TRACK ACTION: 1976 Ford Pinto All-Steel Sleeper

[@brucewaldbauer7216]

I like that you give some crucial build information... cheers

[@sombra6153]

That double stack air cleaner is definitely old school. Haven’t done it since. 89 when I sold my last car with a carb.

[@scavengerspc]

I love this. Back in the 80s and 90s I was putting 5.0 and then 4.6 engines in Pintos, Mustang 2's and the Fairmont.

[@save16thave]

LOVE IT! Old Ford's for life!

[@Jvcomet]

That’s a cool ride. Fords👍👍

[@carlosfinch8225]

Way down on power. Outran by and old Elco!

[@scottlang7404]

Put in a built 347 Runs 11. Teens now! 😮

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: Nice quick car, but pretty hard to say it is a sleeper with all the advertising in the back windows and a high rise manifold and double air cleaners making it impossible to run with a hood on. Even black wall tires and dog dish hubcaps would not make it a "sleeper" . I had a 68 Biscayne sedan with rusty fenders, stock ride height and a headliner hanging loose. Stock hub caps. No modification was visible, tach was in the glove compartment. Built big block, built turbo 400 and a posi rear and a very quiet hidden 3 inch exhaust. Seldom washed it, never waxed. That was a sleeper.

[@geraldscott4302]

I have a 1972 Pinto woodgrain wagon with a 289/4 speed out of a 1967 Falcon. It is not a race car, just a daily driver/cruiser. Still has stock size 13" tires front and rear, on the original optional Appliance 5 slot aluminum 4 lug wheels.

[@sterlingwilkey2124]

That's a bad ass car, I'd own it

[@marcuspuzio7720]

Dang i love seeing that

[@freakindawgen]

I'm puzzled with it having a 9" rear and 4 lug wheels.

[@entropy156]

My guess is that he's running an 8.8 inch out of a 4 lug Fox Mustang. It could also be a built 8"....but probably not.

[@jimmysullivan6118]

I had a 74 back in 77 my dad and I dropped a 289 high performance in .we left the stock rear in. 4 lug had 60s on the back skinny on the front with keystone rims. It was a sleeper. The stock rear end dropped it down to around a 411 it would spin through all3 gears. Car would fly.it was very fast

[@scottlang7404]

It's a 1956 9 inch out of a ford wagon. Small bearing. With Ford 8 inch 28 spline axles. Backing plates. Brakes. out of a mustang II. Rear end housing bolts right in to stock locations. Bigger U bolts required

[@Mikeyyyy_L]

Be very aware when a car that appears slow asks you to race.

[@evilchaosboy]

WICKED!!! \m/

[@jamieround2072]

WAYY COOL HERE U R THE ONLY PINTO WAGP GUY THAT HAS NEWEST YR ON HERE I HOPE U DO & SHOW MORE............. I SUB'ED U BY THE WAY SO I CAN FOLLOW ALONG ONLINE

[@MidnightinSavannah]

I wouldn't call it a sleeper with slicks and the air cleaner sticking 1/2 way up the windshield.

[@caseym3118]

My definition of a sleeper is a fast car that appears slow . Pinto with a v8 doesn’t match that . Pinto with a 4banger like a early 2.3 that does . It better be quick with a v8. Good cheap bracket car though and I can appreciate that . Needs lower gears ⚙️ 4.56s and it would drop close to half a second 👍

[@Whosurdaddy71]

How wide is that slick?

[@scottlang7404]

13 inch slicks. 9inchs wide 24.5×9×13

[@robertpoppleton9717]

must be a sleeper you lost have a 77 pinto crusin wagon with 347 runs just as good and son has a 71 runs 9.90's and yes a good driver he is not taking that away but as far as SLEEPR GOES NO

[@duanebaatz170]

Guess you didn't see his win light come on? Bracket racing.

[@richardthompson6366]

Nothing about this car says "sleeper".

[@b1657568]

Unless to far from track, shouldn't have to load up a 12 second car.

[@entropy156]

If you can, why wouldn't you? Things break sometimes, as it turns out, and AAA doesn't like towing race cars back from tracks...

[@brucecarney4416]

no hood big air cleaner sticking a foot up in the windsheild and a few dozen speed equip decals do not a "SLEEPER" MAKE! Give me an appliance white grelin with a 401 and dog dish hubcaps. ZZZZZZZZZZ!