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Potent Pinto: Scott Bieschke’s Unique Twin-Turbo SBF Pinto Wagon

By Andrew Wolf January 02, 2020What’s better than a really cool, really powerful racecar? A really cool, really powerful racecar with an equally cool story.

Twenty years ago, Nevada native Scott Bieschke sold off a 1978 Pinto Cruising Wagon that he had built and campaigned in the Pacific Street Car Association’s Outlaw 10.5 category. He went on to compete in other categories with the PSCA and even became the series’ tech advisor in the years since, but he never quite got over parting ways with that Pinto, and years later, he began scouring for it.



“We ended up selling it and raced in Pro Street and Outlaw 8.5 for quite a few years with some other cars, but I would often say that if I ever found this car, I would buy it back,” Bieschke says.

“Three or four months ago I saw it on Facebook in a for-sale ad — I called the guy up and told him I wanted the car, I just had to figure out shipping. He asked, ‘where are you shipping it to?’ And I said ‘Las Vegas.’ He responded with, ‘that’s funny, because that’s where it came from.’ ”

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Bieschke struck a deal and had the car — in a condition he called a “very rough roller”, albeit with fresh paint — transported from Arkansas and spent the autumn and fall months preparing it for a return to the racetrack. Everything from the engine and transmission, wiring, suspension, and so on were revamped or replaced to bring it up to modern-day standards. Bieschke’s goal was to re-debut the car at the Street Car Super Nationals (SCSN) — one he worked tirelessly to achieve.