NostalgiaEnglish · 6 months ago

Today I learned that Ford manufactured and sold Pinto's with a "hot pants" body kit, that had a whopping 103 horsepower engine.

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Today I learned that Ford manufactured and sold Pinto's with a "hot pants" body kit, that had a whopping 103 horsepower engine.

NostalgiaEnglish · 6 months ago

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And the official service fix for this was … drumroll please …

Taking two sheets of thick plastic and zip tying them to the back side of the differential.

Source: I saw one in my dad’s shop in the late 1980s.

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