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Ford Pinto being Auctioned from the famous Pugley's collection
dga57:
--- Quote from: JoeBob on April 11, 2021, 10:32:31 AM --- It is interesting how similar some of our stories are. My brother is two years older than me. He had three used lemons before it was my turn to buy. Dad took me to the Ford dealer to buy their cheapest new car. I did not know what a Pinto was I don't think he did either.
We were the poor people in the rich neighborhood. My friends were getting mustangs, and vets. I can't tell you how many wrecked (daddy bought) cars I saw.
I learned responsibility with my cheep car. My first payment was $76 as well. I worked hard for my $76. If I did not take care of my car, there would not be another one.
Bill
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I understand completely! The friend I ran around with most in high school drove a bright yellow Corvette... that is, when he wasn't tooling around in his parents' red Cadillac Eldorado convertible. Oh well!
Dwayne
Wittsend:
Wow! My first car was a 1968 Datsun 510 station wagon. It was only 7 years old in 1975 but looked more like 30 years old and already had 152,000 miles on it. It had been (cheaply) repainted, the engine I nearly tripped over as parts of it were scattered around the guys yard. Without the engine installed the guy trailered it to my house. He rolled it off the trailer and then stated that one of the four wheels was his spare tire and removed it. As he drove away there sat my "first car," engineless, squatting on three wheels and like a woman who lived a hard life "old before her time." That's what $200 bought back in 1975. I actually got the engine back together and even repainted the car. But it was "well worn" and I advanced to a '64 Falcon 260 within year. I actually drove that car home - and to my first semester of college before I rebuilt the engine and swapped the 2 speed auto for a C-4 over Christmas and Easter breaks.
dga57:
The used car my dad nixed was a baby blue 1963 Chrysler 300 that a neighbor owned. I could have bought it for $800 and it really was a nice car, regardless of my dad's opinion.
Dwayne :)
Dtmix:
Yup, we were all about the same age, and the Pinto was a viable option for many people. My first car was a 1979 Ford Pinto Wagon (selected due to my frequent travels between home and college) with 2.3 liter engine, manual tranny, optional medium red glow paint, red cloth high-back seat interior with the exterior décor group. It was a little over an year old, when I purchased it from my father's colleague at Hancock Field AFB in Syracuse as he inherited his mother's larger Ford Wagon. I am unable to recall what I had paid for it, but it was affordable enough that I did not have to take a loan, but used my savings. I was one of those lucky kids who had a job with Budget rent A Car at Syracuse airport. An awesome job as I was a car-nut! I do have pictures of the car, and one of the pictures was at work with a ton of rental cars parked in the background. Mostly Marquis and Zephyrs. Once I figure out how to reduce the size of the pictures so it can be attached, I will be sure to post them.
Before I brought my pandemic project, the 1980 Pinto Squire Wagon, I searched for almost two years to find one exactly like mine, but it was nowhere to be found due to the rarity of the optional color. I did find a brown one equipped the same and considered to have it redone like mine, but couldn't come to an agreement with the seller's asking price...so I found my 1980 Squire Wagon which was too nice to convert it to mimic my first car, so that's how I ended up where I am now...chucklin g.
Happy Motoring!
Dan
Wittsend:
If you are using Windows just open the picture, then open the Snipping Tool. Drag the "frame" over the picture then click File, Save As. Save to a folder you will remember or create one for Pinto Pictures. The snipping tool automatically reduces the file size to a very appropriate 25kb (smaller image) to about 125 kb (larger image) depending on the original size. I presume you know how to post pictures here?
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