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« on: January 31, 2009, 09:41:49 PM »
It has started. The dreaded stripping of the mustard yellow Pinto! :(  I hated to do it because it was a "luxury model" but it had to be done. She was just to far gone to be worth fixing up. The good new is, she will live on in my other Pintos. I am going to use all the brown luxury parts in my brown Pinto and the fenders and doors have been and are being used on my Green Machine, and lime green Pinto!

I did take some pics of the disasembly. This may not be appropriate for all audiences!! If your sqeemish, do not scroll down!! LOL




















Pinto in a box!!!!!


We still need to get the dash, steering column and headliner bars out, but we should have it all done by tomorrow afternoon. Then we can stick the box upstairs and forget about the horrible deed we did, for a while atleast, till I need a part!!! LOL
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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 09:58:17 PM »
How much does one of those two legged hoists cost and how sturdy is it?

This makes me almost nostalgic for the old air-hoist in Grandpa's Amoco station.
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 10:00:31 PM »
That's heartbreaking! Poor little Pony. :(

I'm just glad it won't all go to the crusher, and every usable part will be saved!

I find the "Pinto in a box!" funny though. :P

Did you rent the lift or do you own it? I would sure love to have one! Is it an electric hydraulic one? I have a Pinto friend who used to pull his car onto one, at the shop he worked at, all the time.
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 10:15:37 PM »
I know it is sad. I really hated to cut her up! Specially with having most of the paperwork on her. Even had the recall paperwork!


The lift is a 10,000 pound lift. It is very sturdy. We have it in our garage!!!! It sure comes in handy. Only bad thing is, most the time I can't get "MY" car on it! Hubby is always busy doing other peoples cars for money, so my car comes last!!!

Edit to add, I think we paid around 2500. for the lift about 5 or more years ago!!
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2009, 10:24:42 PM »
LOL! I was afraid to read past the title! Poor lil' yellow baby... well, I guess I'm getting hardened about our lil' ponies being pieced out. I almost cry to see the blue '72 at the wrecking yard and silently cursing the person who put her there, but yet I'm not above taking her good pieces to live on in her sisters.  :'( :drunk:

BTW, Kim, what are you going to do with that radio bezel? Is it going in Lime Green?
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« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2009, 10:31:56 PM »
LOL! I was afraid to read past the title! Poor lil' yellow baby... well, I guess I'm getting hardened about our lil' ponies being pieced out. I almost cry to see the blue '72 at the wrecking yard and silently cursing the person who put her there, but yet I'm not above taking her good pieces to live on in her sisters.  :'( :drunk:

BTW, Kim, what are you going to do with that radio bezel? Is it going in Lime Green?

I'm not sure yet on the bezel, why did you need one? I think the red car has a complete bezel. I can go try to get it for you!! I need to make sure the lime green bezel is ok before I think about selling my brown one. That and I am still trying to figure out a way to have a brown dash in my brown Pinto. If the red Pinto at the wrecking yard has a bad one, you will have first dibs on my brown one!!!  ;D  Is the 79 bezel and 74 bezel the same, or will the 71 bezel be the one for your car???
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2009, 10:37:12 PM »
I was going to ask if you owned the lift and if it was in your garage, but I thought I might have come across as a fool doing so. lol

Very exotic piece of equipment for a home mechanic. Enjoy having it, it makes life SOO much easier than a floor jack and jack stands which are a PITA to setup (I do it a few times a month).
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« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2009, 10:54:20 PM »
I don't know if there's a difference in the years of the radio bezels. Mine is possibly missing a piece. If the inner edges didn't look so perfectly cut I'd swear the boyfriend of the previous owner had the middle cut out to fit a modern radio in the main bezel. So instead of a small rectangle and a hole on the right and left of the rectangle cut out there's one big rectangle cut out. It doesn't look as nice. Hopefully I'm still getting the am-fm cassette in a couple months.
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« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2009, 10:58:22 PM »
I don't know if there's a difference in the years of the radio bezels. Mine is possibly missing a piece. If the inner edges didn't look so perfectly cut I'd swear the boyfriend of the previous owner had the middle cut out to fit a modern radio in the main bezel. So instead of a small rectangle and a hole on the right and left of the rectangle cut out there's one big rectangle cut out. It doesn't look as nice. Hopefully I'm still getting the am-fm cassette in a couple months.

I will try to get out to the wrecking yard next week. I need to get the bumper guards for another member here anyway!!! I will get the bezel for you and that way you can see if it will fit!

I want an 8 track player!!! If anyone knows where I can get one fairly cheap, let me know!!! I have the cassette adaptor already, then I have the cassete Ipod adaptor!! LOL So I can play my Ipod through the cassette adaptor of the 8 track!!!!! LOL!!!
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« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2009, 11:04:46 PM »
NOoooooooooooo ooooo! please DON'T get the red bezel! (watch. She'll get the red bezel! lol.  :lol:
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« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2009, 11:29:34 PM »
NOooooooooooooooooo! please DON'T get the red bezel! (watch. She'll get the red bezel! lol.  :lol:


LOL So you would rather have the brown one? Maybe I will get the red one for me and give you the brown one!!! LOL  ;D
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« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2009, 11:34:02 PM »
You may want to pull the heater box out and keep it too as the early ones are different.
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« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2009, 11:45:26 PM »
only if you don't need the brown one!  ;D
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« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2009, 11:51:28 PM »
only if you don't need the brown one!  ;D

Ok, I will try to check the Lime green and the brown Pinto, to see if both are fine. If they are, the brown one is yours!!!  ;D
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« Reply #14 on: February 01, 2009, 10:44:12 AM »
Coolness. ;D
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« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2009, 03:18:31 PM »
WOW!!!!! It always makes me sad :'( to see a Pinto put to rest :sleep:, but It's good to know it's signed up as a donor, for those who may need transplants or other surgical procedures.  :laugh: LOL...   Anyway, it's nice the Pinto isn't going to fall prey to a crusher, but being used to help keep alive the Pinto legacy :).  I'm really enjoying this site, and cannot wait to get some more picture postings on my Pintos.

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« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2009, 06:06:19 PM »
I can't tell from the pictures, but did you save the Cowl panel, or is it trashed? I'm in need of a replacement for when I have my car repainted. Mine is trashed from when the hood came up on my dad while driving on the freeway. :(
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« Reply #17 on: February 01, 2009, 10:32:16 PM »
I can't tell from the pictures, but did you save the Cowl panel, or is it trashed? I'm in need of a replacement for when I have my car repainted. Mine is trashed from when the hood came up on my dad while driving on the freeway. :(

If when you say "cowl panel" you are meaning the piece of the car that the windshield wiper protrudes out of and has air vent slats in it? We did not cut that out. It is to hard to replace that in a car and we figured if any of my Pinto's was wrecked bad enough to damage that part, we would be scrapping it!! In fact, my grey Pinto has a damaged vent section that I am not thrilled with, but it isn't to noticeable, so I am pretending it isn't there!! LOL Again, to much work to cut and weld just for some minor damage.

Is that the piece you are talking about?  Wonder what that would cost to ship??? Let me know if that is what your talking about and I will see if hubby will take the time to cut it out. Not sure he will, now that we are a day behind on getting the car stripped and off the lift. Had to go look at another Pinto at the last minute today!! LOL It's story in another thread!! LOL

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« Reply #18 on: February 01, 2009, 11:40:40 PM »
I'm not worried about it if it is too much effort for you. But yes, that is the section I am interested in.
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« Reply #19 on: February 02, 2009, 10:59:54 PM »
You may want to pull the heater box out and keep it too as the early ones are different.

I missed this post!! LOL

I pulled everything off, that would come off!! It is just a bare shell now!!! Poor little Pinto! :(
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« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2009, 11:08:08 PM »
I'm not worried about it if it is too much effort for you. But yes, that is the section I am interested in.

Ok, hopefully you see this in time!! LOL  Hubby is going to cut out that cowl. Where would you like it cut??? You willing to pay shipping on it?? I would think it would cost quite a bit to ship!!

Now, where am I going to find a box big enough?? LOL

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Oh, he will be cutting it out tomorrow after work!!
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2009, 11:22:26 PM »
You can see where the original spot welds are done. The panel is secured under each fender, at the back of the engine compartment you will see where firewall sheet metal is welded to the cowl sheet metal. Then it is welded where the windshield seal goes. So the windshield must be pulled, gasket removed, and you will see a similar weld/joint of sheet metal as you did on the engine bay side.

If the panel can be removed by saving as much of the original spot welding section as possible, that would be greatly appreciated. I just want it to be easy to install once I pull my existing one.
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« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2009, 08:31:11 AM »
You can see where the original spot welds are done. The panel is secured under each fender, at the back of the engine compartment you will see where firewall sheet metal is welded to the cowl sheet metal. Then it is welded where the windshield seal goes. So the windshield must be pulled, gasket removed, and you will see a similar weld/joint of sheet metal as you did on the engine bay side.

If the panel can be removed by saving as much of the original spot welding section as possible, that would be greatly appreciated. I just want it to be easy to install once I pull my existing one.

Ok, I think he is going to cut on the other side of those welds. You will most likely have to take apart that welded area!

I will take a pic of the final cut LOL and put on here so you can see it before we go any further!!
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« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2009, 01:13:51 PM »
Sounds like a plan! I don't have any problem cutting the welds out, I've got all the tools available to me to do so. Thank you so much!
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