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Ford Pinto being Auctioned from the famous Pugley's collection
caravan3921:
Well now I've spent about an hour reading up on the design of the Pinto. Eidschun's son maintains that he recalls his father designing the pinto in the basement of their Michigan home and he has the original sketches to prove it. IF this is correct, other designers may have been involved in overseeing the design process and/or submitted design ideas that were later rejected. At any rate, regardless of what is true and correct, owning a pinto autographed by Exner Jr. would be awesome! I guess he is now 87 years of age.
dga57:
--- Quote from: caravan3921 on April 10, 2021, 03:35:02 PM ---Well now I've spent about an hour reading up on the design of the Pinto. Eidschun's son maintains that he recalls his father designing the pinto in the basement of their Michigan home and he has the original sketches to prove it. IF this is correct, other designers may have been involved in overseeing the design process and/or submitted design ideas that were later rejected. At any rate, regardless of what is true and correct, owning a pinto autographed by Exner Jr. would be awesome! I guess he is now 87 years of age.
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I've spent a little time doing the exact same thing and like you, came up with Robert Eidschun. I did however, learn that Exner Jr. was also working for Ford at the time and in his retirement has claimed he designed the Pinto despite lack of proof. So the claims of an Exner design are those of Junior, not his famous father and have not been substantiated. His willingness to sign the Pinto in question might simply have been a ploy to advance his version of the story. Or at his advanced age, maybe he is simply confused.
Dwayne :)
caravan3921:
Exactly! You and I have been reading the same articles.
Eidschun's my man! How I so admire the Pinto design. My first car 50 years ago. I'm forever grateful to my Dad who basically took me to the auto dealer and told me this was to be my first car. He had apparently been looking and researching and it was his decision. What did I know about cars? I was just a 21 year old nursing school graduate who needed wheels. Boy would I love to go back in time and relive that day!
dga57:
--- Quote from: caravan3921 on April 10, 2021, 05:31:52 PM ---Exactly! You and I have been reading the same articles.
Eidschun's my man! How I so admire the Pinto design. My first car 50 years ago. I'm forever grateful to my Dad who basically took me to the auto dealer and told me this was to be my first car. He had apparently been looking and researching and it was his decision. What did I know about cars? I was just a 21 year old nursing school graduate who needed wheels. Boy would I love to go back in time and relive that day!
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My dad was instrumental in the purchase of my first car too (a brand new 1974 Pinto Runabout) when I was only sixteen. I had been saving every cent I could scrape together for most of my life in anticipation of the day I got my driver's license. I had enough to purchase a decent used car but when the time came, my dad informed me I was going to purchase something new or nothing at all; he didn't want me latching onto "someone else's problem." Having grown up in a Ford household, and the Pinto being the most inexpensive Ford I could buy, there wasn't a lot of discussion about what my first car would be. I was expected to pay for it but he did help out with me getting it financed. After making a decent down payment, I ended up with a 36-month payment plan that cost me $76 per month for a nicely equipped Runabout. Completely doable for even a high school student with an after school job. The biggest "plus" to buying new was that I got to order the car to my specifications!
Dwayne :)
JoeBob:
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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