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    Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!

    No Explosion Jokes, Please: Four Families, 36 Ford Pintos!
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    If I treated this the way I treated my Mom's Pinto wagon as a kid I'd kill myself. Gawd, that little car would take a beating. It just had the 2.3, but it would tear up a dirt road and get way sideways.

    A V8 in a Pinto is just plain sick. I like it. Nice Price.
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    Image of UglyDuckCar UglyDuckCar
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Forget the CTS Sportswagon, I just found a better deal.
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    Image of GV_Goat GV_Goat
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    I'd start by taking off those bumpers... blech. But there's lots of potential here. As someone has already said those 5.0s are a dime a dozen, it's the clean looking body, overall niceness that is attractive to me. The AOD would have to go in place of a C4, manual valve body,etc... Maybe a mini tub, and some 10.5" tires. Then a little more beef under the hood. Yep, that ought'a do it.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    If he had gone with a T5, I woulda bit the hook...
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    Image of dal20402 dal20402
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Seriously? This is the first post on Jalopnik ever tagged "5.0"? We need a serious infusion of '87-Mustang-GT-fake-louvered-taillights-ness.
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    Image of Flagrant German Fanboy Flagrant German Fanboy
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    I was slowly being lulled into it's cocoon of potential world of hoonage and Jalop-street-cred when upon discovering the auto transmission, I suddenly found myself with a very angered expression on my face, and a lit torch and pitchfork in my hands.

    Then thoughts of Crack Pipes swirled around in my seething brain. Thus did I vote.
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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    09/01/09

    @Flagrant German Fanboy: Of course, an auto is not a bad thing in drag racing, where consistency is the key to winning. If, like engineerd, you want to roadrace, then the auto is a drag.

    I prefer a manual, especially in FWD and low horse power. After driving a 5.0 Mustang with an auto (not mine) I can say it's not terrible. Certainly it is not preferred, but, it's not pitchfork and torch terrible.
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    Image of MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    V8? Check
    Roll Cage? Check
    Chrome Cragars? Check
    Arrest-me Red? Check
    Unique at a car show in a sea of Mustangs and Camaros? Check Check
    Makes me want a beer? Check

    $4500? Nice Price
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    Image of LTDScott LTDScott
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Either the intake or the engine is not from a '93 Mustang. The '86-93 had the throttle body pointing straight to the passenger side of the car, no 45* angle. The intake is from a '94-95 Mustang or an earlier Thunderbird, both of which had lower rated HP than the earlier Mustang 5.0s.

    /Ford nerd
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    Image of Feds Feds
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    I would prefer a turbo 2.3 for lightness, weirdness, maintenance and awesomeness. But rollin' in a five-point-oh has its own merits, irrespective of the ability to put the rag top down so your hair can blow.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    For $4500, this can be someone else's little pony.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Holy crap, it's Ford's own clownshoe. I'd maybe work the price down a bit if I found detail issues with the powerplant but overall, this is too cool for school.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Oh. I'll give this thing a Nice Price rating mostly because of concept, but I'm not very enthusiastic. It'll be fast in a straight line, but you know that massive understeer will probably be the order of the day with that big lump under the hood. Now if it had the Cruising Van body with the bubble window...
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    The Pinto is not a bad car. It got a bad rap because Ford cheaped out on the fuel tank (originally supposed to be a bladder), but it was, considering the time, a decent performer and showed some serious cajones in suspension and *gasp* lightness.

    Ford should build another Pinto. Oh wait, they are. It's called the Fiesta.

    That's not why we're here though. We're here to share the results of over 1 billion calculations as performed by the engineerd Fair Market Value (eFMV patent pending) WOPR-like computer. What did it say?

    Well, the eFMV is obviously a fan. Only one other Pinto of that era was found on AutoTrader Classic, which sets our base price at $3500. The eFMV then added $5000 for it being a classic (it's a computer, it uses the objective 25 year rule), $1500 for mods, and $1500 for general awesomeness. This yields an eFMV of $11500 putting this example solidly in nice price territory.

    Although, it did tell me it would rather road race a Pinto than drag race one.
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    Image of Feds Feds
    09/01/09

    @engineerd:

    11500-4500 = $7k. Should be more than enough for new wheels and tires, some suspension bits, and a manual swap. With enough change for a season of two of entry fees.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/01/09

    @engineerd: Star Powwwwah!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/01/09

    @Feds: Good point. The suspension, assuming they didn't molest it too much, is not bad to start with and minor tweaks get it pretty road race-worthy.
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    09/01/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: It's so shiny!
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    09/01/09

    @engineerd: Better keep it nice and polished. And don't go trolling on the Dyke site again.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Say what you will about the Pinto - and you will - but this is an attractive profile. It's got nice proportions. And look under the hood, yowzah!

    What's up with the grille? It looks like it got lifted off an Escort. But all in all, I love it and I'd saddle this Pinto any day.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    09/01/09

    @Elhigh: Hear, hear! I think that Pinto hatches and coupes are a bit sorry looking. But the wagon OTOH, I must agree just looks RIGHT.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/01/09

    In reply to Find Out Why the Caged Pinto Sings for Only $4,500!
    Now that is a Pinto with beans.
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    Image of MarywithanM™ MarywithanM™
    09/01/09

    @Elhigh: chuckle, chuckle
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