1974 Ford Pinto Reviews

In 75,000 miles the only problem was flaking paint.

Because of the shoddy reputation Pintos had, I wanted to comment on mine. I was very happy with it and it never let us down.

The motor with a 4-speed had excellent "grunt" from down low and ran well on the highway. Passing power was fine.

The transmission never gave us any trouble and always shifted smoothly.

We sold it and bought a Dodge Omni when they came out, but that is another report completely!

The refusal to buy another Ford stems not from this car, but a later '93 Taurus I reported on here in another section.

A great buy as a new car for the youngsters we were in 1974.

I have had nothing go wrong with this car. It runs with or with out gas or oil.

The only thing that I have done to this car is get it reupholstered.

It is the most reliable car I have ever had. I drive it a minimum of 100 miles a day, five days a week. It hasn't let me down yet.

I get lots of compliments and offers on my Pinto.

Best $800 I ever spent. This car runs so well that if I run across another one for sale I will most definitely buy it.

Timing belt broke at 60,000 miles (replaced every 50,000 miles after that).

The water pump started leaking at 130,000 miles.

The little car was very easy to keep up and easy to to fix. Would carry anything and everything I could stuff, tie on or pull.