Model T Fords were a bargain in 1927 for $360, and the Pinto was Ford's $1919 budget buggy for the Seventies, so can a $6500 track T kit car, set up for Pinto power, be considered a bargain in 1981?

The reaction is always the same: utter disbelief. How would you react if I told you some 64-year-old machine shop owner in North Hollywood, California, spent $3500 converting a $2000, '74 Ford Pinto ...

Ford moved the Mustang from a Pinto-based chassis to the new Fox platform for the 1979 model year, and sales picked up nicely as a result. For 1982, the Mustang could be purchased with a 2.3-liter ...