My parents bought this car new in 1972, I think. Three-door hatchback, yellow, with a black interior, just like the one in the photo. List price $2,303.
This was my mom's car for getting around town. I remember noticing as a kid that the automatic transmission gear selector was on the "floor" (actually it was on the transmission hump) instead of on the steering column. Same with the parking brake, a hand-operated lever between the two front seats instead of a foot pedal.
According to How Stuff Works, our 1972 Pinto would have come with a 2.0-liter single-overhead-cam four-cylinder engine and a three-speed Cruise-o-Matic transmission.
The alternator failed once, just after we had left town on the way to Grandma's house. Other than that I think my parents were pretty happy with this car.
Fortunately, we never got rear-ended.
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