Pinto Car Club of America

Picked this one up on a whim ,cause my buddy said I`d look good in it!!!   Its a 1977 pinto sedan Bright red R-2 accent stripe group with PN interior code,, from what ive found out from ford its a starsky and hutch style pinto made only in 1977 and limited edition...57.000 kilometers on the car..Been a challenge finding interior parts for this pinto but so far so good ,by the looks of things it should have,a built by ebay sticker on it.Needs the new carpet installed but i have not put it in yet .Im a floor installer by trade red seal government approved so installation should be a breeze,if i get to it.Car has no rust to speak of .Floors are mint not a sign of rust anywhere.i guess im lucky there..ive got the dash pad in being redone and the front seats as well..also i have a new vinyl roof for the interior ,but not sure when that will be done..ive redone the dash paint steering wheel and insterment cluster , replaced the white rear of the plastic bezel,, and got all the insterment lights working ,,cleaned up all the interior panels and replaced the rear glass hinges,installed new braking system,,, new muffler system same as org..new cap wires rotor ,,,redone all the styled steel wheels,,,, got orig radio and bezel,, not installed in the car yet... Got new interior light cover,replaced the heater core and hoses,,,all new white wall tires,  new shocks for rear window ,,new kyb shocks all around, and a front end kit is next.. fixed all rear window leaks...got a  new windshield rubber ,,and door rubbers an a feltline kit for the doors ,,also got a rear hatch seal for the full glass model..cleaned out cowel vents still in great shape no rust....thats all i can think of so far,,, on goes the battle.... its been 10 months. Got news yesterday dash pad is done and on it`s way back not cheap though cost $545.00 dollars.So far to date the interior has cost $2.500....and it`s not complete yet .They started the front seats,, cost will be one thousand one hundred ,, back seat is mint,,,so im good there...More to come...... Well it`s June 1st 2009 and its time to paint cost will be 5.600 and thats not including the stripe installed  i was sure surprised to hear that,, kinda felt sick for a second....Seats are not quit finished but look awesome so far ,,he`s slow but he`s good they say... lol. Car is in the paint shop now,, went in monday june 15th.Stripe cost was 850 including scan and computer cost, no installation price yet, windshield was a crazy price 800 bucks ,,,body shop guy was freaked  ...LoL.interior roof will be installed as well included in paint price from the body shop.. Tigger`s hood will be red soon,, thanks to him..that gets rid of the rust holes in the car..Hail to Tigger I will post  pic`s after paint job and before striping is put on    After paint i`ll get the front end kit installed..interior roof will be installed at body shop and new front windshield......Well the cars back from the paint shop its all together just waiting on the stripe guy to set up a date to install them...Just finished getting the complete front end done all new ball joints and rag joint and bushings through out including upper and lower control arms..complete soon ... picture`s to follow....here`s the picture`s stripe`s on..Picked up a n.o.s front grill for the car march 10 2010 and an a n.o.s front bumper an n.o.s heater control bezel, n.o.s front signal pots, nos air vent. Thats the update so far for  March 2010...Got a nos front bumper and a nos rear bumper as well, nos heater controls nos air vent nos hatch handle and striker plate nos rear taillight assembly, Heater controls ,cold air vent and taillights are installed need to do the front bumper and front signal pot drivers side and install hatch handle..Thats it as of April 19 2010....til next update. May 2010 installed nos hatch handle, ready to install bumpers now and  front signal pot drivers side..

Thats a nice car and you dont see many with a paint job and glass hatch like that.

Thanks smeed it`s coming along......and thats a decal not paint

Ouch $545.00... the one for my '66 Mustang isn't even that much!!

Gorgeous car though starsky - glad to see it wound up in good hands :)

Nice car! I love those oddball 70s option cars, like the Levi's interior Gremlin.    Glad to see you are enjoying and appreciating your rare and cool car!

Thanks ponygal a bit on the pricey side for sure!!!!But looks great

Levi's interior Gremlin my friends bother had that car back in the day man it was fast .....for stock   and thanks for the compliment

What did you do to "clean up" (or restore) the center red caps for the steel styled wheels?

Nice car.

Quote from: dave1987 on September 16, 2008, 02:31:39 AM
What did you do to "clean up" (or restore) the center red caps for the steel styled wheels?

I bought all the center caps i could find,, and put them in hot water for ten minutes to soften ,,and pushed the red centers out of the good ones with pencil using the rubber side cut short ,,,and then shaved the old silicone off with a olfa knife ,,,have to be care here not to cut in to the silver paint,,and then re siliconed them back in the best caps i had that where the best shape....

Quote from: turbopinto72 on September 18, 2008, 04:46:01 PM
Nice car.

Thankyou very much for the complament!!!!turbopinto72

That is one beautiful car!!! Good for you!!!

That car has become a obsession

Uhhh... I'm trippin' on the survey thing... bezels...  stripes... what looks good!?  ??? :drunk: :hypno:

Hey ernie, those 4 pics are they when you finished the build?, and can you post up a couple of when you first bought the car?  As you know we are building up the same style of car and I was wondering how yours looked at the start of your project.  Needing some insights.  thanks

Quote from: 78_starsky on June 02, 2010, 02:07:19 AM
Hey ernie, those 4 pics are they when you finished the build?, and can you post up a couple of when you first bought the car?  As you know we are building up the same style of car and I was wondering how yours looked at the start of your project.  Needing some insights.  thanks

It looked the same as it does now, it`s all stock,,, actually there were people from the site asking why i was painting it .   They said it looked great as it is...But it looked weather beaten to me.... Inside and out so i had it painted and did the interior myself,, from n.o.s..And it`s been on the road since i got it...there is some pic`s on a spare drive i have but it`s windows based and im on ubuntu now, and cant open it

Id like to see some interior pics of your ride. Especially the seats.

Here`s a pn interior code seats picture 

This is one sweet little Pinto!!!!!  Larry :police:

Thanks Larry she sure gets em looking!!!!

Those seats are sweet  :amazed: I had my mind set on plastic buckets for the weight savings & the fact that my mint black & gold seats wont match my future black & purple paint scheme but I may just have to find a set to recover now.