Tuesday, December 9, 2008

the pinto

It's the new 1970 Ford Pinto - a new frisky compact car to compete with the Japanese imports. How is it frisky you ask?

6 comments:

  1. PLEASE tell me that we aren't going to see and Gremlins or Pacers lurking around Boomerville!

    I guess the Pinto was supposed to be an economical, gas-saving spinoff of the Mustang . . . we never had one, but I remember them well.

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  2. Gremlins, Pacers, and Pinto - Oh my!
    Gremlins, Pacers, and Pintos - Oh my!

    They were all ugly little cars. I thought so back then. Nothing cool about them.

    The first time I saw a Pacer I thought to myself, "That looks like something off the Jetsons!"

    It seemed to me that there were a lot more Pintos around than the other American compacts.

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  3. Excuse me...Lay off the Gremlins.
    Vicki and I wanted to buy one so bad when we first got married. It was a two toned blue and white Gremling with (get this) denim interior. I don't think it would have held up very well over the years but hey! we were young and stupid.
    mb

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  4. I guess with denim seat covers - you could always patch holes with old blue jeans.

    Lay off the Gremlin?

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  5. Hey Guys....I still dream of having a Gremlin one day. Put some really fat rims on the car...super wide tires.....drop the suspension.....some hydraulics...LED white turn signal lights....a pale green or light blue with a white racing stripe....lots of chrome....brown leather interior......don't forget the window tint......

    you think I'm joking.......

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  6. No Jose'...I don't think you're joking one bit.

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