How I Nearly Broke My Back Driving A Ford Pinto
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2021
- "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." -Galatians 6:9
This 1976 Ford Pinto literally has wooden suspension in the back, and I'm 500 miles away from home trying to make it back.
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Cole: It's 570 miles to Nashville. We have a ten-gallon gas tank, sketchy wiring, snow tires, a spoon for a wiper blade, and it's raining.
Dylan: Hit it!
HA. Nice reference to the blues brothers
I think I can speak for everyone when I say "thank you", Dylan....for putting yourself in these precarious situations for our entertainment. 👍😀
Well, as somebody who drove a 72 Pinto for several years, I can tell you that driving any Pinto 500 miles is something you won't forget . . . 🎭
No kidding, I had one also. Driving it 500 miles is an adventure. 74 I hated rain because more water in the car then outside. Plus my arms hurt from steering . But I did get to see the whole road.. lol
Lol
I have driven my 1972 Pinto wagon from Phoenix, AZ to Portland, OR and back, about 1300 miles each way, many times with no problems. I could fold the back seat down, pull into a rest stop, and sleep in the back.
"I once passed a car on the freeway, while driving a Ford Pinto" is something few can claim
Was it a Yugo 😁
probably passed a Chevette....
Passing a nissan sentra aint much to brag about either🤣
@@davelewandoski4292 , hey, the Chevette was an awesome rally/tuner/drifter car, at least in its Vauxhall variant overseas, anyway. The Chevrolet one, as well as its Pontiac T-1000/1000 (USA/Canada) and Second Generation Acadian siblings, could be that if you fix one of them up right as well.
@@yeetus59 , unless that Sentra has a Titan/VK56 engine under the hood, in which case it would most likely be passing YOU...seriously, the VK56 engine is a sleeper muscle car engine foundation, and it is also an even more affordable alternative to the vaunted Ford Coyote engine, plus both engines are practically identical anyway. People, make the VK56 engine swaps in your Sentra and Maxima vehicles...I am serious!
I had a very similar Pinto wagon in '86. Mine was a '71, also red with black interior. Had the 2.0 and 4 speed manual. I paid $120 for it off the Honda dealer's used lot and immediately road tripped it 300 miles to the big party town in the Okanagon. It was a beater, but it quickly earned a place in our hearts. It was actually a pretty fun car.
I like the added touch of gas splashing out of the 'tank' just after the 32 minute mark. Livin' life on the edge!
I noticed that in the intro. I was like. 😳DANG.
I thought that splash was rain water at the beginning, then later, it was like WAHHHH?
I've said it before, I'll say it again: I LOVE station wagons. I even love this one. I pray that you can remedy the carb/fuel issues and drive it with proper rear suspension very soon!
Dylan, God Bless, and huge thanks for the Very Best Outro EVER.
Me too ! I love station wagons like the one in Terminator 2.
I own an 83 Malibu wagon and I love it
I love the looks of the Chevrolet Malibu Wagon La Burra in Chevrolet Blue.
I always thought the Pinto wagon was by far the most practical model. PERFECT for a musician.
EDIT : What a great video that turned out to be. I could feel the relief through the screen when you arrived home.
I've seen THE BLUES BROTHERS a million times and never remembered it's the SAME Pinto !!!! 😱
Our first car was a 1976 Pinto wagon, purchased at the one-year mark from a friend who was also the manager of a Ford dealership service department. It served us very well for 17 years, until it was stolen(!) from a park-and-ride lot and never recovered. Lots of small problems, but never anything I couldn't handle. The coolest feature was being able to haul 4x8 sheets of drywall or plywood by hanging them over the bumper and tying down the liftgate.
What you buy when you're a Blues Brothers fan and can't find a Dodge Monaco.
Thank you for saving it from the scrappers. My grandparents had one just like it and I actually miss that stupid thing.
Dylan, you are a class act and a well grounded human being. I know that you understand what those people in Kentucky are going through, we've been there too many times.
God bless you and Merry Christmas. 👍🇺🇸
Wow, I had one just like that I mean the body style. Use to drag race it, caged, tubbed, 9 inch, 429 and a c6. It was awesome.
Sounds WAY cool and fun.
As someone who lives near Mayfield KY thank you. Seeing the community coming together and all the love from all over the country is phenomenal.
Mad respect for 1) not giving up on it, and 2) not bothering to remove the abandoned vehicle sticker on the windshield.
In my younger days I sneaked a lot of crappy old cars like this Pinto into town, usually using the backroads and often under cover of darkness..... If it would have been me driving that Pinto, the cops would have spotted that bright orange abandoned car sticker a mile away and pulled me over for obstructed vision..... then for no plates, no registration and all the safety violations. 🙄
Yea I just couldn't understand why Dylan left that orange sticker on the windshield in his view of site. That would have bugged the crap out of me.. I've owned several Pintos .The old original 2.3 became a very familiar thing to work on. The last one was in a 84.? Ford Ranger. It was an awesome little truck until I used it to pull a small airstream camper through the Arkansas hill country and overheated it. Never to be the same again. 4 bangers became a lot better since then. They were kind of a trail blazer back in the day.
Awesome! I've always had a soft spot for these.. Back in the early 80s, my dad had a 73 Pinto wagon, 4 cylinder 4 speed. He paid $50 dollars for it, and proceeded to use it as a delivery vehicle AND as a bracket car. The hinges were bad, I'd have to lift the door up from the outside to help him close it. It ran 18.80s, and he won 5 races that year with it, paid for the car many times over.
Holy crap, did it even get up to 70 in almost 19 seconds? ;)
@@SchoolforHackers about 72, right around what my slant 6 auto 78 Aspen ran.
@@iraceslowcars I love it.
That was a mid line 1976 wagon with a/c and automatic transmission. I remember looking at one in '79 with 12,000 miles and a 2.3 4 speed. Nice but the Ford dealer wouldn't budge on the price. it was during the second oil embargo and 4 cylinder cars were in demand at that time. I settled for a 72 runabout I bought from a friend who let me have it for $200 if I could get it running. No sweat.
I know someone who took one of those wagons and customized it put a 302 in it and made a Bad Ass Pick up Truck out of it. When he done you would have thought Ford built it. Great job 👍 Dylan.
Most people were getting ready for a storm of a lifetime and Dylan like: "I could use another car right about now"
He found a sacrifice for the storm
🧈 his $🍞
I love cars that everybody else hates. Gremling and Pinto are my favotites from the US.
Look at that headliner it's perfect. So many things going for this car. 🤪👌
Thank you!!!!!!!!! I would absolutely love to own that Pinto, I would do a total restoration on it. It's the first one I've seen in years. My parents got me a 76 Pinto wagon when I graduated H.S. and I loved it, wished a thousand times I had it back. Thank you for posting this, it sure brought back a lot of memories. Take care and God Bless. Have a very Merry Christmas.
Your amazing Dylan for driving this pinto 500 miles with no suspension! And you didn’t give up incredible!
Hell yes, a Pinto to go with the Mustang II...love it...thank you for caring enough to help our fellow citizens Dylan, you're truly an inspiration for all.
Way to smile through the pain. Lucky for me all my sketchy auto transports were back before I blew my back out and also not nearly as many miles! Great video / great cause.
Excellent video Mr. McCool. Prayers for your back. I'm sure it's sore after all that. My grandpa had a pinto wagon like that. I think it was maybe a 1976 model. He bought a new Maverick in late 1969 and then traded it for the pinto wagon. He got a wagon because after he retired he got into going to estate sales and auctions. So that wagon hauled alot of stuff.
That was EPIC! laughed my ass off. Thanks Mr.Mcool for your talent, it is much appreciated!
Talent????omg
And thus throughout shops everywhere, a new battle cry was heard that put Remember the Maine or Remember the Alamo to shame. GO PINOT GO!! resounded around the world signifying a drive to never give up. Fun video. Glad you made it home.
That was awesome Dylan! Way to persevere through to the end! Lookin forward to seeing the next video.
I owned a house in Mayfield Kentucky...that town was deviated by the same Nader's. I'm sorry to everyone who's suffering from them
had a '71 Pinto 2dr when I was in HS...eventually swapped the 2L with a 302. Even though the 2L had headers, an offy manifold, and a 390 Holly, it definitely was a better car with the 302 in it...I actually miss that little car
Dylan, we had several ( 2) of these, little 4 cyl and 4 speed stick., they would run like crazy when all the other cars broke down, these beasts would keep my family going lol. good memories :)
Your the man Dylan. Very entertaining! Your one brave dude, crazy times you will not forget!
its so cool brings back memories my grandfather had one just like it but it was yellow i spent many days riding around with him in it loved that lil car an hanging out with my grand dad r.i.p pops so glad to see you keep bringing those old cars back to life great job..
This episode brought back memories. In 1980 I drove a newly purchased 1972 Ford Pinto from Creighton Saskatchewan 3,069 km (1,910 miles) to London Ontario to go to College. All my worldly possessions where crammed inside. The trip went great until the exhaust fell off in Sault Ste. Marie. My head was pounding by the time I got to London.
Thank you Dylan! I enjoyed this video more than all the rest! The humor was really on point. Love your channel!
Shocks are widely available for this model . You just didn't have time for the shipping . LOL Great run and so fun to watch !
This was awesome Dylan, had me glued to this video all the way home, this was so hilarious, do it again do it again
Glad you did a Pinto video. Had two station wagons and both never let me down. Even the one that froze half submerged in a Minnesota lake for four days. Fired right up after it thawed out…
Could hear it in your voice the night when that fuel pump seemed died how tired and burnt out you were, but you didn't give up! Awesome job!
My first car was a 1976 Pinto, same color but mine was a fastback, and had the four cylinder engine. Great little car. Thanks, Dylan, for bringing back a lot of memories. Merry Christmas and God bless you and your family!
😂😂 I love those rare options. Especially that air vent on the floor. The head liner looks good still
In the last production year of the Pinto, Ford offered an optional floor vent on the passenger side as well. Unfortunately the writing was already on the wall and the Pinto was doomed to be discontinued.
I used a 2x4 to hold the front end up on my 1966 Fury when I snapped the driver side torsion bar back in the 90’s.
Wow that was a terrible ride lol!
Flat Broke Auto where did a Fury come from in a Pinto video? Just curious!!!
Owned a 74 Pinto wagon with 4 speed manual and a 79 wagon with automatic. Besides a clutch in the 74, neither ever left me stranded. Good content Dylan, keep it coming.
Man I compliment you on your patience. I loose it when my car breaks down . Congratulations on your drive home. Glad you made it safely. Happy holidays
I thrive on the adrenaline from a breakdown
this was an awesome video! would love to see a 1-2 part sprinkling a little more life into this Pinto before you sell it.
I've been watching the channel for awhile..one of your best vids right here bud. Good work!
Nice to see a Pinto getting some love and attention! My first car was brown 1978 Ford Pinto 2 door (trunk) model.
Dylan I know this video took the life out of you but it was really really good and I enjoyed it. I love seeing all the clips of the issues and you trying to fire it up 😅. Can't wait for the next one.
You sure tested you’re own patience with that one! Must have felt great to finally pull up home, good for you!
My aunt gave me one of these in 1985 when I got divorced & my ex ran off with my car. Mine Pinto was special because it had genuine factory wood grain stimulated vinyl stickers on the side. I think I lost it somewhere when I got an actual car.
🛠 as a long-time viewer that has been the most challenging video you have ever made. The cemetery and the background... nice touch!🎄 hope you have a great holiday season!
Dylan.. stay cool and stay safe.. preferably keeping those together.. Awesome video.. Praying for the back!
The Pinto wagon is very cool, I hope you clean it up,fix the suspension and make it a daily driver. That clip from Blues Brothers was hilarious.
Great video and I’m glad you didn’t give up on that cool looking wagon. Wish we had them in Australia. Would love another vid on that Mustang please
I had the floor option on my old Buick skylark, the windows were closed it was raining and I got my face wet out of nowhere. That is when I realized the big hole on the floor. Great video.
That is some serious determination, man. Well done!
Dylan I have to admire your determination of not throwing in the towel on the Pinto 👍
Love the clip at the end! Keep up the great work.
Thats One Pinto Thats tryed to Buck You all the way home....You NEED a Prize for that ride !! BIG Thumbs Up..........
I’m a fan buddy! I love seeing you do what you do!
Ps I’m crazy excited for the next video!!!
Hope it’s the promised “new shop” video. With your back issues I also hope you got a good lift like a Wildfire.
Hi Dylan, great video! Your channel entertains me a lot and I have learned a lot from others. If you see that the comment is a little badly written, it is that I am translating it from google from Spanish. Thank you very much for your videos !!
As someone that is multilingual (Mexican/Puerto Rican Spanish dialects, Brazilian/Iberian Portuguese, English, Japanese, Latin, Italian, French, Hebrew), I say that you make sense in your comments, but I do agree that Google Translate can be a bit sketchy when it comes to some translated words online, though. Personally, I think that people that are bilingual, that is, they speak English in addition to their native language, and having several of them per each language, as well as different dialects to said languages, would be the optimal solution to the problem. I also think that closed captioning systems should be improved and that they need to flow together more like how the dialogue boxes work in JRPGs. However, with that being said, you are doing a good job in speaking English on here, so do not be so hard on yourself.
Como alguien que es multilingüe (dialectos del español mexicano / puertorriqueño, portugués brasileño / ibérico, inglés, japonés, latín, italiano, francés, hebreo), digo que tiene sentido en sus comentarios, pero estoy de acuerdo en que Google Translate puede ser Sin embargo, un poco incompleto cuando se trata de algunas palabras traducidas en línea. Personalmente, creo que las personas que son bilingües, es decir, que hablan inglés además de su lengua materna, y tener varios de ellos por cada idioma, así como diferentes dialectos a dichos idiomas, sería la solución óptima al problema. También creo que los sistemas de subtítulos deben mejorarse y que deben fluir juntos más como funcionan los cuadros de diálogo en los JRPG. Sin embargo, dicho esto, estás haciendo un buen trabajo hablando inglés aquí, así que no seas tan duro contigo mismo.
Dylan. Donated what I can mate. You are an inspiration to us all. Not only with your engineering skill but your basic grasp of how to be a good human. Thankyou man.
Love your vids. That was tougher to watch w wind noise. Just griping 😜. Love all the vids and the care it takes to keep these cars running. Its history saved from the crusher. Im born and raised in Coffee county. Thank you for representing southern TN. Keep on! Love your channel.
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." -Galatians 6:9
Absolutely. But, I sure get tired, love these videos!
I once drove a Pinto about 3 hours home, it didn’t have reverse. It was a heap! In another story, I used to be a firefighter. We responded to an accident one night. As we got on scene, we found a fuel tank laying in the highway. It was from a Pinto that had been rear-ended by a Toyota pickup. So yeah, that fuel tank explosion thing about them seems legit.
Another awesome adventure and cool car I can't wait to see what you do to the Pinto in the future !
I live in Bowling Green and want to thank everyone for the care and love they show in this time of need. And Thank you Dylan
Loved the Blues Brothers clips at the end! Hopefully in the next episode you're buying a Dodge Monaco?
Dylan McCool: He drives the cars that most people have given up on.
I for one salute you.😁
Back in the 70’s, my father bought a pinto. It was a great car.
On one occasion, I banged 3rd gear and due to some water runoff in one small area, the rear tire spun, giving the impression of a hot rod.
Being a 4 cylinder Pinto, it was a memorable moment for me and my hot rod pal.
Recently in my travels I spotted a pinto wagon with side panels and the factory custom circular window and stripes.It’s collecting sap and has not been receiving the tlc it deserves.
Keep up the great work Dylan. Love your adventures.
Cheers from Schuylklll County
Thats what I call determination! Great job.
One of the best episodes ever! That Pinto is mint, like a 70's Nomad. Some shocks, a wreaker 289 and you're good to go! Oh and some floor mats to cover the holes.😁
I love Pinto wagons! complete with 2.3! a v8 would ruin the traction, mileage and affordability! Oh, it looks like a v6; oh well. Big engines are also slow to warm up and give you heat on short trips, like diesels except less efficient.
Licence plates make nice floor panela
I never understood the criticism of cheap cars - nobody bought them thinking they should be as safe as an Electra 225. I wish there was still a market for budget priced cars, but regulations add so much much costs that they would be big money losers. I like wagons of all sorts, the Pinto is pretty cool for what it is.
@@timothykeith1367 The question at any price point is whether new is better than used, but there are not enough cars being built that are both simple and efficient. Anyway, if used cars are better and cheaper than anything they can build, then they have no reason to build it.
Car drove itself to a cemetery lol it wanted out so bad
Great video,work and car👌😎
Thank you for giving all too our entertainment❤
My friend had one of these, really cool not many
Left, Merry Christmas!!!! Love the channel
Figures it would be a Dodge jumping over a Ford! Great job can't wait to see where this one goes.
Pull valve covers and spray atf on valves and it will probably run good. That old gas will slow the valves causing it to die but will still pass a compression test. At least that was my experience
Glad you made it home Was a heck of a journey @Dylan McCool
Great video! Your determination is quite admirable. I actually just moved to Tennessee from northern indiana about a year ago so I can just feel how long that drive must've been in an uncomfortable circumstance.
Dylan finds the good in every circumstance. I like this guy.
18:27 That is a Ford 8 inch rear end, it may have a 3.40 or 3.55 gear in it. Dylan, check the tag on the 3rd member chunk it will say what gear it is. Maybe you can swap the 3rd member chunk into the Mustang 2 for a low buck swap to improve your drag racing times.
Thank you for helping my home state!!
hey Dylan I just wanted to wish you and your whole family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year so y'all stay safe now and God bless
I watched the part of you dropping the throttle cable mount about a dozen times...🤣
I'm not a car person, my husband watches your channel, but I laughed so hard watching this video!! Congrats getting it home! ~Tammy
That little Pinto thought she wanted to die there right by the graveyard but you brought her back to life; congrats, one can do wonders if you persevere!
Great video!! The horizon or the sun and clouds in the backyard by that cemetery reminded me of the graphics on the glass or side panels of 70s vans or wagons
This has Been a Fun Episode to watch ..enjoyed it
Yeah I wooden have tried that. The body doesn't look too bad, though, it might be a good car to build.
Put a Turbo Coupe drivetrain in it.
I would have been all over that Pontiac Sunbird though.
Pontiac made a astre with a similar front end as that sunbird if I remember correctly and I also used to have a 93 Pontiac sunbird Le with almost no options except heavy duty heater and the 2.0 h.o fi 4cylinder which unfortunately cracked the head in 3 places one being where the exhaust manifold bolts on at the back,, and that head was already replaced by my uncle twice with new cam followers the last time, but to find another one a bare casting I found in northern Ohio $1,250 and has not been checked aka maga fluxed and I am like cool looking car but I don't need it that bad, and I won't get rid of my 85 Oldsmobile Cutlass supreme brougham to keep this thing,so I traded it to a buddy of mine and he sold it to the scrap yard..
And it was a very clean car light metallic blue and red pinstripe one rust hole the size of a golf ball in front of the dr.side rear tire behind the door
I feel so sorry for you. My back would not have made it. Awesome little car though. Love the channel. Keep them coming. And Merry Christmas.
Strangely enough I'm from Bowling Green, when I was growing up my parents had a crappy little pinto, and our O'Reilly's was hit by the tornado and severely damaged, the sonic right next door is nearly unrecognizable and to realize that I live less than 2 miles from either is frightening to say the least, we're one of the blessed we're alive our home is intact and there's no significant damage, for I am blessed beyond measure!
#blessed, God bless you
🙏😇 From what I've seen, grace is certainly with you.👍
Hi Dylan McCool oh, I've had a few Pintos in my time I did have one wagon although it was a V6 like the one you're driving although it was Baby Blue with panel siding air condition the whole nine yards and it all worked the car did not have a scratch in or out of it. It would smoke the tires and Chirp second gear just leaving it in Drive. So I'm not much of a Ford guy I'm actually a Mopar guy but I love those pintos. I'm wondering are you going to sell that car??? Anyway Dylan I wanted to wish you and your family the happiest of holidays.
Can't wait to see what you do with the Pinto Wagon!
Just don't "let it go" please...
Now you need a Pinto Hatchback.
No hatchbacks left. They all exploded.....
My buddy Greg had a lime green Pinto that we drove from Michigan down to Paduka Kentucky to visit his cousins. It was a stick shift, and on our return home, we were on the freeway when Greg said he couldn’t drive any more, and he wanted me to take over. Only problem was, I didn’t know how to drive a manual trans car! But I’d watched him all the way down to Paduka, so I just revved it up and dumped the clutch as I pulled back into traffic, and prayed I’d find 2nd gear, which I did. Then 3rd and 4th, and by the time we got home, it was a snap to drive! I’ve always loved manual transmissions since, but learning to drive one on a busy freeway probably isn’t the best idea. The things we do when we’re young and dumb; thank goodness the Good Lord watches over us!
Awesome video, thank you for sharing it. Cheers from California.
The singing is definitely approved!! Love it 👌👌
Great, great episode!! Please do it up!!
I'm glad you made it home finally!
Thanks so much I fortunately was missed by the tornadoes love the channel brother thanks again