Here's That Affordable RWD Stick-Shift Ford You've Been Wanting
For about half the price of a new base Fiesta, you can roll in a right-wheel-drive, manny-tranny (OH STOP IT) not-so-fast Ford.
$6500 for a Pinto with under 20,000 miles? It seems ridiculous, but as one eminent BMW expert pointed out on Facebook, that’s “100hp in a package lighter than a 2002.”
This appears to be a “sedan”, which is to say, a Pinto with a trunk, as opposed to a “Runabout”, which was the hatch. True story: During a Civil Air Patrol exercise in 1982, your humble author was transported sixty or so miles in the hatchback area of a Pinto. I still haven’t told my parents this.
The interior looks good. Remember when you could get actual colors for an automotive interior? Hell, remember when you could get actual colors for an automotive exterior?
Nowadays, they’d call it “Ford-Tex!”
It’s funny how low and wide the Pinto was. No wonder it was easy to turn into a Mustang.
If you’ve got the money, this fellow has the car. Just make sure you watch your you-know-what in traffic.
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I am waiting for one in Screamin' Yellow.
Jack, were you a CAP cadet? Seems hard to picture that.