Ahh Pintos... My dad used to have a pumpkin orange Pinto. His friends
used to claim that when he went to the gas station, he had to tell them
"Check the gas and fill up the oil!" It still gets brought up every now
and then, much to my father's dismay and our enjoyment. We never
considered living in the bronx....
Mike
miker15@juno.com wrote:
>
> On Sun, 23 Aug 1998 10:52:38 -0500 Chuck Schaefer <crschaef@mc.net>
> writes:
> >RobMGB@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 8/23/98 4:22:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
> >ldsp@flash.net writes:
> >>
> >> > YES, you are the winner! Don't feel bad, lot's of us had pintos!
> >I'm sure
> >> > most won't admit it!!!! We had 2!!!!!! Susie
> >> I'll admit to worse. I owned 72 Vega Gt. By 48k I had replaced water
> >and fuel
> >> pumps. Cowl and fender were rusting out and it burned so much oil I
> >had to
> >> change plugs every 400 miles. Fun to drive when new but a worn out
> >piece of
> >> s___t after only 48K.
> >> robmgb
> >> 74B
> >
> >Now I really feel bad. Had a Vega and traded it in on a Pinto! The
> >Vega
> >was all it was reported to be. Bad, rusty, oil leaker, oil burner, and
> >heater core problems, all with less than 45,000 miles. Then the Pinto.
> >Not bad for a first "new car" purchase. But a carb float that didn't
> >and
> >a new cam by about 45,000 miles. Rusted door panels by about 75,000
> >miles.
> >
> >Now I have 2 MGA's. I "think" I'm better off. But I still seem to
> >spend
> >more time on the cars now than I did back then.
> >
> >Chuck Schaefer
> >
> When I first moved to the U.S. in 1980 and was looking around for a car i
> thought the Pinto was really smart.......but then i also considered an
> apartment in the Bronx...
> Luckily friends warned me off both!! (I bought a 70 MGB and lived in
> Manhattan)
>
> mike robson
> 69 roadster
> 70 BGT
> 72 roadster
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