Everyone is right of course, my eyes read Escort and my brain though Pinto. The pinto did have the drop in gas tank. My father in law bought one new in 77 and he transferred a fusee holder from the trunk of his 67 Valiant to the trunk of his Pinto. My mother in law complained of a strong gas smell in the car and when I looked at it I found that he had drilled through the floor mat and screwed the holdes into the top of the gas tank. I removed the screws coated the holes with JB Weld reinserted the screws and coated some JB over the top. The repair outlasted the life of the P.O.S. car.
To be fair most of the Fords of that era had the drop in gas tanks, but the Pinto had the least robust rear structure so it got the most publicity for burning up. It is one thing to have your gas tank rupture and catch fire, it is another thing entirely when thet gas tank is inside the passenger compartment with you.
I thought the Falcon and Escort were nice little cars, I test drove an Escort before I bought a PT Cruiser. The retro style of the PT and the comfortable front seats won me over.I am sure the escort would have had better fuel economy. My 2003 Town and Country got better fuel economy on the road woth its 3.3 V6 than the 2.4 4 cyl PT.
The OP’s question could have been answered a lot more quickly if they had simply stated what the seller is asking for that garden slug.
Ford was not the only one to have gas tank mounting issues. The late 70s Subarus had the tank mounted vertically against the back of the rear seat…
The 80s tanks were only protected by a flimsy rear bumper. The fuel tank sender was also mounted horizontally. This means that in the event of a rear end collision the sender will probably get ripped loose and gasoline will pour out in a deluge…
I’ve actually seen one of the latter incidents but sheer luck prevented a bonfire.
My 1950 Chevrolet pickup had the gas tank in the cab as did most pickup trucks.of that time period. The Studebaker was the exception. Studebaker pickup trucks had the tank under the truck.
