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here are some more... I'm lost, my son is helping me...too many buttons to push! : :wow:

I am the second owner, I've owned it for about 15 years. I paid 100 bucks for it. I have some older pics, I will have to get mt son to put them in the file for me. The wheels were custom made by Boyd Cottington, they are 15X6 on the front, 15X8 on the rear. I had the backspacing set up so the tires would meet the fenders. 195/50's front, 205/50's rear.

Neat car!! What is the little lever next to the E-brake handle?

Bob

If you look at the first picture you can see a 3" pipe under the door. That is the open exhaust, the muffler on the back is a super trap with the baffles installed.

Nevermind on the story, I found your other post and re-read it and found the rest of the story. Unless there is more to add, then I'd love to hear that too.

    -beegle55

I have a 302 and t5 in my car, and it is IMHO the way to go!  The advantages as I see it are, you don't really need that serious of an engine to seem really fast with a manual, plus, with the OD, you can run a lower gear, once again making it a little more potent with less motor.  My engine is a stock '89 5.0, with a Man-o-War styled intake, and roller rockers.  When I say stock, I mean I pulled it out of a 100,000+ mile car, threw a gasket kit in it, and ran it!  To me, it is loads of fun the way it is!  (But, you can never have enough power, so knowing me, it will get some parts thrown at it eventually)  Just a little FYI, if you don't have the chance to drive the car the t5 comes from, you might want to go through it before installing, as most of them have 2nd gear synchros wooped from people beating on them.

I have all three trannies, I just have to choose the one I want! I'm like you bobscat, I like bangin' the gears. I plan on building a very mild engine as well. Beegle, I wish you well in trying to turn your race car into a race/street car. There is a very fine line between the two.

Not sure if you mean the front or back, some people call the front an air dam, some a spoiler. Anyway, the front came from JC Whitney, not sure if it is available anymore. Took about three months to get it. The back came from a place called MAS. They make fiberglass bumpers, tilt front ends and other stuff for Pintos. I found an ad in a Mustang mag.

You do indeed see VA plates-Shenandaoh Valley. About 45 mins west of Charlottesvill e.

71pintoracer - we must live very close to one another!  I live in Stuarts Draft... where are you?  My Pinto is a '72 sedan with the 1600/4 spd. combination.  It is a running project which I hope to have completed by mid summer.
Dwayne :smile:

I've taken lots of pictures but haven't had any success getting them posted here.  They remain too big no matter how many times I resize them!  What do you do at Obaugh's?  I'm pretty familiar with the dealership... I've bought about twenty vehicles from Denton Jordan over the years.  In fact, the last one was just three weeks ago: a Marathon Blue '08 Sebring convertible that was sitting in the showroom.  I traded in a red '07 Lincoln Mark LT and a champagne and navy '02 Sebring Limited convertible, both of which were still on the used lot as of last weekend - you might have seen them around there somewhere.  My wife had a massive stroke last year and can no longer drive so it only made sense to consolidate vehicles.  I still have a bunch of older stuff to play with... a 1983 F-150 4x4 with 69000 actual miles, a '79 Collector's Series Continental (midnight blue), a '79 Mark V (white with wedgewood blue landau top), and my '72 Pinto sedan.  It is currently an ugly faded brown but should be orange before the end of summer!  I bought it on eBay in January and drove it home from Hagerstown MD on I-81 without issues.  It runs like a top but is butt ugly.  Needs total cosmetic restoration but should be a pretty spiffy driver once that is completed.  I need to find someone to weld on the new quarter panels I bought, then I can handle the rest of the body and paint work.  Have purchased a dash cap and several other items for the interior and will probably have Nellie Neff in Waynesboro redo the seats - she turns out decent work at a fair price.  I haven't seen your car around anywhere... in fact, I hadn't seen a Pinto anywhere in years until I spotted a late model, rather rusty one near Buena Vista last year.  I work at AMC and several of my buddies have mentioned seeing a white and blue Pinto on the parking lot here lately.  I haven't personally seen it yet, but I'm keeping an eye out for it.  I'm excited to have found another Pinto so close by.  I had my first one new back in 1974 when I was only sixteen.  It was a great little car and I'm really looking forward to getting my '72 looking good and on the road soon!  I know all this is off topic... so feel free to PM me.  I'd love to see your Pinto and show you pics of mine... maybe we can get together sometime.  Have a great weekend!
Dwayne :smile: