Pinto Squire wagon ('74-'78, couldn't see enough to see what year). Then the person in the van gets out of the van to go to look out over the wall to watch Spenser getting away, there is a '79/'80 sedan/hatchback in the background. All this in a matter of 10-20 seconds. A veritable Pinto bonanza!!! ;D ;D ;D
i watch the A-Team on tvland and see Pintos once or twice a week
there's one in the movie 'angels in the outfield
I think I saw on in the Ricky Bobby movie when he stole his moms station wagon-cant rightly remember.
You're not thinking of the orange maverick he swerved around are you?? I was looking for pintos in that movie, but dont recall seeing any.
The ballad of ricky bobby: talladega nights, was a pretty decent movie if you are into racing, it has a couple dead spots, but its funnier than most of the crap hollywoods been throwing at us lately.
I just got a dvd off the cheap rack at Target entitled "Top Secret!" made by Paramount in 1984. The comedy has a plot but they insert gags at every possible opportunity (like the Airplane movie). One of the gags shows a truck skidding to a stop behind a parked Pinto. To instill fear, they zoom in on the Pinto script logo on the trunk. The truck ends up barely tapping the Pinto's bumper and the Pinto immediately bursts in to flames taking the truck with it. The Pinto was a big bumper one.
A dark green Pinto ran into a SUV that appeared out of no where in Sci-Fi Channel's "Eureka" last night.
Wouldn't you know... I sat down in front of the TV and saw an accident involving a few cars including another dark green (faded) Pinto. It's in the movie "Who's That Girl" starring Madonna.
Go to a music store or a Walmart, any where that sells CDs, and tell me what you see on the album cover of Jason Mraz.. Waiting for my rocket to come. It is also a pretty good CD as I have heard his songs on the radio. SINCE NO ONE HAS ANSWERED, IT IS THE FRONT END, SIDE VIEW OF A PINTO!! THERE IS ALSO MORE TO SEE INSIDE THE COVER......
I was just watching the movie " Taxi Driver " with Robert DeNero. It was made in 1976. If you watch the background scenes you can see Pintos.
After Taxi Driver was on, the movie, " The Goodbye Girl " was on with Richard Dryfas played. It was set in 1977 and a nice shot of a 76 ish green wagon.
Just sat down and watched a movie called "Big Wednesday", it has to be the best surfer movie made, except for Point Blank, and at the end of the movie there is a nice brown window wagon. Also watched Convoy today and no pintos in it. Just goes to show you its a cold, wet and nasty sunday where I live.
I thought i saw one in convoy. I'll have to watch it tomorrow after work and take a close look.
go for it Krazi, 1 time in a week is enuff :cheesy_n:
Just watched the movie, " Oh God you devil" with George Burns. I saw a blue 72 in it.
Just watched " One flew over the Coo coo's nest" Outside, there they play basketball, you can spot a Red 72-? runabout in the parking lot.
Don't know if it's been mentioned yet but I just noticed that Peggy Bundy drove a 79 or 80 pinto.It was in the episode of their 16 wedding aniversary.
Hey earthquake,
Yes I saw that on the Bundys... ;D
Wonder how they got from the Pinto to the duster???
Saw several Pintos last night on "The Gauntlet" Clint eastwood and Saundra Locke....
We should compile a list of movie titles and then have a column for what pintos were in it. so people can have fun searching for the cars. and so they can see if the one they see has already been listed.
Peggy drove the pinto,Al drove the duster
Was watching a re-run of Mad TV, they were doing a skit based on the show " The price is right" The guy had to line up a can of Tab, bottle of Aqua Velva and something else in order of cost, lowest to highest to win a car. He wins the game and gets a 79/80 dark brown pinto as his prize. After he gets in the car they move the camera away to the " host" and you see smoke and hear an explosion coming from where the car was.
Ahh ya beat me to it,I just saw that also.I thought it looked more like a 77 78.The front was always in the shadows,but the angle of the head light bezel looked more like the 77.I almost recorded it but no tape handy.
That one has been around a while.
The Pinto is a 78 sedan (best I can tell).
Bill
Turbopinto72 < stans corrected, must get glasses or new 60" HiDef TV.... ;D
All right, another skateboard/surfer movie, "Lords of Dogtown", I think it came out last summer and it has a nice small bumper green runabout with black rims and dog bowl hub caps. Its shown a coulple of times in the movie.
Ahh the 70's, skateboards and longhair, and a pinto to bring me back to my youth :peace:
While rewatching "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" I realized that a brown Pinto with a couple sitting on the hood is parked in front of the gates of the Banzai Institute.
Quote from: crazyhorse on September 28, 2004, 11:55:43 AM
Escape from New York & Escape from L.A. are Full of 2 or 3 pinto shells. also in at least i scene in Terminator 3 there is a pinto shell. It seems that Pinto's are easy to use a set dressing. In most 70's-early 80's there are Pintos in most city scenes.
I just got done watching the first Terminator, and in the very last scene at the gas station, there is a Parked junked Pinto :(
Quote from: 77turbopinto on June 06, 2006, 01:40:05 PM
Found this site.I checked out the link and was suprised to see a car I knew.The car was used in the knight rider series.This car is one nasty little booger.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Ford_model-Pinto.html?PHPSESSID=e592e79ae0a6c4dc0529c31bc4cda54d
Bill