It KILLED Everyone! 13 WORST COUPE! 1970s! You Won't Believe!

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@todddenio3200 Ай бұрын

Saying the Pinto was poor handling is laughable. If it was so bad handling why was its front suspension the most popular suspension swap of all time for hot rods?

@600miles Ай бұрын

You mean Mustang 2?

@todddenio3200 Ай бұрын

@600miles what do you think the Mustang II platform was? It was a reskinned Pinto. Part numbers are the same for the control arms, spindles, steering rack, and springs.

@WPeterCampbell-w8m 8 күн бұрын

I agree. The Pinto platform also saved the mustang ,because the 4 cyl Mustang II was put on the Pinto chassis.

@WPeterCampbell-w8m 8 күн бұрын

The Vega was great when they made the Cosworth edition. Once torn down and redone, and upgraded to a V8 4-Speed, with a positraction rear end, Vegas were awesome!

@WPeterCampbell-w8m 8 күн бұрын

@@600milesyes. If you look on the badge it clearly uses Roman numerals II , that's why I used them here.

@rickeyferguson6904 Ай бұрын

Pinto also had a V6 with rack and pinion steering. I had two and loved them both.

@davebaker9128 Ай бұрын

Saying that the Chevy Monza was labor intensive when it came to maintenance is an understatement, the engine had to be lifted off the motor mounts to change the spark plugs, and remember it is basically a Vega

@Bryce-z9v Ай бұрын

Only in Vegas 🙂

@pcno2832 Ай бұрын

That was with the V8 equipped cars, which were also kind of nose-heavy and surprisingly slow. Either the 4 or V6 was probably a better deal.

@MrMarshall7491 26 күн бұрын

I had a Pinto wagon which was considered much safer. More metal after axel. But weighed more. I had stick which helped.

@pcno2832 Ай бұрын

1:20 There were a total of 27 fuel tank deaths in 2,000,000 Pintos for the whole decade of the 1970s, not the 200-per-year that the lawyers and yellow journalists were claiming, and the famous "Pinto memo" wasn't even written about the Pinto, or any car that was actually made. The car was no more dangerous than its competitors.

@trevorbax9379 Ай бұрын

The TR7 was designed by Harris Mann.

@mattskustomkreations Ай бұрын

The ‘74 AMC Matador was clownishly ugly. But now they’re cool because they are so weird and rare.

@kr-pm1xg Ай бұрын

🌴😒 I remember them from the 1980s...ugliest car ever..I pumped gas when I was on my youth.

@mattskustomkreations Ай бұрын

@ Yeah in the 80s there was a kid who drove one to my HS. I used to laugh and do a WTH? every time I saw it. I did not think it feasible for a car company to produce something like that. And to top it off, it was 💩 brown! If this guy wasn’t known as a tough guy and good fighter, he would have been bullied mercilessly.

@barryphillips7098 Ай бұрын

The MGB V8; the alloy V8 did not weigh anymore than cast iron B series relic!!

@dgwachtel Ай бұрын

My girlfriend back in the seventies owned a Pinto hatchback. The handling, while not terrific wasn't too bad. To my surprise, the car was great in the winter snows, perfect for upstate New York winters, comparable to my Corvairs. At the time I was a regular ice racing driver and had no issues driving it in harsh conditions. -dave.

@600miles Ай бұрын

1:33 My buddy worked on the Ford assembly line in Milpitas CA. He said it was due to a screw that was excessively long on the gas tank straps that punctured the tank upon impact. You forgot the Honda 600 coupe!

@buckwheatINtheCity Ай бұрын

Ford made bank selling Pintos during the seventies energy crisis. They were boring cars much like the Chrysler K cars of the eighties. The market wanted cheap, reliable, no frills 😂😂 transportation.

@Advancedkid Ай бұрын

that was not a Fiat 128 3P coupe you are showing, and certainly not the hatchback, but the predecessor 128 Coupe SL.. That's a mix up of 2 different 128s

@Bryce-z9v Ай бұрын

Soo, I got sucked in by the thumbnail. The E type Jaguar. Can't bag that car, losers! 🙂

@buckwheatINtheCity Ай бұрын

The Caddy El Dorado was a rich man's ride, not wannabes. 😅

@davebaker9128 Ай бұрын

Also the Bricklins gullwing doors were operated pneumatically not hydraulic!

@holdenbrougham1056 Ай бұрын

Toyota best by mile but Datsun Nissan were comfy and reliable efficient cars to ,, dependable day n day out, and japan still better in modern days than American brands,,, they dream about it the Asian people just do it ,, and good for long time

@spyroscharalambidis7907 Ай бұрын

Please, oh please, do not pronounce as"koop" or "koops", the accent is on the e. Coupé. In the case of Coupés (plural), the s is not pronounced.

@robertstone9988 Ай бұрын

Is that how your girl friends bf says it?

@mattskustomkreations Ай бұрын

“Koop” is the common acceptable pronunciation in the US.

@spyroscharalambidis7907 Ай бұрын

@mattskustomkreations And it brings smiles to the faces of us Europeans. Do as you please, I did my duty, as I perceive it, being of a friendly disposition towards the Americans.

@davebaker9128 Ай бұрын

Pronounced like Toupee, sounds like a bald guys ailment

@cadifan Ай бұрын

@@mattskustomkreations Not just the US, Australia and New Zealand also pronounce it as "koop" because we're not Europeans either.

@Bryce-z9v Ай бұрын

I just love all the pictures. Turn off the AI drone 🙂

@holdenbrougham1056 Ай бұрын

Chev made a great v8 and thats about it

@mikecawood Ай бұрын

I had an MGB GT once, it fell to bits with rust about me. A really awful car.

@dgwachtel Ай бұрын

I owned a '64 MGB roadster and loved it (until it rained mid journey and had to put up the tinker toy top roadside!) but it finally rusted out! I drove it hard and it never was twitchy or unpredictable (wider tires and Koni dampers in the rear). At 6'4" tall the driving position was the best of any car I've ever owned. The handling was ruined when the suspension was raised so as to match bumper height requirements. -dave (20 year club racing driver in formula cars)