"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
11/22/2013 at 12:04 • Filed to: Pinto
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"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko)
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AutoSavant
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/22/2013 at 12:08 |
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Want the one in the back!
EL_ULY
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/22/2013 at 12:16 |
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the working man's Ferrari
RobertBreedlove
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/22/2013 at 12:46 |
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Yes, they were. I've still got mine...
Don't knock em, they were an original hot hatch with rear wheel drive and an engine bay big enough for a small block Ford(or better yet, a Rover v8, it weights less than the four cylinder). They seat two LARGE adults with comfort and the kiddies fit in back. It cost me less than a down payment on a new car, only had 6446 miles and is simple enough to be fixed by trained monkeys. And the smile factor and gawker factor beats even the Veyron, everybody either owned one or knew someone who did. 3.5 million of them were made, not many still around(they made great race cars).
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> RobertBreedlove
11/22/2013 at 13:13 |
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Welcome to oppo, fellow owner!
AMC/Renauledge
> RobertBreedlove
11/22/2013 at 13:23 |
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No. No they weren't the original "hot hatch". I'm sorry. That's absolutely ludicrous.
The Pinto came with only wheezy 4cyl engines until 1974, when Ford put the wheezy Cologne 2.8 V6 under the hood as an option through '79. It may have had enough room for a Ford 302, but it never actually came with one from the factory.
The Gremlin, however, was the original hot hatch . It actually came with a 304 V8 from the factory from 1972-76. Its standard engine was a 135hp 3.8L I6 in 1971, when the Pinto's optional 2.0L only gave 100hp. The Pinto's pathetic standard 1.6 yielded a miserable 75 in '71, dropping to 54 for 1972-73.
Plus, the Gremlin had room for a thumping 401 V8 underhood. A dealer actually sold warrantied examples that ran the 1/4 in 13.9 at 106mph.
The Pinto maxed out at 102hp with the V6 in 1979. The Gremlin V8 offered 150hp.
Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
> RobertBreedlove
11/22/2013 at 13:37 |
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My dad had a yellow one when I was a kid. Those cars got a bad wrap IMO...well, other than that whole exploding thing....Is that one an '80?
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RobertBreedlove
> RobertBreedlove
11/22/2013 at 13:56 |
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It's a 79, it's got 30,000 on it now. The whole "exploding thing" was a media invention. Pintos did not blow up at a higher statistical rate than other contemporary cars, less than some. One hyped case was a small stopped, Pinto being plowed into by a pickup AT FULL SPEED, something NO contemporary would have handled any better.
N2Skylark
"No. No they weren't the original "hot hatch". I'm sorry. That's absolutely ludicrous."
"Don't knock em, they were an original hot hatch". Nothing ludicrous said.
And Gremlins are butt ugly, sorry. I don't like to drive with a paper bag over my face so the neighbors won't recognize me. And I don't recall they had any hatch, though the back window did open.