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more about #pinto more comments → brandegee: Official engine of the Anadol, Turkey's first mass-production car. #1960s more » Elhigh: Some of these things had a stroke barely long enough to qualify for the name, 48mm. I mean, I think I've seem some bigass aftermarket camshafts with ... more » velocecrat: Also powered the sexylighthotness that was the DeTomaso Vallelunga. #1960s more » joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: My first car, a '71 Pinto, had a 1.6L with FOB (Ford of Britain) cast on it. POS burned #4 piston after a year of abuse. I did a quickie rebuild on it... more » bozoerrebbe: Ford Racing recently announced that they would be selling a reengineered Kent crate engine to meet the needs of the thousands of Formula Ford racers w... more » Novaload: Oh, Ford. If only you'd shared this with the US. (I believe this Capri also packed the Kent.) #1960s more » area_educator: It's interesting, and impressive in it's own way. But there's a lot wrong here, too. That wing on top: in a corner, it'll add downforce to aid tract... more » Plecostomus [Tyrrell]: this car is made of lies. more » 6061-Tsix: Did anyone else ever see the cartoon "Wacky Racers" as a kid? Always loved that show. more » cgarison: No springs or shocks means this thing will ride as rough as a hard tail chopper. It would be brutal on me at 35 years of age. more » engineerd: As an engineer, I find this absolutely ingenious. He designed and built a [virtually] new car for less than most used cars sell for. As a consumer... more » TimTim: That's pretty incredible, and for $500... it's worth half that if it's only scrap metal. I'm curious how that handles; short wheelbase, skateboard st... more » Novaload: Hey, for $500, it's Lemons Qualified! more » Bertone77: "twisting/steering mechanism comes from a helicopter's tail rotor gearbox" Hello, junkyard? Yeah? Do you guys have a copter in stock? Uh, no........ more » Mobius: If a retiree can build an electric car this interesting and intriguing for $500, why can't Tesla build the Roadster for, well, less than what they are... more » -
#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Ford Kent
We've already honored the Ford "Pinto" OHC engine here, but what about the pushrod four that served as the early Pinto's base engine? More » -
#customcars
Homemade Tilting Electric Car Built For $500
The homemade Balanced-Over-Batteries car works like a skateboard tilting its chassis when it steers. The electric car's batteries are slung underneath the cockpit as counterweights and the whole thing leans 45 degrees. Oh, and it was built for only $500. More » -
#concoursdlemons
KV Mini, Towed 1,000 Miles Behind MGB, Takes Worst Of Show At Concours d'LeMons!
We couldn't cover the first-ever Concours d'LeMons in Monterey last weekend, because Jalopnik's entire West Coast Bureau (me) was busy covering some dumb race in Merle Haggard country. No problem, though- we've got photos aplenty! More » -
#downonthejunkyard
See, Not All Pintos Blew Up!
In general, cars at the high-turnover self-service junkyards tend to be 15 to 20 years old, but some types of cars disappeared from junkyards long before their time. The Pinto was such a car. More » -
#photography
American Cars: Photographs By Kevin Gray
Today we're showing the work of a Los Angeles-based pro photographer who heads down on the street to find his subjects: battle-scarred American cars in their natural habitat! More » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
Flesh-Colored 1978 Pinto for a Stiff $2,999!
Nice Price or Crack Pipe wants you to take the long way home in a questionably-hued Pinto with only 40,000 miles — mostly spent mostly pulling into the garage, and then out again, in and out . . . More » -
#24hoursoflemons
The 24 Hours Of LeMons F—- Nonsorship Policy In Action
Remember the the 24 Hours Of LeMons Nonsorship Package, in which Detroit automakers were offered the opportunity to have their corporate names redacted from LeMons cars? More » -
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#engineoftheday
Engine Of The Day: Ford OHC
Ford called the the EAO, or sometimes the OHC… but the rest of us- at least, those of us in North America- know this little workhorse as "The Pinto Engine." More »
