The biggest Loser? Round 2's 1977 Pinto (OOB)

[Faust]

If you know me, then you know my thing is weird cars, the everyday and what I call “loser cars”. One of the most recognized, reviled and joked about loser cars of the Automotive Dark Ages was the Ford Pinto. With a reputation for blowing up like a stick of Looney Tunes dynamite and a design that was a weird mix of practical and impractically underpowered and underbuilt, the Pinto has long epitomized how low things could go.



It’s no surprise then that I was beside myself with excitement when Round 2 anounced they were going to give us our SECOND Pinto reissue. First, there was the Pony Express wagon, followed now by the AMT 1977 hatchback! For Pinto-philes (even sounds gross) and loser-lovers like me, getting a chance to own the second-ugliest installment of Ford’s incendiary blighter was something that had only been hoped for.



I managed to snag one a week and change ago, and I’m really surprised to see that no one else out there seems to have jumped on this one. Of course, that might be because, unlike me, they knew what to expect! Check out my out of box review for this new stain on your modelling display at the link below, and bring your fire extinguishers!



adamrehorn.wordpress.com/1-25-amt-round-2-1977-pinto-runabout-oob/

[jbwelda]

Adam I appreciate you posting this here and I love your writing, as I have told you before. I don't see it now, perhaps I read it on another site in your introduction, but I loved that part about the kit being a "stain on your collection" or something like that. Pure genius man...keep it up! I was calling your name on one of my build threads lately but don't know if you noticed...a car right up your alley!

just wanted to let you know you are appreciated around here!

jb

[Faust]

Hey JB!

Thanks a lot, man. I was reading your comment, and I was just waiting for the "but"... and there WASN'T one! Thank you! Best birthday present ever!

Yeah, that is correct, it is indeed a "stain on my collection". Other than the '76 Gremmy (also an AMT), I don't think I've seen a worse disappointment of a kit. Not for what I paid. Of course, that's all offset by the fun I have writing it up.

Oh, no, I didn't notice the other thread. I'll have to go and search it out!

Thanks for the note man; it means a lot. Trust me.

Have a good one, man!

[jbwelda]

Here you go, Adam:


only a mother could love it!


let me know if you want to do a build-off!

jb