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In reply to the discussion: Misunderstood cars: The Ford Pinto [View all]

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3. I agree about the 70s everyone made junk and they were rust buckets in less than 3 years. What
Reply to TreasonousBastard (Reply #1)
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 03:57 PM
Oct 2017

about the Corvair? Was it actually worse than the VW that also had a rear engine? Did anyone ever do a study on that?

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Misunderstood cars: The Ford Pinto [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 OP
I had a Pinto. It was a piece of crap, but just about anything in those years was... TreasonousBastard Oct 2017 #1
I agree about the 70s everyone made junk and they were rust buckets in less than 3 years. What doc03 Oct 2017 #3
The issues with the Corvair's swing axle rear suspension were addressed in a redesign mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 #4
I had a 61 Corvair and I lost control of it on a turn due to the swing axle. doc03 Oct 2017 #5
When I was at Pax River, I had a roommate who had owned two of them. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2017 #6
I drove a few Corvairs, and they could flip, but install a sway bar and that solved the problem... TreasonousBastard Oct 2017 #8
I had a Pinto. murielm99 Oct 2017 #2
We bought a brand new 71 Pinto hatchback marigold20 Oct 2017 #7
great car natheo Jun 2018 #9
The early 2.0 "Cologne" engine Mopar151 Jul 2018 #10
Watch it -- I had an Opel. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2018 #11
The later Kadetts with the 1.9 were'nt too shabby Mopar151 Jul 2018 #12
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