'70 Ford Pinto Gasser - 'Hot Flash' - Linotopia Homage

            A new month means a new #mocaroundgang build challenge. For February #mocaround62 is titled #gasser

I'll confess, I needed to do a bit of research, as I'd never designed a gasser previously. It did give me an opportunity to revisit a Flickr LUGNuts theme 'I wanna be like you', where you model a car in the style of one of the other LUGNutters, in this case LUGNuts founder Lino Martins. The 1970 Pinto Gasser here is a Miniland-scale recreation of his "Hot Flash" Pinto.

The name is a play on the Pinto's tragic reputation of igniting when involved in a rear-end crash.

There is a long tale to tell regarding this. And if you are interested in the field of engineering, it makes for a very important case-study.

Back to the car though - the Pinto was Ford's 1970s era economy car in the US. It was still a fair bit wider than cars like the Fiesta that were designed for Europe. It does mean that if you are keen, you can stuff a lot more horsepower into the engine bay than would seem to be a good idea. It means the lightweight Pinto can be both a road and track high-speed rocket.

Just don't crash.

The Gasser mocaround build theme is hosted on instagram by @my_lego_garage

Taken on: February 9, 2023

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