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Curbside Classics Archives
pinto Archive
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![Recently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/south-of-rolla.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate")
Lost & Found: Automotive Treasures Saved From a Nebulous Fate
Posted on December 2, 2024 | 35 CommentsRecently, I accompanied my wife and daughter on a roadtrip that covered nine states. Enjoying the temperate climate well south of the Mason-Dixon Line, I figured a bumper crop of […] -
![Curbside Classics takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. First posted here in 2011. Few […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-16-033-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Pinto – 1971 Small Car Comparison No. 4")
Curbside Classic: 1971 Ford Pinto – 1971 Small Car Comparison No. 4
Posted on January 10, 2024 | 54 CommentsCurbside Classics takes you back to 1971 for a virtual comparison test of six small cars, based (and partly borrowed) from a C/D test. First posted here in 2011. Few […] -
![Just a few months before this June 1971 review, R&T had described the Pinto as “mediocre but cute” in a 5-car comparison against the likes of the Corolla and Datsun […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/1971pinto_03.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Road & Track Review: 1971 Ford Pinto 2000 – A New 2.0 OHC Engine Creates A Hotter Pinto")
Vintage Road & Track Review: 1971 Ford Pinto 2000 – A New 2.0 OHC Engine Creates A Hotter Pinto
Posted on October 29, 2023 | 40 CommentsJust a few months before this June 1971 review, R&T had described the Pinto as “mediocre but cute” in a 5-car comparison against the likes of the Corolla and Datsun […] -
![(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/72MarkIV.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life")
Curbside Nostalgia: 1972 – The Greatest New Car Year Of My Life
Posted on October 3, 2023 | 66 Comments(first posted 10/3/2017) As a kid, whenever someone got a new car it was a real event. Of course, a new car is always an event, but for a […] -
![Nobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_2269.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto?")
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto?
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 68 CommentsNobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […] -
![(first posted 7/15/2013) I attend, on average, better than 75 car shows and cruise-ins during the summer months. Why? In hopes of finding something different and cool. No, I do […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/6-23-2013-045-800x533-e1372965497647.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classics: 1973 and 1974 Ford Pinto Squires – Still At Least Two Left…")
Car Show Classics: 1973 and 1974 Ford Pinto Squires – Still At Least Two Left…
Posted on July 15, 2022 | 94 Comments(first posted 7/15/2013) I attend, on average, better than 75 car shows and cruise-ins during the summer months. Why? In hopes of finding something different and cool. No, I do […] -
![The premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IMG_0492.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time")
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Mercury Bobcat Villager – The Premium Compact Wagon Way Ahead Of Its Time
Posted on March 29, 2021 | 58 CommentsThe premium small car genre (and especially the small premium CUV genre) is more popular now than ever but back in the 1970s small cars in North America were generally […] -
![(Since this was first posted on 2/27/2011, this article has attracted comments from individuals who were associated and affected by the unfortunate end to this undertaking, including the designer’s daughter. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Pinto-Mizar-airplane.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive/Aeronautic History: MIZAR – The Pinto’s Brief And Tragic Life As An Airplane")
Automotive/Aeronautic History: MIZAR – The Pinto’s Brief And Tragic Life As An Airplane
Posted on November 15, 2020 | 66 Comments(Since this was first posted on 2/27/2011, this article has attracted comments from individuals who were associated and affected by the unfortunate end to this undertaking, including the designer’s daughter. […] -
![(first posted 11/20/2013) There it sits, the Mighty Blue Pinto. I drove a medium blue ’72 Pinto Runabout (hatchback) back in high school, and still recall it with fondness. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/front-view.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1971-72 2.0 OHC Pinto- The Fastest Pinto Ever Built")
Curbside Classic: 1971-72 2.0 OHC Pinto- The Fastest Pinto Ever Built
Posted on January 7, 2020 | 82 Comments(first posted 11/20/2013) There it sits, the Mighty Blue Pinto. I drove a medium blue ’72 Pinto Runabout (hatchback) back in high school, and still recall it with fondness. […] -
![(First Posted October 23, 2013) I’ve owned a lot of cars. The total is up to a slightly embarrassing forty two (edit – its more than now). Most of them […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1978-Ford-Pinto-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Pinto V6 – The Car I Didn’t Buy")
Curbside Classic: 1978 Ford Pinto V6 – The Car I Didn’t Buy
Posted on November 19, 2019 | 40 Comments(First Posted October 23, 2013) I’ve owned a lot of cars. The total is up to a slightly embarrassing forty two (edit – its more than now). Most of them […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Pintomobile5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom")
COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 81 Comments(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […] -
![Back in July, I attended the 2015 Monmouth Car Show in Monmouth, Illinois. Having taken several hundred pictures, and giving a lot of attention to various automotive details, the article […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/themes/arras162/images/thumbnail.png "CC Video Slideshow: The 2015 Monmouth Car Show")
CC Video Slideshow: The 2015 Monmouth Car Show
Posted on November 29, 2015 | 17 CommentsBack in July, I attended the 2015 Monmouth Car Show in Monmouth, Illinois. Having taken several hundred pictures, and giving a lot of attention to various automotive details, the article […] -
![(first posted 2/27/2011) Since the other Pinto CC is a first year 1971 model hatchback, and so epitomizes the Pinto’s beginnings, it seems appropriate to bookend the Pinto’s long […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CC-115-070-800-crop-vert.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1980 Pinto Wagon: The Pinto’s Long Colorful End")
Curbside Classic: 1980 Pinto Wagon: The Pinto’s Long Colorful End
Posted on September 25, 2015 | 75 Comments(first posted 2/27/2011) Since the other Pinto CC is a first year 1971 model hatchback, and so epitomizes the Pinto’s beginnings, it seems appropriate to bookend the Pinto’s long […] -
CC Capsule: 1977 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon – The Original Mini Van?
Posted on April 24, 2015 | 51 CommentsSome things instantly become dated; in the automotive world, few things proclaim its time period better than a Pinto Cruising Wagon. -
![Sitting on the lawn mower is always a wonderful time to have some uninterrupted thoughts. Knowing Wagon Week was coming up, I was pondering which wagon from the year of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1972-AMC-Full-Line-12-13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History and QOTD: The American Wagons of 1972 – Which Would You Choose?")
Automotive History and QOTD: The American Wagons of 1972 – Which Would You Choose?
Posted on April 23, 2015 | 135 CommentsSitting on the lawn mower is always a wonderful time to have some uninterrupted thoughts. Knowing Wagon Week was coming up, I was pondering which wagon from the year of […]
