The Most Pimped Pinto Ever and it's Turbocharged

[@eddierools]

Probably one of the best Pinto's i've ever seen, and I love how they put all of the British performance upgrades on the engine!

[@adamweston4152]

Harris performance engines UK are probably the best pinto tuner's and also Burton UK supply really good pinto performance bits.

[@wjbarricklow]

But were they able to make it leak oil?

[@dondorfman3951]

Ak Miller made turbo kits sold by Spearco in the day. Huntington Ford, California sold the Pinto Pangra with body work and that same turbo kit. Made good power 175+ but had bad lag and no intercooler. Nice car and nice job.

[@jdunlap2]

Absolutely gorgeous car! Really brings back memories of the one I autocrossed all through the 70s!

[@legendaryTMNICO]

Hot wheels should get the licensing for that car and release a hot wheels pinto diecast toy car.

[@MidiPunk]

We scoffed at Pintos back in high school but would love to have this one now!

[@your_huge_ego_bores_me]

Hear that. A whole different ball game.

[@oreally8605]

I hope Ford doesn't bring it back as a EV and ruin it.

[@volatile2805]

That is by far, the most badass pinto I have ever seen. Fantastic job!

[@csumme7]

That is the best Pinto I have ever seen. I remember them when they came out and my brother got a Bobcat (mercury version of the Pinto). That 73 though looked the best, love what he did to the car.

[@rabbithowls71]

Yeah, we had a Bobcat with the V6, it was fun.

[@clemmahabir]

Love'm or hate'm Pintos look good when customized I like the wagon model!

[@beaverc2884]

Absolutely beautiful. 😊

[@ljaysperspective1775]

I enjoyed this video so much. When I was 6 years old, my mom and dad (he passed when I was 10) had a Ford Pinto, it was a medium green metallic, I think the interior was either brown or possibly tan, i cant remember. It was our very 1st family car back in 19 71. I always think of my father when this style of Mustang comes up. Enjoyed the video. I miss my dad. 😊👍

[@ElmoUnk1953]

“She’s a beaut Clark!” 😁 Beautiful Car!

[@marka1712]

Much nicer than my parents dark green pinto from my childhood in the 80s

[@mokeimusic]

Pintos are way under appreciated. They have been raced on every road course in American including the 24 hour of Daytona.

[@richardpalleschi4807]

They race the 2300 pinto engines in pro 4 modifieds at some circle tracks. And they scream going around the track. Now they are also using the Zetec ford engines.

[@SOMeDoOD1992]

Love a good clean Pinto, thanks Dennis!

[@terryeustice5399]

Thanks Dennis. A great Pinto. Very custom. You did a great job on the information. 💯❤️

[@chrisscoleri2341]

I had a 74 back in the 80s. It started out green with a vinyl top. That was removed, the trim and badging was deleted, window trim was powder coated black, an electric antenna was added to the back and the original hole closed. Door handles removed and the doors popped open with a key cylinder. Everything was painted white, euro style, windows tinted dark, and it had 16s on it which were big then. I had an axle out of a Mustang II in the back (bigger, but with 4 lugs), custom leafs, and big sway bars from a So Cal manufacturer who specialized in Pinto/Capri stuff. I put a draw-through, carbureted, no intercooler turbo system from a Capri in it and if felt pretty fast. Later, I got an entire drivetrain from a Mustang SVO (2.3 turbocharged, intercooled, fuel injected, about 200ish hp IIRC) from a crashed SVO. I though that car was it, and it was pretty fast for that time. I wish I still had that car. People often asked me what it was. I've often though about building a modern version. I like the Pinto platform in that it will accommodate big tires, has a wide stance, and shares some components with the Mustang II. The engine bay is big enough for a small block V8, it has A arm suspension, and it generally has good lines. I would love to build a new version powered by an Ecoboost 4 or 6, manual, a much more refined suspension, and some body mods to clean it up and simplify its look. I think it would be a low cost, high output car that could be a lot of fun. Maybe I'll do it...

[@dougkennedy4906]

I had a friend that put a 426ci in a pinto back in the day. That was one wicked car. He used to race it

[@nh5er237]

My first car was a 1974 Pinto. It was a piece of junk, but I loved it. That thing left me stranded so many times.

[@oreally8605]

I bet Ford brings it back as a EV.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

@@oreally8605that’s a beautiful car with crappy realibility.

[@ericmayle8510]

Gorgeous car. I had an aunt who had one of those in red in the early 70s.

[@MrTurboRotary]

Awesome car! I love the whole setup on this one. I used to drag race Pintos when I was young back in Puerto Rico and brings me back many memories of how much fun I had beating a lot of other cars with the same 4 cyl 2.0 engine 👍👍👍🚙

[@phredrocks]

Coolest pinto ever!

[@prostreetgsxr]

I had a 72 pinto with a 351 Cleveland. It had a Ford 9” rear with a Detroit Locker and 4.56 gears. It was posted in Dec of 1989 Car Craft magazine in the “readers rides”. It makes my day seeing my car in a magazine!

[@yanni2112]

had a 74 4 banger, can't imagine V-8 power!

[@henryettacollins9095]

That sounds like a great magazine For me To 💩 on

[@jazzpup8288]

Sounds familiar, from round Rock? I had the brown v8 pinto

[@unstablebobgable]

Super cool Pinto. Nice work under the hood, it shows very well

[@legendaryTMNICO]

He should get a paint job and get some new rims to make it look more modern.

[@seacube3]

It looks a lot like my last autocross Pinto. Although stuck with natural aspiration, ported the head, ran dual Weber DCOE 40’s, header, 10:1 compression and balanced rotating components. The full roll age, radically altered suspension geometry made it a lot of fun on the street.

[@madmax2069]

I would have loved to see a video of that.

[@factorvracing]

I owned a Ford Pangra with a 2.0 turbo. Built in Azusa California, by Huntington Ford. Beautiful car.

[@cherylweber1246]

Pinto Pangra was available in 1973 or 1974 thru one of the local Ford dealers in northern NY. They actually had 2 on the lot. They were very quick and the fully dressed one was pricey.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

Few people know that Pinto/Bobcat wagons had a V6 engine option. I had one and turned it into a Pinto Ranchero with a 351 HO (5.8) engine with a B&M blower/supercharger., The car was featured in a Car Kraft magazine article. I later sold the car because rear traction was a big problem.

[@michaeledwards427]

Great car. Having lived in Britain all of my life, and being a massive ford lover that whole time, I just want to say what a huge impact the pinto made over here for anything ford. We never got the actual pinto car over here, just the engine. The pinto was the go to engine for the middle size ford car range in the seventies, eighties and beyond. Escort, cortina, capri, sierra (way better than the mercur xr4ti) lower spec granada's (the European version) and even the transit van. They all got a pinto in either 1.6 or 2.0. Then the ultimate evolution of the pinto, the all conquering cosworth development. With a 16 valve head plus turbo the sierra cosworth was so fast in british touring car racing and winning constantly that the governing body changed the rules just so they could ban it due to the complaints from rival manufacturers. Also there's a race engine performance company here in the the UK that squeeze 2.5 and even 2.8 litres out of them but they are race/rally only use. Lastly its a pity that the owner of the pinto car didn't put a cosworth head on his car as well as the turbo, that would be even more special, even so an outstanding result.

[@monica93304]

Bad ass Pinto. My 1st car was a 1971 Pinto wagon with the German 2.0. 1973 was the last year of the slim bumpers.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Awesome car. As a GM guy. I see this as a challenge to make a Chevette fast and cool. Now I just need to find one...

[@retrocompaq5212]

1st gen isuzu impulse was a chevette based car and came with turbos

[@straybullitt]

What? A Vega isn't good enough for you? Are you GM guys ever satisfied? 😋

[@Matt-xv2cp]

We had a 75 Pinto as a kid, and it was just as pimped😏

[@rosskrause3926]

This is a really nice one...my older sisters first car was a Pinto with the automatic and my Mother had the standard shift in hers..they had both at the same time..I used to sneak my Mothers out all the time..fun cars.

[@samspace81]

Memorable Pinto at Emerald Coast Cruizin! Great capture Dennis

[@rjs2005]

How sweet to see a Pinto getting some love from Dennis! I remember cruising the streets of Bay City TX in a Pinto Stallion wagon with my best friend. In the days of malaise cars, it was about as cool as it got on a budget, and it would be so much fun to give that lil' wagon this treatment.

[@dkline74]

Pretty cool! Well done, Doug!

[@bobbiejothomas681]

My first car was a 77 pinto had a bumper sticker that said "don't laugh it's paid for" 😂 it was a hatchback, one fine day I was cruising, going down a long but not so steep road, when I felt a little rush of air go through the car. Wondered for only a moment about what caused it, had windows down just a little so thought maybe a light gust of wind. Well got home about 20 miles from where it happened. Got out went to walk around back of my car to notice the hatch window was missing 😕. Didn't know what to think right then. Brainstormed some and my dad suggested I go back to the place I felt the blast of air and sure enough there it sat on the side of the road and still in one piece. The seal was even still intact. I had to go up about 5 miles before I could turn around to get on the right side. I might not believe this had it not happened to me and I saw with my own eyes, but I promise this is true, after I got on the right side of road and had my glass in my sight, a big truck about three vehicles up from me, ran it over and it actually stuck, kinda molded to the big wheel for a minute then fell off and I as well as the cars in front of me ran it over too. I was shocked, went from happy to wtf in literally a cpl seconds. I did not want to go back home empty handed and tell my dad the truth bc that was such a bullshit thing to go down and sounded like bullshit to even me😂😂😂. But he did believe me, and wasn't upset with me either. This is what I will always remember about my pinto if I forget everything else.

[@YTjndallas]

Pintos are underrated. Of course they need upgrading like this one, but really, they’re even great looking, to me. Second on this list is the Maverick.

[@kenwelch198]

Had a 74 pinto and I loved it! I don't think they deserved the bad rap they got.

[@erikness4231]

Love it, my dad and I rebuilt my granddad's 74 station wagon for me to use for college in '84. Got inspired one day to find a positive displacement blower at a flea market, took out the air pump, shimmed the f out of it to make it fit. No where as detailed as this guys, but it could kinda run.

[@jameshutchins3396]

I have loved Pintos every sense they first came out. This one is wonderful

[@eddylorenzo5033]

I like the AMC replica rims beautiful car

[@garrywitcomb2334]

That's cool 😆😆😆😆 nice work Pinto engine a big hitter here in England,in many many forms 👍

[@toddcrookham515]

If my 1973 Pinto looked like that I would still own it today! Really nice job!

[@jaydawg4065]

That thing is awesome!!!❤

[@MiaJones-xr2vv]

Hello Jay, how are you doing😊

[@shanelaurent4221]

Awesome, I would never had done a 3 color paint job like that cos I wouldn't have thought it would've looked so good

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

The original “HotHatch”. Great car.

[@tomjohnson5597]

My uncle had a Bobcat, learned how to drive a manual in it. Loved that car.

[@Slowgroovin]

Nice car. Before I saw the engine, I was thinking the SVO Mustang Turbo Intercooled 4cyl would work great in it.

[@flyboyu777]

I wish I still had my Pinto-black runabout-pretty and fun to drive!

[@jeffgriffith7003]

Very cool!! I was expecting the 2.3 turbo from a fox platform Thunderbird or Mustang SVO but its cool to see the 2.0 boosted with a blow through carb! Bet you get some chilly boost temps with the intercooler and the carb.

[@oreally8605]

And only 1800 pounds it should fly

[@GorillaCookies]

I had a Sand rail with the 2000 pinto engine with a turbo set up from a 2.3 Turbo coupe Thunderbird. The guy that built it knew what he was doing. The thing was crazy fast but difficult to drive because the front wheels were off the ground as soon as you got in it a bit. I weighted the front down as much as I could without ruining the suspension travel but it wasn't enough so it wasn't really any good. Once in 3rd gear it would be more manageable but it was still no good down low. Going straight it was awesome. But only if you had nothing on either side of you or in front of you. Because the front wouldn't sit down untill the middle of 3rd gear if you were in it

[@1001Hobbies]

Thank you for doing a video about this car. I think that thing is awesome.

[@BullittGT40]

Dennis Gage is a National Treasure. I loved watching My Classic Car back in the day after High School and love seeing these pop up on my KZbin subscriptions. Keep up the great work and explain someday how you stay the same age regardless of how many years pass.

[@markwilliams4525]

I always wondered about the age thing too, he seems to look the same

[@MyClassicCarTV]

Thanks for the kind words! We just began production for the 28th season of the show, and it’s weird, but I still do look pretty much the same. I figure one of these days I’m just going to age 50 years all at once. 😬

[@markwilliams4525]

@MyClassicCarTV well I always used watch the show and always looked forward to watch the show, then became too busy working all the time, but now I'm back and watching as much as I can and hopefully next time you come back to panama city or a car show in the area I hope to meet you there.

[@donsailing1356]

My wife’s very first car was a brand new ‘71 Pinto…. Grabber Blue…2,000 CC Auto….. bought it for 2,548.00. We owned it twelve years…put 112,000 on it….. looked brand new when we sold it for 1,200 bucks! People talk bad about Pintos, but I tell them how great ours was…. wish I still had it. Ran great… drove great… what a delight it was.

[@HeavyChevy]

Nice looking pinto, he really did a good job of sprucing it up! 😃

[@louiswilkins9624]

Beautiful

[@dougt5357]

Back in the early 70's there was a Ford dealership off of Huntington Dr in Arcadia, CA that did a conversion of Pintos that they called the Pangra. It had a front end like a Plymouth Superbird with crank up headlights. It was also turbocharged.

[@HAL-dm1eh]

I love how he kept just enough chrome on it (bumpers/door handles) to make it pop just right. Very well done Pinto.

[@oxouk]

We lived in the UK in the early 80's and had two 73 Pintos. One was white with blue stripes in the Starsky and Hutch style. It had the motor from a Mustang II and the rear end was jacked up with wide tires. British people loved it. We took it to Santa Pod Raceway where we watched a female racer in a Pinto tear up the quarter mile. It was that day we saw the legendary "Vanishing Point" jet powered car. Good times.

[@Keith-rk4td]

My dream Pinto!! Great Job 👍

[@Iowa599]

Sweet! A set of ITB's from a motorcycle, with a custom plenum for boost, would be a nice upgrade ;)

[@dirkbonesteel]

Pintos are criminally underrated. They DO NOT just explode

[@Majorrogerragland48]

I built one to race in IMSA's Executive Motorhome Challenge, 73-75, First it had the 2.0 then built a 2.3 liter. I raced at Sebring & Daytona; Best finish was 9th at Sebring one of these years. I also ran SCCA club races in B sedan, won a National at Gainsville. I sold the car to a guy in San Antoino TX, who had been racing a Merc. Capri, and they ran club races several years.

[@blackericdenice]

The beast looking Pinto I've ever seen.

[@frosthoe]

My uncle had a Pinto in the 70's with the first turbo i ever saw. I was pretty young and only remember the woosh sound and it backfired smoked and shook. I was maybe 9. I do assume it was workable and fast. And probably a bucking hand grenade.

[@daleroberts8772]

Back in the late 70's early 80's ! Buddy ingersol drag raced a pinto in the nhra? Saw him 3 years in seattle when seattle had the fall nationals! He was running in the low 9's high 8's! He beat a friend of mine who ran a 1969 z-28 camaro. We went over to mr ingersol pits and he showed us everything he had done, talked to us for and others for about and hour? Super nice guy and great inovstor! Later he had a pro stock v 6 buick which beat bob glidden in ihra

[@theshapeexists]

This is the ONLY cool looking pinto I've ever seen. Very cool someone took what most would consider junk and make it badass.

[@blackbutmild1]

That's what's up. 👍🏾👍🏾

[@toddclark332]

Thanks for sharing Dennis you guys have a great weekend see ya

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Very nice car! I didn't pay attention to Pintos until someone used one in Pro Stock, THEN I paid attention.

[@bobbydavis2299]

Bob Glidden possibly?

[@Troy_nov1965]

When I was young and ( in and just out of high school ) there was a lot of fixed up Pintos/Bobcats in my area. They were cheap and a lot of aftermarket parts for those 2.0s. I seen some that was pretty quick for 4 bangers for that time.

[@pr3m3um93]

@MyClassicCarTv its nice to see someone elseout there still ride's a "LittlePony" ! if this happened to have peaked an interest In the old pintos ! i have one that i think you would truly be thrilled to see and have a drive in !

[@bradh431]

My Dad has a similar Turbo set up on his Pinto here in SoCal. See you at the All Ford show this Sunday in Irwindale, CA. I can't wait to build my 71' half hatch :)

[@paulbeck6410]

I love this car. Would like to build one similar with a few of my own ideas.

[@paulciprus9582]

Back in 1972 my dad had a Pinto runabout that the guys from Car Craft Magazine installed a turbo kit on..it put out about 175 hp and would run the 1/4 mi in 14.0 @ 94 mph...!!!!!!!

[@willbar1961]

That rwb Javelin paint.

[@jelly7310]

That's the coolest one I've ever seen.

[@michaelalfonso1070]

Pinto's were underrated! (Like the Corvair.).The Steel Contractor I worked fo had two of them, (1973 & 1974) and I drove them hard, (I was a messenger working my way through college). Not that great to look at but good reliable transporation! My main ride was a 1957 Porsche and my SUV was a 1971 VW Camper). Good times!

[@TurboWorld]

I dig Turbo cars! That is one of a kind!

[@christophertaylor2464]

What a beautiful car one of a kind. I just found your channel and subscribed.

[@charlieb3943]

Back in the 80s a friend had a tunnel ram Pinto that he dragged raced and it looked awesome even though I wasn't a fan of the small cars.

[@bobbydavis2299]

Very cool, back in 1978 I put a 302 in one, fun car!

[@drewdaskievige754]

Yeah and on the Chevy side they were throwing in a 305 or 327 in their Vega's

[@steelcitycaprice.899]

Great mods done on that pinto 👍🏾😎

[@williamzander4732]

The maverick grabber was a great car they are hard to find been cut up and chopped a original is Beautiful would love to have one .

[@CAROLDDISCOVER-2025]

A lot of bang for the buck! 🤣🤣🤣😳 Nicely done. It's even a run about not a station wagon! I have one of them.

[@msk3905]

Love the wheels!

[@onetruepatriot6718]

Beautiful car.

[@keithhampton9700]

That is my dream Pinto!! Great Job!! My dream Pinto has a Esslinger SVO MOTOR. A ECOBOOST would be my second option. Tough to get the ECOBOOST electronics to meld.

[@rideshareog]

Pinto's are dope AF.

[@mentat1341]

That car is rad!

[@FrankHampton-t7m]

Looks better than it did when it was brand new.

[@scottshumway6417]

I have 2 pintos one with a 302 the other has a thunderbird turbo coupe drive train which is a 2.3 fuel injection turbo 5 speed by far the quickest cars I have ever owned

[@offgridliving4128]

The Pinto Pangra did in fact come from the dealer with a dealer installed turbo kit. It produced 175hp. Not many were made. I’ve seen one in my life.

[@mps9608]

Ha, I love it. I used to own a pinto. You could not kill that car. easy to work on.

[@jeffleishman1553]

this is one sweet pinto i have a 78 pinto runabout and some day mine will look this great

[@josefhyatt2780]

Damn a Pinto that looks RED HOT! The Pinto as it should have been built! Your accents and wheels, and paint make a Pinto sexy!!! Wow!

[@zachbredeson7976]

Makes me miss my 78 wagon

[@joechancio5177]

My 1st car was a 74 pinto. 400dollars. Had a small hoodscoop on it. With a chain sterring wheel and a hurst sifter. Manual choke and was a bitch to start in the winter. Lol. This brongs back memories.

[@seancrowley1065]

Love this car

[@jerrybeilgard5824]

I bought a new 1973 Pinto Root Beer Brown metalic. It cameoff the show room floor with the rear window louvres.

[@kevinarmstrong6957]

Cool . My first car was a 76 Pinto .

[@michaelbrinkley9323]

Very different, Very nice!