CRAZY Ford Pinto Drag Car - Full History Revealed

[@tonyayoung5835]

Thank you so much for bringing a little piece of our family history back to life!

[@jonathanballew2535]

Crazy this is all from my hometown. And the love life of raw drag racing is still alive in my family still today

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you again for reaching out!

[@markmoire2058]

Love the old fiesta in the background

[@imouse3246]

Loved to see the two girls get involved. Those smiles are priceless.

[@HotRodHoarder]

For sure!!!

[@GlynnWilsonAustin]

Reminds me of the Pinto Pro Stockers from the early 70's like Bob Glidden and Gapp and Roush. I always enjoy your videos!

[@313yankee]

I remember seeing the gap and roush pinto when I was a kid at Detroit dragway, man was so cool then have it many years later I met jack Jr a couple times at Milan dragway for test and tune when I was testing my car as well, actually gave me a couple compliments on my mustang!!

[@jontrudell7529]

@@313yankee Oh ya Milan, I loved that place & used to go all the time and Race motocross / dirtbikes and then check out the Drag strip too cuz they arw both at the same place! Pro drag strip and Pro A.M.A Track

[@sparkyguitar0058]

Many great times at Milan Dragway including IHRA Northern Nationals and Super Ford. Watched Glidden and R Smith match race at Super Ford Nats. 2 wks later real race for Pro Stock title. Good times

[@DougFLTRX]

Toby Meeks of NHRA Pinto racing fame lived two doors down from me growing up. Glidden lived about 15 miles away from us next door to CJ Rayburn. I was a starry-eyed kid and they were all legends to me

[@alanwood5857]

Hats off to you for doing such in depth research.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Alan, I love doing it!

[@jilpoke]

The two photos from 5:58 to 6:08 are down right precious. Thanks for the story and update.

[@davebrittain9216]

This video is the icing on the cake for this story. Thanks HRH!

[@HotRodHoarder]

I was so thrilled to do this follow up. I love it when the history comes together. Thank you for your support Dave!

[@davebrittain9216]

@@HotRodHoarder It is easy to follow you with the cool content that you typically show. Always eager to see more!

[@TrojanHorse1959]

Yep, I was one of those who immediately asked about buying the car. I was bummed when I found it it was already sold, but such is life and luck. Thank you for the update on the car, we appreciate it! P.S. Let us know if you get any further updates, please.

[@gradyturner3367]

TONYA!!!! you rock!!!' thank you sooooo much maam this story is literally what racing means to my family and many others your story is like stated "the dream" this channel reminds me of something the middle age parts of my family have been encouraging our senior family members to sit and record in any fashion of thier chosing record thier personal history and include as much family history as possible.... thats what this channel is doing for racing.... great work sir thanks again

[@MichaelAnderson-nh4gu]

I love that kind of history lesson, it’s to bad they don’t teach drag car history in High School. I’m pretty sure I would have paid attention more.

[@HotRodHoarder]

For sure! I would've enjoyed school wayyyy more.

[@sunbloodhauntscamptonco.ky3299]

Had I been a HS history teacher, I would have specialized in teaching automotive history and even been the C😎😎LEST history teacher....👍🏾

[@jayinmi3706]

That's cool. I seem to remember you getting another car that ended up in Detroit, too. Hope I see this thing at some point. For some reason, I really like this one.

[@mattroberts4209]

Love hearing the story on the that car thanks to you the history will live on instead of rotting away, I'm still trying to convince me dad to ride out to see if the old Vette drag car still sitting on the same property it was 25 or so years ago, its just hard to get my dad motivated sometimes it's about an hour to a hour and a half from me, but I'm trying, hopefully I'll be able to check it out in the spring time when the weather gets better, thanks Buddy, and keep me posted on that 59 Impala your friend has or any 58-60 Chevy 2 doors or wagons, I miss my 60 Impala bad, and thanks brother, preserve our past don't let it disapear

[@michaelguinn5736]

It's great that you added a follow up history video, you mentioned the Pinto went to Detroit which is about 30 minutes from us, real curious who the car went to...Really enjoy what you are doing....Keep finding those old racecars!!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Michael...I'm also curious about where the car ended up. Let's hope it gets restored!

[@mrscrapper3331]

Too cool! Most race cars have enough DNA from the builders and racers they are family! Awesome that you got the family tree connected!!

[@timothymaiden1345]

Really love hearing these stories about the ol cars as well as the people/family

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you Timothy, I love doing this stuff!

[@gordo66061]

Seen the car on craigslist chatt for 2500 . Im in Dunlap tn . Cool to see it in my area

[@joshuagibson2520]

What's craigslist chatt? I live in Deer Lodge Tennessee. I came from Dayton Ohio. My nearest CL is Knox. It's non existent in my area except some FB marketplace.

[@gordo66061]

@@joshuagibson2520 craigslist chattanoog tn

[@joeschlotthauer840]

Yup, me too...

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yeah, that was the dude who bought it from me.

[@joeschlotthauer840]

@@HotRodHoarder $2,500.00 was nothing...

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you for the update on the dragster ! I hope that we all get to see more updates from whoever bought it ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you maybe doing next ! Doing okay here in Kansas other than 1 inch of snow 2 nights ago and a lot of sleet last night .

[@HotRodHoarder]

Good to hear from you Steve...good luck with the snow. I can't stand cold weather...glad it just lasts a couple months around here.

[@rustybucket4468]

I remember a guy in early 70's at "Wade's" Getty station. who pulled up to the pumps in a very loud "pinto" and that little bugger had a V-8 in it and had a police officer at the station right behind him. Man o man those were the days. Veroooooom!

[@bobbydavis2299]

This is very cool, I built a V8 71 Pinto back in the day, started out with a worn out 302 - 3 speed standard, ended up with a 351 C - 4 speed. Very nose heavy (unlike the car in this video!) but still crazy on the street. Sold it with a 302 back in it and the guy wrecked it shortly after buying it. Those days were great. Love this video.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Bobby! V8 Pintos were definitely a handful if they didn't have some engine setback.

[@patricktolmie6985]

Cool Pinto nice to see old drag cars come alive and stay alive

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Patrick!

[@ericrickard4453]

That pinto is sweet!! N that’s what drag racing is all about, your family n buddies coming over n helping n u helping them,,n can’t wait for the weekend to come to c if it runs faster than the last time

[@67fairlane12]

I just discovered your channel a couple weeks ago. Your presentation of your videos is amazing!! Love the history and your passion to bring us the stories of these old cars

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the kind words Wade! I love this stuff!

[@TimTurner115]

Thank you for trying to find out all the history on the vehicles. Some of the names that you've mentioned I'm different videos the ones I grew up with and the racing world

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Tim!

[@mattskustomkreations]

0:15. Thanks for the cameo! Hahaha! Have been waiting for the follow up - thanks for posting!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Haha! Thank you for your continued support of the channel!

[@sunbloodhauntscamptonco.ky3299]

Thank you for uploading this video, The Ford Pinto has an interesting history of it's heyday of riding millions of miles of asphalt throughout the '70s, I grew up slamming doors of this particular car.😎👍🏾

[@jeffchecchio5026]

Loves hearing these stories. Love the history.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Jeff!

[@JDWorkshop-wn9tt]

I really enjoy the update on the history of this. The key word in the word “history” is, the “story”. The story of of people involved at the time they were and, what they did with the car is great! Often, the story is lost in time. Nice episode !

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching! I love the history...it's my favorite part of fooling with these old cars.

[@donaldtinney8085]

thank you. Enjoy hearing the history on things, too many are just mysteries

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you Donald, it's a lot of fun to track down the history on this stuff.

[@proinnsiasoc]

Brilliant follow up story. Love the little mk1 Ford Fiesta that kept popping up in the background of them photos.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@ericheseman7593]

Great video brother. Keep up the good work. My dad and I stepmother and wife had a nostalgia 7 second junior Fuel dragster. Best time was 7:18et at 176.MPH.IN THE 1/4 MILE . I have a nephew and brother that have 72 Pinto with a big block Ford. That turns 9 seconds in the quarter mile. We come from a family this drag race for yours my dad used to drag race back in the forties. Good luck brother and keep the videos coming. Sincerely Eric.

[@HotRodHoarder]

That's awesome Eric, thank you for sharing!

[@tonyt8805]

I love this channel and all the history he provides! 😎😎😎

[@YEYABRIBRI]

Really enjoy these videos. Love the old racers and their stories. Shout out to the boys from Cutler ridge in miami. "The Black Road" There's a lot of great street racing history there to. Thanks for the great content.

[@mathewkorn5008]

Good stuff! I do appreciate your efforts....it was good to see UTG on your channel as well !! Be Well

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the support Mathew!

[@sherf2654]

Awesome update on an interesting piece of drag racing history. Nice to be able to put the pieces of the puzzle together to clear things up on the history and end all speculation!

[@HotRodHoarder]

I love it when the history comes together. It was a great feeling, especially seeing all of the old pictures of it being constructed.

[@MrWilliammeredith3]

I wish you could look up Foy Gilmore chassis builder in Pensacola, Florida and maybe do a video or two about him. He is a treasure trove of old racing knowledge and has built cars for many racers. The old guys are going away and I'm glad you are sharing this history with the world.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Love hearing the history of old drag cars! Great vid!!! 👍👍

[@jasonkocinski2387]

Thats Cool. Great story. It looked Nice back in the day.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Jason, it was so cool to see the old pictures of it.

[@bobwright8504]

I love what you are doing! I grew up at race tracks and would absolutely love to find some of my fathers old cars he raced

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Bob!

[@GoodOlBoy1976]

O man I would have loved to seen that car back in action. I hope who ever ends up with it puts the rebiuld on youtube for the fans to watch.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Same here, I definitely want to see updates!

[@youdontknowme9118]

I got a old drag car out of a pawnshop. Turns out to be a SOA Nova. Plans for the car to get back on the track like it did back in the Day.

[@sambrowning682]

Really enjoy your videos cool how you get the history of these old drag cars .Keep up the good work.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the support Sam!

[@jacquesdecoutere3270]

Hey guy that was great information. Thank you for digging up the whole story.

[@brucerobbins755]

Great video on this one. It's from my era going to New England Drag way in Epping New Hampshire. I love the good old days of drag racing.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Bruce!

[@JeffCKeane]

Thanks for the update! Cool to hear who, what, when...AND WHY!! 🤔🤔😎😎

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Jeff!

[@mick_1949]

Thats another really cool story. I live in Australia and I'm into drag racing, but seeing these cars and the history is the best. Keep the history coming mate. I love hearing it. Too cool 👍

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the continued support!

[@micksterboone4517]

You struck gold on this one. Interesting story and hopefully the cat that bought the car will keep you posted on the progress of it coming back to life.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes, let's hope he puts it back to the old school look!

[@ZEPRATGERNODT]

Taking the time to do this video is good for all whom have been mentioned and for those who have watched and will end up watching.

[@davida.p.9911]

Very cool! This was like a reunion. It definitely is a small world. 😎 Thanks for sharing!

[@HotRodHoarder]

This one was definitely a lot of fun!

[@nickhoffman5524]

Love the stories every race car has a history and story behind it. Keep them coming

[@marcuspuzio7720]

Wow another amazing story ... I hope they fo that little pinto justice ...its def got some history and should be told at local events and such if they decide to race or show it either way i hope to see more about that ol girl and may the new owner post about it ....great stuff my friend as always ...light love and the GLORY OF THE MOST HIGH to you and yours

[@ddcraun]

This makes me wonder about a car I remember seeing in Southern MD back in the 80s as a kid. It was a first gen Camaro called the Calvert Shaker. It ran at the old Aquasco Raceway, Capital Raceway, and MIR. Bright orange with gold leaf lettering. She was a big tire car with a coil over rear and wheelie bars. I recently ran into a guy who knew about the car, but had no idea what happened to it.

[@HotRodHoarder]

There are so many old drag cars hiding out there! That would be a cool one to find, for sure!

[@KEIFabrication]

So cool to get the whole story. Also cool that this story is a happy one and is continuing!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes! I love it when the puzzle pieces come together. I'm hopeful for this car's future!

[@ModelCarHobbyist]

Love the history. I was planning on building a 77 ford pinto 1/25 scale Prostreet similar to this

[@MrPappysCobra]

That is neat you got an update! Awesome video.

[@HotRodHoarder]

I was so happy to get the history on this one!

[@derekhansen6652]

I just bought a 72 pinto.. I already had an ls ar5 combo laying around from my nissan hardbody ls swap that got totalled.. did a buyback, and got to keep the whole drivetrain, ls ar5 fabBot combo, holley terminator x, fuel system/cell, 8.8 diff etc. Now going into the pinto. I can't wait to get it together and rip it

[@timmebruer5205]

Mehhhh

[@josadams4673]

Another AWESOME Vid !! Really Enjoy the Doc, Pinto Reminds Me, Of When I Was a Kid & They Ran in Pro-Stock Dyno' Car & Gliddins, Especially Most Kids Wouldn't Understand them if They Saw them in Person Being So High in the Rear, Lol. But the Rake Made then Look Bad Ass , Course Just This Old Schooler Style, & The Slots probably Ole Ansen's, Nice Surviver..... Bring On More MOPAR'S & WILLYS PICKUPS 'a Ever Chance You Get !! Lol KEEP Up The Great Work Freind , See In The Next 1/8 Mile..

[@douglaspell3764]

Pretty dang Cool! I love this type of stuff too! I wish they could talk! I hate it couldn`t stay in the south! Keep up the great channel! Hope to possible meet you at the Dayton Tn show in Nov. Maybe!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Oh man, if cars could talk, I can't imagine the stories they could tell. That's why I love being able to track down the original owners and builders to get those priceless stories and experiences. I'd love to meet some of my audience at the event in November!

[@thepoormanschannel5203]

It's so neat hear the story..Whats super cool is this car was very fast on a smaller budget..

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes! I love that it was home built on a budget and still went out there and performed very well!

[@tonyrichardson5325]

Great video Love to see all the stuff you bring to the channel

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching Tony!

[@TimBurVlogs]

Awesome history. Love stories like this. Hope we will get update on what the new owner is doing with it!

[@grovervancejr1804]

Great video love the old history of old cars thanks for sharing the story

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@tonymassengill6780]

Hello. I'm new to the channel. So fare I'm love it . I'm just up the road from you all , in knoxville tn. From one gear head to another keep up the good work.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for subscribing Tony! I post a new video every Friday, so stay tuned!

[@johnbirkholz3216]

Going back to early 60s my brother ran a Studebaker Hawk cut the roof off covered everything but the driver seat with Aluminum and mounted a 1/2 windshield,ran the Studebaker 289 supercharged engine and ran it on a 1/4 mile clay drag strip in Beaver Dam Wisconsin. Did not win often but we had a lot of fun..

[@HotRodHoarder]

Oh wow, that's awesome! I love hearing about the dirt and clay drag strips from the old days. We had a couple of them around here. Sounds like a wild race car!

[@joeparson5531]

Great video, thanks for the update on the Pinto.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Joe, this was definitely a fun one!

[@LittleStar261]

Yup. Always use flat fix to hold up the aft end of your hood scoop. You never know when you might need it. 😁

[@victorcruz780]

Love watching your videos from here in Australia 🇦🇺

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the support Victor!

[@johndodd8160]

Cool story! Good update! Love the content always!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks John!

[@brianmeattey4151]

Nice bud and story was awsome

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Brian, hope you're doing well!

[@brianmeattey4151]

@@HotRodHoarder the thing is that your ok and the baby me I'm old and the lady isn't well I'm 52 as of December she is not good but that's enough of that I guesse but loved the vid bud

[@chriscurry236]

Awesome story to go with the car, Thanks for sharing the story!!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Chris!

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

Wow, that was a great story and addition to that little bugger. The T bucket part was BONUS... Sorry I busted ur chops over that 1sst Pinto vid, my marketing bells were going off.. Crazy it worked out to a viewer after all too man!

[@HotRodHoarder]

I'm glad it all worked out that way too. Hopefully I'll be able to find out who bought it and get some updates on it.

[@bootlegger3656]

Love the car one of the main reasons they were so plentiful was because they had a history of the gas tank rupturing and catching on fire . We used to take the little 4 bangers out and put them in our M151a2 jeeps . great little motors .

[@jasonkowitz4598]

This is a cool car and very innovative for its time. Love to see this car go down the track again if somebody was willing to do it. Wow this car is going to Detroit that's cool I only live an hour and a half from there myself!!!

[@HotRodHoarder]

I'm hoping they get it going again! Such a cool car...if I had room for it, I would've held onto it.

[@jontrudell7529]

I Subscribed & hit the Bell & Here is my Comment! I'm a big fan of what ur doin & wish u lots of success. 🍻

[@HotRodHoarder]

Awesome, thank you for the support Jon!

[@doublecheeseburger1712]

Another awesome ending/ story!

[@osvaldorodriguez6855]

WHAT A GREAT STORY AWESOM 😀 VIDEO BROTHER GOD BLESS

[@ManFa_Q]

C/EA was a great class in comp eliminator back in the late 1970s....If I remember correctly, The index was 8.65 so this Pinto had to have been one badass hauler ! I was running a [legal] A/FX Camaro in 1981 however both classes were refactored in 1979 and A FX was discontinued at the end of the 1981 season.... I never competed with that car in NHRA national event competition but the car was 100% legal for several classes in competition eliminator...It was an ex-Pro Stock car.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yeah, all of our stuff around here was eighth mile, so the index was a little different, but still very quick cars for that time period. Many of our local racers didn't run at national events, but were very competitive nonetheless.

[@timfarmer648]

Super professional fallow up. 🤠👍

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks for watching Tim!

[@herbiederby3394]

Finally the last piece of the puzzle came together cool story man.....💯👍

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yes! I love it when the history falls into place. Thank you for your support!

[@synisterfab]

I'm only an hour and a half from Detroit in northern Ohio, would be awesome to see it in person

[@tommycook9620]

Man love the stories of these old cars wish i knew my story on my old 68 nova though it was cool it still has the old tow bar hooks welded on the frame that they use to do back in the day. Man i would love to find out the history of it hope one day i will love all your story's keep it coming

[@HotRodHoarder]

Oh man, that's cool! I love old cars that were flat towed to the drag strip.

[@tommycook9620]

@@HotRodHoarder thanks man u got a lot to be proud of keep it up love your corvette my dad always wanted one but never got one i will one day in his memory

[@donaldtomlin7817]

Would like to see you follow up on a couple of gassers from Alabama. H.C Posey from Gadsden, Al and M.A.Madden from Anniston Al. They were great rivals and run at Green Valley, Paradise and all around the Southeast. Posey ran a 52 Anglea C/G and Madden ran a Willys Sedan C/G.

[@HotRodHoarder]

I'll have to check into those cars. I'm always up for some research.

[@scotthaggard1585]

Love these videos!!!! Keep on making them!!!

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for the support Scott!

[@scotthaggard1585]

Thank you for the awesome videos. Love watching them. I’m a dirt track fanatic but I’m a true gear head. Older the better.

[@chuckmiller83]

Great video!!

[@ronstewart9792]

Great video and thanks for the history. Was cool.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thanks Ron!

[@korosuchimu1479]

Great follow up video ✌

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@justindampier9017]

Lot of rich racing history in east Tennesee! Interesteding car and story.

[@HotRodHoarder]

For sure! East Tennessee was packed with wild race cars. I'm fortunate to be from this area and be able to track down the history on some of these cars.

[@TurboRanger351]

Glad its being put back together, just wish it could have stayed in Tennessee.

[@pauls5150]

This IS Grassroots Drag Racing History. These days it's about $$$. In the 70's and 80''s you had to be creative and do your homework. Walk the junk yards and find the parts to make it happen. Lightweight cars, good tuning and horsepower won races and it still works today. Thanks for sharing the History!

[@johnmcmillan8467]

I actually seen the car on marketplace and was debating on buying it he also had a hemi engine and a couple motorcycle parts or something it seemed this was a few months back when I seen it very awesome car and history

[@HotRodHoarder]

Yeah, it was on Marketplace briefly, then went onto Criagslist with the new owner. Thank you for watching!

[@dmd4sho65]

Job... Good find.... Great history....

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@black88coupe]

Glad it came to Detroit. I will be watching for it.

[@chopx7165]

I always appreciate a good story thanks

[@Hitech82]

Awesome follow up.. Thank you.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

I’d love to have that Ford Fiesta!!

[@jonqdoe2352]

Sweet car. I got a 460 bbFord perfect for that.

[@thyubernoob]

I wonder if its still here in the Detroit area? Would love to see it...

[@russellchastain5473]

I saw the video on Milburn varner's cars and wondered if you knew what happened to the blue car? I used to hang out at the shop when I was a kid.

[@HotRodHoarder]

Hi Russell, I don't know what happened with the blue car. It was definitely the most usable piece of his collection.

[@russellchastain5473]

@@HotRodHoarder it was a factory 4 speed. Milburn told me stories of a state trooper with a grudge against it lol

[@ericd3434]

It ran low 6s in what the 1/8 or 1/4 im guessing the 1/8 that would put in somewhere in the 10s in the 1/4

[@Popsaircraftdetail]

Cool story and really great car

[@HotRodHoarder]

Thank you for watching!

[@jimdebellis3042]

Seen this on craigslist for $2500. Cool car!!!