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Zeal !Zeal - 1976 V6 automaticThe car now
Zeal - 1976 V6 automatic
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Description:  It was around 2006 when my cousin (PintoPower) found a cute lil’ 1976 V6 Pinto for me to adopt. The owner was moving out of state and was prepared to abandon the car at the train station. We offered him $100 (which ended up being too much) and soon enough the car was mine.

It was a complete disaster, the interior (what was left of it) was covered in what we decided was “fat man grease” and it stunk of something completely unidentifiable . It was covered in stickers, the doors wouldn’t close properly, it rattled, it shook, it puttered and it stalled (did I mention it was smashed too?) I recall cleaning what I thought was a rubber button, but in fact was a chrome knob that was covered in layers and layers of gunk… Gross!!

The poor little car didn’t seem to want to continue in life, but we didn’t give up hope, and worked what seemed like endless hours to get it into running condition. We seriously had 6 people working on this car at one time, and thanks to them, Zeal was up and running in no time. We scrubbed the whole car, I replaced the gross interior with nice interior out of one of Alberto’s spare part wagons. The brakes and shocks were replaced, a new heater core was installed, plus little odds n’ ends were added and fixed. Alberto was nice enough to replace the smashed back bumper with a nice spare he had (Thanks! =] )

We made our way home from LA to Vacaville (near Sacramento) where Zeal spent the next two+ years, cheerfully escorting me and my friends around. It was well known in town (partly due to a mural painted on the back) and I soon became the “girl with the Pinto.” Sadly though, Zeal’s transmission unexpectedly gave out and being just out of high school I did not have the opportunity to revive him.

The car became an enormously huge lawn gnome until one day a friend of Alberto's expressed that he was looking for a v6 1976 sedan; and so began the next chapter in Zeal's life, he made his way back to Southern California where he was pampered, painted and polished. See for yourself! I loved this car more than I could ever say, and I am glad it got a second chance at life!
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