<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/timewarp/" rel="tag">Classics</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/auction-action/" rel="tag">Auctions</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/" rel="tag">Ford</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/"><img hspace="0" border="0" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/cdpinto630.jpg" alt="" /></a>
<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Car and Driver 1972 Pinto race car - click for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Time was, automotive magazines used to do stuff that was <em>awesome</em><strong>. </strong>This IMSA Pinto is evidence of that. <em>Car and Driver </em>built this car in 1974 to illustrate that racing on a big scale for a modest budget was possible. The car grabbed the pole position in half the races it entered that season and won outright at its second race at Charlotte. Surely more powerful than the emissions- and oil-crisis choked street Pintos of the day, this race car is better suited to road courses than hugging the wall at Talladega, but it's likely loads of fun either way. <br />
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The car had been sold off by <em>Car and Driver</em> back in 1974, and was subsequently restored by Don Sherman, now of <em>Automobile Magazine</em>, but a C/D alum, in 2005. Sherman had his nostalgic fun with the car before selling it to Fox Motorsports. Fox has added some more beans to the Pinto's powerplant, and now has it up for sale on eBay Motors. You've got seven days to scrape some dough together and go vintage racing in the car that started Pat Bedard's respectable - if short - racing career. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/">Car & Driver IMSA Pinto</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6641883/motorsports/ebay-find-car-driver-s-ford-pinto-imsa-race-car/index.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/">eBay Find of the Day: C/D Pinto Project Race Car</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6641883/motorsports/ebay-find-car-driver-s-ford-pinto-imsa-race-car/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19362885/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>Car and Driver 1972 Pinto race car - click for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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Time was, automotive magazines used to do stuff that was <em>awesome</em><strong>. </strong>This IMSA Pinto is evidence of that. <em>Car and Driver </em>built this car in 1974 to illustrate that racing on a big scale for a modest budget was possible. The car grabbed the pole position in half the races it entered that season and won outright at its second race at Charlotte. Surely more powerful than the emissions- and oil-crisis choked street Pintos of the day, this race car is better suited to road courses than hugging the wall at Talladega, but it's likely loads of fun either way. <br />
<br />
The car had been sold off by <em>Car and Driver</em> back in 1974, and was subsequently restored by Don Sherman, now of <em>Automobile Magazine</em>, but a C/D alum, in 2005. Sherman had his nostalgic fun with the car before selling it to Fox Motorsports. Fox has added some more beans to the Pinto's powerplant, and now has it up for sale on eBay Motors. You've got seven days to scrape some dough together and go vintage racing in the car that started Pat Bedard's respectable - if short - racing career. <br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/">Car & Driver IMSA Pinto</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/car-and-driver-imsa-pinto/low/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/02/pinto5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: <a href="http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6641883/motorsports/ebay-find-car-driver-s-ford-pinto-imsa-race-car/index.html">Automobile</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/">eBay Find of the Day: C/D Pinto Project Race Car</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://rumors.automobilemag.com/6641883/motorsports/ebay-find-car-driver-s-ford-pinto-imsa-race-car/index.html>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19362885/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/02/19/ebay-find-of-the-day-c-d-pinto-project-race-car/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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