Pinto model, NOT a kit, working steering/suspension

[62rebel]

Ford gave SOMEBODY a contract to release Pinto toy cars with working suspension and steering; wondering if anyone had a picture or knew what company did them? They were TOUGH plastic, not blow-molded stuff, and fairly detailed but no opening hoods or doors.

[Mark]

You might be thinking of those little ones that were molded in light blue or avocado gold.  Eldon made those, and they were 1/29 (?) scale.  They had poseable steering but not working suspension.  Neither had interior detail, the windows were tinted very dark.  The gold ones had a battery-operated electric motor, the blue ones did not.  They were styrene plastic.  I had both of those back in the day, and might have a body from one laying around here somewhere.

[62rebel]

You're probably right about the suspension, and I do recall the one I had was blue. It didn't last long, I probably traded it away as I wasn't into cars at that time, more GI Joe than anything else

 

[oldcarfan]

I almost bought one of these on eBay a while back thinking it was 1/25th. Glad now I backed out.