>>
>> Pinto comes from an ancient economy car made by Ford in the 1970's.....
;-)
>>
>And that name came from a little known, unsuccessful explosive device
>which detonated when whacked sharply on the rear... ;-)
>
>
Pinto comes from the horse. As Ford was so successful with the Mustang, so
they tried to carry on the tradition. And Pinto, being a smaller horse, was
a smaller car. During those dark days in automobile history, we had both
the Pinto and the Mustang II. Yechh!
Regards,
Denton Taylor
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