Followed Buddy when he shocked the drag racing world. Im glad his car is preserved. I thought it was here and gone. Among the pinto fans and how about Allen Glidden. So all you peeps that don't know the snafu of the factory built pinto, most American cars had their gas tanks located right behind the rear bumper and that was the real problem to begin with.
Buddy Ingersoll is kind of a hero of mine, mostly because of the innovation and the mindset of "I don't need the best out there, I just gotta make what I have better than the other guy." I've got a Ranger now I'm trying to do something similar with now, even my wife got into it. No idea if the Ingersoll family is still around the SoIL region but I know I am. Hopefully we cross paths, I'd love to get some insight and maybe inspiration for my own deal, yknow?
I had several Pintos and loved them, my last Pinto had a slightly modified engine with some very careful engine work by the late great Ed Mabry at his shop. TRW pistons with 11.25:1 compression ratio, an aftermarket camshaft, headers and a Holley 350 CFM two barrel carb on an Esslinger intake manifold. It had a 8'' Ford posi-trac rear with Zoom 4.56:1 Zoom gears, it ran pretty good.,
' ohh i had one ford mercury BOBCAT car in 1975... i miss my favor bobcat car so much... i did put anythings in bobcat car better than lousy plain ford company... ' 1- cruise control speed 1- two amber yellow taillights from capri car 1- power both lock / unlock on 2 doors 1- power both side mirrors 1- power both windows 1- rear motor blade wiper with water on the rear window from honda car 1- move axle to top on the both lift springs 1- metal cool fan front near on the radiator 1- two plastic shields covers on the both glass headlights 1- radio AM / FM with cassette tape from radio shack 1- two speakers on the both doors clutch manual shift 4 speeds with 4 inline cylinders easily fix repair at home
Being a Ford fan for over 50 years, it did me good to see the Fords win in so many different classes! I got to see Buddy,"Ohio","Mad Dog" "Dyno" Jim Waldo,Van Cleeve & many other greats that carried the Ford banner proudly! So many of yesterday's greats are gone now,but some of their cars & all of them will live on in our hearts! Someone is going to love getting that special car,it would sure be nice if they could go on tours like others do. Like the Nastalgic drags,for instance!!❤
I SEEN HIM MANY SATURDAY NIGHTS IN THE LATE 60'S IN A 56 CHEVY AND HE WAS BEATING EVERYBODY HE RAN AGAINST THEN ! DIDN'T MATTER WHAT HE WAS DRIVING IT RAN LIKE A STRIPED A@$ SNAKE ! I WAS ONLY A YOUNG CHILD THEN, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET HOW DOMINATE HE WAS, HE WAS THE BEST !
This build is mentioned in David Vizard's book "Performance With Economy". In a blurb w/photo, it shows & mentions how a 2000-cc/2L OHC Ford Cologne/"Pinto"/Lima I-4 produced 306-hp with a draw-thru turbo system w/4-bbl carb, which ran mid-high-10s@+120-MPH. The only real fault of it was the cam used was "too radical" for it to be street-able. Thank-goodness for Volkswagen's wisdom of employing EFI on the GTI, and proving an "econobox" with a "radical" setup could be a "daily driver"! =;)
Thanks for the best most informed video of performance 🎭, I never know of wow 🤩 and a family bonding experience mind I chose wrong family to come down with family Buss wrecking all in its wake . Your stories were heart Wrenching into minds hearts and forever lives on in sound of the smoke and burning 🔥 and rubber to track . Love
