Pinto Car Club of America

Interesting, yet gruesome read about Ford's exploding cars. From the sounds of it our Pinto took the fall for many of the other Ford models.

http://www.safetyforum.com/fordmustang/ (http://www.safetyforum.com/fordmustang/)

"*snip* - during the mid 1970's the Mustang and the Pinto shared the same fuel system and rear structure design.  Not surprisingly, more people have burned alive in Mustangs of that era than did in the Pinto.  When the Pinto was recalled, the Mustang should have been but was not."

Pinto's got a bad rap,
I remember reading somewhere that the Chevy citation had a higher rate of blowing up than our pintos.Every time i tell someone that we have a pinto.I hear the same old crap about pintos being lemons and how they explode.I grown pretty thick skin for over the years.But sometimes i get a chink in the armour,and i lay into the smart butt that is misinformed about our baby's.
I mean would i want the wife driving around in a little blue bomb.I leave this question to your own imagination. ;)

When confronted with someone too young to have been around in the 70's or 80's, I reply with authority "that's a myth, more like an urban legend". They usually believe me.  Older guys get a shocked reaction from me, I turn to Bill and ask "IS THIS TRUE" he stutters and the poor slob who brought it up feels bad cuz he thinks he got Bill in trouble with his wife.
Connie

I get it all the time... "Don`t them thing`s explode?"...I just smile and say...Yup... this one doe`s it all the time...I just keep fixin` `er!
They look at me like I`ve got lobsters crawling out my ears...I love it!  :lol:

I have added two or three magnets to the rear of my car at shows and people crack up over it. One says "DANGER  HIGHLY FLAMABLE"    The other one says  "DANGER  EXPLOSIVES"  and the other small one is the symbols for explosives on trucks. Plus I added a fire extinguisher with a sticker that says "FOR USE IN REAR END COLLISIONS"  But I wish I had a dollar for every Pinto story I hear. I could retire real soon. I look at it this way, if my little wagon can make someone laugh over all of the rumors and exploding storys, them my job is done

Mark