Look what I found on Sacramento CL!!!! She isn't the best but she is mine!!
I was able to drive her home but she has something wrong with the vacuum advance or something because she fauls on her face, so you have to take it slow!!!! Also I was told she doesn't have a third gear. I didn't try to put her into third, just worried about getting home, so I skipped to fourth, just to make sure nothing went wrong!!! She is really dirty and needs a wax job too!! LOL I gave her a bath (isn't that the first thing a girl should do with a new car??) LOL and she still needs some more cleaning and waxing. Looks like she was a metalic green at one time. Somebody repainted her just green. The driver door is a different door then the original. The interior is in fairly good shape, needs another bath, but no rips in upholstry. One thing I noticed and didn't know about, is the rear seat folds down. Is that normal for a sedan??
Well, I better put some pics of her on here now!!! LOL I hope they work, if not, be patient, I will have to go re read the instructions!!! LOL
looks like another one is saved =) i got a set of mags im trying to sell if you are interested ;D
sweeeeeeeet! an early model! nice find, a good fixer upper!. Mine's a sedan and I had a 72 and a 75 sedan and the back seats didn't fold down. I saved the top of the back seat from my 78 wagon for the one I have now, I would like that feature! :afro:
Nice looking car! Definitely a diamond in the rough, so to speak. As for the rear seat that was quite rare from what I have heard. The only other one I have heard of with the fold down rear seat in a sedan. That was on eBay a year or so ago.
So maybe if the fold down rear seat is rare, I probably didn't do to bad paying 450 tax and license out the door!!!!!
Oh, it is dated 2 of 1971 !!
Kim
sedan rear fold down seat isn't rare for 71&72 but they them self's are more so
Nice find and a great deal.
Connie and I just got our first early Pinto last weekend, its a 71 as well.
What engine does yours have? (if your not sure, we can tell you by the 5th digit of the VIN or by what side of the engine the air filter is)
Bill
KIM,THAT CAR REMINDS ME OF A LINE OUT OF THE MOVIE "CHRISTINE" ARNIE SAYS TO DENNIS,"SHE COULD BE FIXED UP,SHE COULD...,SHE COULD BE REALLY TOUGH." IT'S GREAT THAT SHE HAS BLACK INT.THAT WAY IF YOU EVER WANT TO CHANGE THE EXT. COLOR,NO BIG DEAL,BLACK GOES W/ANYTHING.$450.00 IS A GRETA PRICE FOR ANY PINTO THAT IS DRIVEABLE THESE DAYS.YOU'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND HER.ENJOY HER,ANOTHER ONE SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!AMEN SISTER!!!!!!!!!!
Looks like a solid find! good job. I hope to find me another early style too.
Quote from: 77turbopinto on October 31, 2008, 03:06:55 AM
Nice find and a great deal.
Connie and I just got our first early Pinto last weekend, its a 71 as well.
What engine does yours have? (if your not sure, we can tell you by the 5th digit of the VIN or by what side of the engine the air filter is)
Bill
I don't have the vin in front of me right now, but the air cleaner is on the left side of the motor. It is a pretty tiny motor so I am going to guess it is a 1600? It runs, that is all I care!!! LOL :smile:
Quote from: TOMMYS on October 31, 2008, 07:33:24 AM
KIM,THAT CAR REMINDS ME OF A LINE OUT OF THE MOVIE "CHRISTINE" ARNIE SAYS TO DENNIS,"SHE COULD BE FIXED UP,SHE COULD...,SHE COULD BE REALLY TOUGH." IT'S GREAT THAT SHE HAS BLACK INT.THAT WAY IF YOU EVER WANT TO CHANGE THE EXT. COLOR,NO BIG DEAL,BLACK GOES W/ANYTHING.$450.00 IS A GRETA PRICE FOR ANY PINTO THAT IS DRIVEABLE THESE DAYS.YOU'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND HER.ENJOY HER,ANOTHER ONE SAVED!!!!!!!!!!!AMEN SISTER!!!!!!!!!!
You know I was looking at the paper work (bought from a car lot) and actually the selling price was 300, it was the tax license and doc fees that brought it up to 450!!! Nice thing about it, is I don't have to go to DMV and wait forever to register it!!! It has 2004 tags, but because I bought from a car lot and they do the dmv stuff, that little paper in the back window makes me legal to drive on the street!!!! :smile:
Now I just need to find a vacuum advance. I read another post on here that they are hard to find!!! I havn't tried calling Napa yet! I will deal with that when I get back home tomorrow. Going to Dad's and we are going to go look at two more Pintos!!!!! Wish me luck on the purchase of these two!!! :smile:
That's awesome! Good luck on the other Pintos. I wish I was able to get more than one Pinto & that the one I do have is in as nice of shape as yours is.
Quote from: pintogirl on October 31, 2008, 11:46:07 AM
I don't have the vin in front of me right now, but the air cleaner is on the left side of the motor. It is a pretty tiny motor so I am going to guess it is a 1600? It runs, that is all I care!!! LOL :smile:
"Left" side as in as you look at the engine from the front (passenger side), or from sitting in the car?
The 1600 has the carb. and intake on the passenger side, with the 2.0 they are on the drivers side.
I am new to the 2.0 and never had a 1600.
Hope some of this helps,
Bill
Quote from: 77turbopinto on October 31, 2008, 12:46:29 PM
"Left" side as in as you look at the engine from the front (passenger side), or from sitting in the car?
The 1600 has the carb. and intake on the passenger side, with the 2.0 they are on the drivers side.
I am new to the 2.0 and never had a 1600.
Hope some of this helps,
Bill11
That would be the passenger side!!! :)
Nice car for the price, congratulations :). I had a 1600 in a 71. It ran for ever! Only issue I ever had was a timing chain. Might be something to check, easy to change. Nice find though.
Sweet find Pintogirl
Nice score! Isn't a great feeling to buy something and actually be able to drive it home? I drove my '72 home this past January all the way from Hagerstown MD to Staunton VA (about 135 miles) without a problem.
Dwayne :smile:
I am envious i have been sort of looking for another one and all i can find are very used or rusty ( salt rust) for way to much money. $1500 and up
Phil