Author Topic: swapping body parts (Read 3961 times)

highschool dream · « **on:** May 08, 2016, 09:50:52 PM »

Hi I'm building a 1980 v8 pinto. I like the look of the old pintos with round lights and skinny bumpers. My question is... Can I use the front end of a 1976 fenders,Hood etc with the bumper from a 1971-73

dga57 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2016, 11:21:22 PM »

It's been done... but it will take a little fabricating, ingenuity, and creativity. If that's the look you want, go for it!!!

Dwayne

pinto_one · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2016, 02:09:11 PM »

Doing the same to my 79 cruze wagon , but I like the 76 grill and the old look , not done yet but I used 76 fenders , along with the hood ,(you can use the stock hood release ) 71 to 73 did not have the hood release and the hood will not fit right because the radiator support is move a few inch,s forward , I am using the 77/78 front bumpers because I have them and very light , you can use the skinny ones but will have to make brackets to hold them, and the tail lights you will have to use the larger 77/78 tail lights , the 76 to 71 down the holes are smaller where the bolt too,

pinto_one · « **Reply #3 on:** May 09, 2016, 07:51:05 PM »

And other body parts I like to swap old be my whole body , swap my 62 year old fat body with grey hair wrinkles here and there for a 25 year old body , blue eyes , and comes with a huge bank
account, just wishing guys

74 PintoWagon · « **Reply #4 on:** May 09, 2016, 10:10:32 PM »

Quote from: pinto_one on May 09, 2016, 07:51:05 PM

And other body parts I like to swap old be my whole body , swap my 62 year old fat body with grey hair wrinkles here and there for a 25 year old body , blue eyes , and comes with a huge bank account, just wishing guys

Yeah well, just take a number and get to the back of the line.. LOL...

russosborne · « **Reply #5 on:** May 09, 2016, 10:50:46 PM »

I don't want to trade my body in, I just want to scrap it.
Russ

74 PintoWagon · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2016, 07:43:49 AM »

Quote from: russosborne on May 09, 2016, 10:50:46 PM

I don't want to trade my body in, I just want to scrap it.
Russ

LOL...

Wittsend · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2016, 12:07:28 PM »

This restoration includes a photo essay on a 74 to 71-73 bumper (and related parts) swap. The whole piece is interesting but the bumper aspects starts about a third of the way down. http://www.joe-escobar.com/pinto.html

pinto_one · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2016, 05:37:53 PM »

This brings back memories, do remember the rear leaf springs do hit the lower valance and the radiator surport too , but always liked the pencil bumpers,

highschool dream · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2016, 09:50:17 PM »

Thanks guys for all the info.

dga57 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2016, 02:15:15 AM »

Quote from: pinto_one on May 09, 2016, 07:51:05 PM

And other body parts I like to swap old be my whole body , swap my 62 year old fat body with grey hair wrinkles here and there for a 25 year old body , blue eyes , and comes with a huge bank
account, just wishing guys

Now there's a swap I could get on board with!!!

Dwayne

TIGGER · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2016, 08:12:19 PM »

Mr Pinto did the swap. Here is his build thread -> http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php?topic=5973.msg39914#msg39914

Wittsend · « **Reply #12 on:** May 12, 2016, 12:58:07 AM »

So, he starts this project after a 4 year wait in late 2006. By 2008 the car is done and tested. Then it isn't until 3 years later he posts again. Shortly thereafter the thread dies 4-1/2 years ago.

Hey, is this my wife's project? It take carbon dating to track her progress.

pinto_one · « **Reply #13 on:** May 12, 2016, 06:35:30 AM »

Yep , I got a few of those projects that need carbon dating to figure out when I last worked on them

Reeves1 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 12, 2016, 07:18:15 AM »

Quote

Hey, is this my wife's project? It take carbon dating to track her progress.

Crack me up

Sort of how I feel about the "6 month" down time I had planned for my white car....... now in year 5 ?

Wittsend · « **Reply #15 on:** May 12, 2016, 10:26:36 AM »

Then there is this. My Sunbeam Tiger. I bought it in 2000 and had a two year plan. I haven't worked on it since 2004 (already double the years behind schedule). It seems to be moving at a glacial marathon pace. Oh well, the Turbo Pinto is to blame for some of that lost time.

dga57 · « **Reply #16 on:** May 12, 2016, 10:27:00 AM »

Sometimes they DO take a while...

Dwayne

Reeves1 · « **Reply #17 on:** May 12, 2016, 11:15:50 PM »

Quote from: Wittsend on May 12, 2016, 10:26:36 AM

Then there is this. My Sunbeam Tiger. I bought it in 2000 and had a two year plan. I haven't worked on it since 2004 (already double the years behind schedule). It seems to be moving at a glacial marathon pace. Oh well, the Turbo Pinto is to blame for some of that lost time.

I've dreamed about owning a Tiger since seeing one at Cayuga race track in the 70s !
Get that thing done !

Reeves1 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 12, 2016, 11:21:02 PM »

Drool ...... !

74 PintoWagon · « **Reply #19 on:** May 13, 2016, 07:32:45 AM »

That is sweet..

pinto_one · « **Reply #20 on:** May 13, 2016, 09:12:27 AM »

They are nice cars , last year they had two of them when we had cruzing the coast , this one had the hood open , he had a ton of chrome , bet you like to have the air cleaner mr reeves!

Wittsend · « **Reply #21 on:** May 13, 2016, 11:37:37 AM »

Actually..., when originality counts the Tiger factory oval air cleaner (which is just two stamped steel halves) sold/sells for about $600! And that was prices based on 10+ years ago. With pristine Tiger's having gone from the $40k-$60K range up to the $100k-$120K range they might be worth a whole lot more now. Same goes for the fan shroud and the remote radiator tank. Since I only paid $3,500 for the car itself I commented to the Tiger crowd that just those few items represented about a third of what I paid for the car.

1. Engine compartment at point of purchase. 2. Car with much sheet metal removed (replacing front clip) - ya, its been a "project."

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