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Wolf Frankula

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8. You Want a Yugo or a Trabant.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 06:59 AM

Feb 2017

A friend had an orange Yugo. He called it LOPOS, or Little Orange Piece of Shit. He got one of the first cell phones, so when it broke down, he could call a tow truck.

There's a legend about the Trabant. After the wall fell, an ad appeared that said, "Have new Trabant. Will trade for a second hand Volkswagen that runs."

Wolf

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Speaking of Pintos, sometimes I wish I had one. [View all] raccoon Feb 2017 OP

Make that a Corvair..... safeinOhio Feb 2017 #1

Well, how about if I could take the Pinto's body and put it over a different car? nt raccoon Feb 2017 #2

As long as you change safeinOhio Feb 2017 #3

I'd like to convert one to electric. MindPilot Feb 2017 #20

I had two of them Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #4

My big brother had one---the Monza Spyder, early sixties pinboy3niner Feb 2017 #5

Cool Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #6

My mother wanted a Pinto, but my Dad wouldn't go for it, said they were "too small." Rhiannon12866 Feb 2017 #7

You Want a Yugo or a Trabant. Wolf Frankula Feb 2017 #8

As a single parent I had 3 Pinto Wagons over time and loved them.... WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #9

You probably didn't have one of these discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2017 #13

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that you're right. WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #15

Why the Ford Pinto didn't suck OxQQme Feb 2017 #18

Thanks for the articles. I felt back when WePurrsevere Feb 2017 #19

My mom had one when I was in Jr HIgh OriginalGeek Feb 2017 #10

I had a whole bowl last night. Now I wish I hadn't! Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2017 #11

I had a new '76 Pinto. malthaussen Feb 2017 #12

Young punk tailgaters wouldn't know a '72 Pinto if it bit them in the nose Brother Buzz Feb 2017 #14

How 'bout a Pacer? Laffy Kat Feb 2017 #16

Why the Ford Pinto didn't suck OxQQme Feb 2017 #17

The thing about exploding Pintos is they killed the Pinto people, not the tailgaters. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2017 #21

Uh oh. nt raccoon Feb 2017 #22