The 70's thread

[Dinsdale]

A Mustang II is a Ford Fairmont with a different body. Which, unfortunately, shared very few parts with a Pinto.

[BSmack]

Pintos weren't so bad once they figured out how to stop the cars from blowing up when hit in the back.

[smackaholic]

Dins, you are confusing the Mustang II with the fox body which followed it. It was based on the fairmont.

1979–1982
The 1979 model year Mustang was based on the Fox platform. This chassis was "Ford's initiative to build a one-size-fits-all car to serve as a two-door sports car and a four-door family car" with its initial use by the larger Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr twins that debuted in the 1978 model year.[4] "Ford built the 1979 Mustang around a platform it would share with more humble cars in the Lincoln-Mercury-Ford corporate family in order to keep development and construction costs down."[5] Body styles for the Mustang included a coupe (notchback) and hatchback. Two trim levels were available: the base model and the more luxurious Ghia model. The wheelbase dimension was 4 inches shorter than the Fairmont/Zephyr series at 100 inches (the same as the outgoing European Ford Capri and 6 inches longer than the Mustang II).

The second-generation Ford Mustang, marketed as the Ford Mustang II, is a pony car that was manufactured by Ford. It was introduced in showrooms during September 1973, in coupe and hatchback versions for the 1974 model year, in time for the 1973 oil crisis.[3] The Mustang II had no common components with the preceding models and shared its platform with the subcompact-sized Ford Pinto.[4][5][6][7]

This is from wiki, which occasionally is right.

[Kierland]

It’s pretty easy to find Mrsdale talking shit and being all wrong and stuff.
But, he doe,s know h,ow to use, a com,ma.,

[Smackie Chan]

Pintos weren't so bad once they figured out how to stop the cars from blowing up when hit in the back.

I went to school with the plaintiff in the case against Ford in which the jury awarded the largest punitive damage amount at the time ($125M, which a judge later reduced to $3.5M). Dude was a dick (and not just because his name was Richard), and the accident fucked him up pretty bad. His face looked like someone took a huge wad of bubble gum and stretched it over his grill, and his nose, ears, and most of his fingers were burned off. I don't wish shit like that on anyone, but if I did, it would be him. Total douche.

[Dinsdale]

This is from wiki, which occasionally is right.

Gee, who should I believe?

Wiki, or multiple Ford dealerships which have tried to get me parts?

Hmmmmm, tough call.