My buddy's dad bought him something like a 75 or 76 Vega wagon to drive
in college after his Beetle kakked. Might have been 74, too long ago to
remember. Red/black, 4spd cheap stripper, it actually looked pretty nice
though. He thrashed that thing unmercifully and I think the engine blew
up or started blowing oil after like 20k miles which apparently was the
main issue with them unless they rusted out first.
My boss when I worked at the airport summers in college had a yellow
Pinto wagon or hatchback or whatever it was, black interior, 4spd. He
let me drive it once to go on some errand or delivery or something. It
was quite peppy and handled well, you could see out of the big windows
well too. I kinda liked it, it was "sportier" than the big merkin iron
I was used to driving.
Another summer I was working for another place, a guy drives up on the
ramp (back when you could do that sort of thing) early one Sunday
morning in his MGB GT, BRG/black, and asks me to get his airplane out of
the hangar. OK fine. So I get the plane out after some jockeying other
planes around, he hands me the keys to the car and says, "Go drive it
around if you want." Oh yeah. So I spent the next hour or so racing
around the ramp and the old taxiway that went by our hangar. Now THAT
was sporty! He comes back after awhile, I fueled the plane and put it
away, give him the keys back. H asked me how I enjoyed the car and we
chatted a bit about it, really nice guy. I think he really got a charge
out of letting me drive his car. I can't remember who he was, a rich
guy with toys I guess, just liked to have fun with them.
--FT
On 9/11/20 9:37 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes wrote:
The drive train on the Pinto was excellent. Body was, well, 70's whacko
styling and poorly made. If the fashion of copying Japanese styling had been
then instead of now, Ford might have made a decent car.
Ugly styling, with uncomfortable seating and deadly gas tank (saved money by
leaving the originally designed shield out!) but mechanically quite good.
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