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ProfessorGAC

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17. A Guy In My Neighborhood...

Reply to Best_man23 (Reply #13)

Tue Jan 19, 2021, 03:57 PM

Jan 2021

...(high school & college years) developed a successful side business doing that with Chevy Vegas.
He put a Jag V12 in one. Had to drop the seat back, extend the steering co!umn, etc.
One he kept was so tricked out with gauges and dials, I looked like the cockpit of a 747!
He put a 442 motor in that one.

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Killer Cars-No they weren't [View all] flotsam Jan 2021 OP

My favorite car was a '76 Pinto. malthaussen Jan 2021 #1

I had a 79 for my first car sweetloukillbot Jan 2021 #7

I would have liked a Mustang. malthaussen Jan 2021 #28

I had a '74. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #15

That's The One I Had ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #16

That is a very skewed review of the Pinto. Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #2

Learned to drive in a Corvair. I think that's why I still prefer small cars. I liked it, except for Hoyt Jan 2021 #3

I also learned to drive in one MoonlitKnight Jan 2021 #31

Big oil did not like the fuel efficient cars. pwb Jan 2021 #4

Pity, we could have been spared Ralph Nader's four presidential bids. sop Jan 2021 #5

Had three Pintos in my lifetime. gibraltar72 Jan 2021 #6

I was a dune buggy guy flotsam Jan 2021 #9

In 1969 or early 1970, I bought a 1960 red Corvair two-door. MineralMan Jan 2021 #8

Have you heard of the new three position Lucas switch? flotsam Jan 2021 #11

That was always the case. MineralMan Jan 2021 #12

Lucas, the man onethatcares Jan 2021 #14

As in "What the Hell is a Zener diode? N/T flotsam Jan 2021 #20

among other tricks like onethatcares Jan 2021 #21

You mean the super-hot heat sink near the headlight ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #25

We drove a '76 Pinto for several years and loved it ironflange Jan 2021 #10

The Pinto is a good candidate for a Restomod Best_man23 Jan 2021 #13

A Guy In My Neighborhood... ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #17

The Corvair's problem was its dealers and buyers jmowreader Jan 2021 #18

Don't forget early VW spare tires. Had to check tire pressure often. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #23

That lever burned so many Americans. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #30

had a black corvair convertable with red interior. all the cool malt shop kids loved it! nt msongs Jan 2021 #19

I once got a speeding ticket in a Pinto... bluecollar2 Jan 2021 #22

You gotta slow down in the parking lot, bluecollar. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2021 #24

Downhill bluecollar2 Jan 2021 #26

It was misery driving my mildly schizophrenic grandmother around in her Pinto. hunter Jan 2021 #27

VW was saved by the lack of performance from the engine. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #29