If you weren't around in 1971 to 1980, the Ford Pinto had a reputation for blowing up if you rear ended it. Literally. It was a big deal. In those few years of production, there were 27 people ...

Which means that getting your doors blown off by one at the drag strip is going to come as quite the surprise. Yet that could happen with this super-sleeper 1974 Ford Pinto Runabout up for auction ...