Because development washurried, little time was available to modify the design when crash tests revealed a serious design defect: to provide adequate trunk space, the gas tank had been located behindrather than on top or in front of the rear axle. As a result, the Pinto was highly ...
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Sadly, Ford stonewalled in a number of lawsuits all the way to federal court, which severely tarnished its public image, even if Pinto sales didn't seem to suffer much. What really put Pinto out to pasture after 1980 was not bad publicity but relative lack of change -- and the adve...
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the two door wagon.In 1973 the Pinto exterior remained the same as the with exception of front and rear bumpers. Front bumper guards were made standard equipment for this year, but was deleted in later years. Because of the bumper design changes, the Pinto was actually about one and a hal...
of the Pinto. The gas tank on the vehicles was placed directly behind the rear axle instead of above it‚ with only nine inches of space between the gas tank and axle. Bolts were also placed close to the gas tank‚ increasing the risk that they could puncture the tank in an ...
In 1973 Ford updated the standard RS1600 specification to 1.8 liters, and in 1974 Ford offered a new Escort RS2000 model which featured a 2.0L Pinto based single overhead cam engine which was rated 250bhp and came equipped with a five speed ZF gearboxes. Besides full-tilt racing engines,...
Disclosure: This site may receive compensation from some link clicks and purchases. For a car that caused quite a bit of fanfare when it was introduced in 1971, it’s kind of sad that the Ford Pinto is largely remembered for the detonating fuel tanks when somebody plowed into the rear. Be...
The 1972 Ford Pinto ascended into the Sprint family that also included Mustang and Maverick. Ford claimed a total of 60.5 cubic feet of storage space accessible through a one-piece liftgate similar in engineering to the Runabout's rear hatch. An extra-cost item for Pinto wagons were the flip...