Don't tell anyone, OK?
Heck I not only remember them, I had one, a '73 which I got in '76 after putting my '68 Malibu into a very steep ditch after hitting some black ice at -10 deg F. I don't think the Pinto was any worse than it's Chevy contempory the Vega, or the AMC Gremlim for that matter. It certainly wasn't as ugly as the Gremlin, engine was rough as a cob though, it kept shaking it's carb apart.