Pinto Car Club of America

My car made it in the newspaper in the Toronto Sun last Sunday the 21st of September!  Here's what it says if you can't read it properly.


1971 Ford Pinto Rallye

By Sun Media

Henry Kent sends this e-mail: "In 1971, my sister purchased this new Pinto for my dad for $2450.75. I was eight when Dad took me for a drive to the mall and when we were leaving the car wouldn't start. It eventually caught fire and the entire engine compartment melted. It only had 600 miles on it. Luckily, it was still under warranty. "When I was 16, Dad gave me the car. I drove it for five years with the original four cylinder in it. It started to burn oil after 70,000 miles so I put a V6 in it. In 1985, I had the car completely painted and all the rust spots fixed. This time I painted it black instead of the original Grabber Green. I drove it for another four years until I purchased my '88 Mustang GT convertible. It sat in the garage until 1996 when I decided to completely restore it and put a massive 289 V8 in it. It took me over six months to do all the modifications. In 1998, I spent even more money to connect the frame, rebuild the transmission and rear end and put it in its first indoor car show. There were over 500 cars in that show but mine was the only Pinto! I came runner up in my class (Ford street machine) and won a trophy and was presented the Dizzie Dean Dream come true award! That was the icing on the cake! "Noboby loves Pintos more than me. When I die, I want to be buried in the car. Place my trophies on the dashboard, a case of beer in the trunk and AC/DC Highway to Hell in the cassette player."

            

I'm so glad you posted this here, we need all the pub we can get,

very good!