Ok guy's, I got the other 2 Pinto's I was talking about in my other posts (Newbie, I got one)!!!! Well, I got one so far anyway!!!
I bought both of them for $600! The grey one is in pretty good shape execpt for the front driver fender. It has bad interior, but that can be fixed easy enough!! I will use this one as a restore to original!!!
The yellow is basically going to be a parts car. I think it is too far gone to restore. I will more inlikely put the 2000cc motor and auto trans in the "Green Machine"!!! (that is what I call the one that is in the post ( I got one )!! I will save the engine and trans out of the Green Machine, just in case though!!! :smile:
I got some pics of the grey sitting on my Dad's trailor. I didn't get any of the yellow. I was trying to get the grey loaded on the trailor so we could possibly have time to make the long trip back to get the yellow, but we didn't have time! I will go get it next weekend and bring both cars back to Sac!!
I will share more pics when I get them both back to Sacramento!!!
Kim
You're just breaking out with a bad case of the Pintos!
:'(
Actualy good for you i am just crying because i only have one running. and realy wish i could touch more for that price range. I know of an 80 crusin wagon the guy has had for at least 3 years and started the price at $6500 but it is now down to $3200 and is still about $2000 to much for the car.
Phils toys
You purchased 3 Pintos in a matter of weeks?
Wow...
One for each finger... ! HA! (Well almost.)
Another great find! Good for you. Looks like I'm living in the bad area for good Pinto finds. Being in the rust belt of the country all I find for $400 are cars that need major rust repair, at which mine is one of.
Quote: >>>I will "share" more pics when I get them both back to Sacramento!!!<<<
Ahhh..., "share." That is the operative word. You know there is one political candidate :afro: that wants those with abundance to "share."
Fortunately my brother lives in Orangevale. So as a local "community organizer" of Pinto's you are not too far from completing your civic duty of sharing all your Pinto's. It is, after all, for the good of the nation.
I'm Tom and I approved this message. Political impersonator is a web avatar.
OK, don't everyone get bent out of shape, it was all meant in fun. :lol:
Wow, Kim! I'm starting to get jealous. So far you have managed to acquire three Pintos for slightly less than I paid for my one. Apparently, I live on the wrong side of the nation! Congratulations!
Dwayne :smile:
Quote from: dga57 on November 01, 2008, 10:48:31 PM
Wow, Kim! I'm starting to get jealous. So far you have managed to acquire three Pintos for slightly less than I paid for my one. Apparently, I live on the wrong side of the nation! Congratulations!
Dwayne :smile:
Yah, but my 3 need alot of work!!! LOL :smile:
Ahhh yes... but that's always the fun part of these cars.. Of course I am saying this knowing how long I have procrastinated finishing the tranny swap on my Pinto.
Quote from: pintogirl on November 01, 2008, 11:34:53 PM
Yah, but my 3 need alot of work!!! LOL :smile:
So does mine! Actually, I shouldn't complain... it's all cosmetic. It runs like a top! Have spent an additional $1200 compiling all the stuff I need to make it look like I want it to. Now all I need is the time to make it happen ::).
Dwayne :smile:
Pintos are still cheap in the West. 1977 Cruising Wagon on Albuquerque Craigslist for $1200.
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/900114434.html
Nice finds for sure Kim!
I got my car for $300 in 2003, it had sat for 8 years and needed a water pump and thorough cleaning. still needs interior work and 'small things' but I have driven it for most of those 5 years.
Chuck
KIM,YOU ARE A LADY AFTER MY OWN HEART.I AM NEVER HAPPY WITH JUST ONE OF ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE.I ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST 2 OF EACH.HOWEVER,UNLESS YOU ARE TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE "GREEN MACHINE" I SEE THE BLACK INTERIOR FROM HER IN THE "SILVER BULLET".THAT CAR LOOKS SWEET FROM YOUR PICTURES.ANY HOW I NEED TO VISIT SACREMENTO,MAYBE I COULD FIND SOME PINTOS W/OUT RUST ALSO.I HAVE SOME FAMILY IN SACREMENTO,MAYBE I WILL GET BACK OUT THERE SOMEDAY SOON.ANY WAYS GREAT FIND.BEST OF LUCK HOWEVER YOU PROCEED FROM HERE. TOMMYS
Quote from: TOMMYS on November 03, 2008, 08:48:05 AM
KIM,YOU ARE A LADY AFTER MY OWN HEART.I AM NEVER HAPPY WITH JUST ONE OF ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE.I ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST 2 OF EACH.HOWEVER,UNLESS YOU ARE TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH THE "GREEN MACHINE" I SEE THE BLACK INTERIOR FROM HER IN THE "SILVER BULLET".THAT CAR LOOKS SWEET FROM YOUR PICTURES.ANY HOW I NEED TO VISIT SACREMENTO,MAYBE I COULD FIND SOME PINTOS W/OUT RUST ALSO.I HAVE SOME FAMILY IN SACREMENTO,MAYBE I WILL GET BACK OUT THERE SOMEDAY SOON.ANY WAYS GREAT FIND.BEST OF LUCK HOWEVER YOU PROCEED FROM HERE. TOMMYS
Actually, I thought about the green machine being a donor for the silver, but it has the rear fold down seat and the silver doesn't! So I think I am going to play with the green machine and make it my "driver"!!! Then I can actually take my time and strip down the silver and restore her to original!! It will work out good this way for the fact that I will still be able to improve the green machine while driving her, and I will be able to take my time and restore the silver the right way!!!!
Kim
Well there ya go. You got a game plan so you are all set. Atleast you got parts coming from the yellow Pinto.
I DON'T BLAME YA. IT'S A LOT EASIER TO FIX-EM AND DRIVE-EM THAN TO TEAR DOWN & WAIT.I THINK THAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS I MAY NEVER COMPLETELY DISASSEMBLE A VEHICLE AGAIN.IT CAN TAKE SO LONG TO GET THEM BACK TOGETHER,YOU MAY LOSE INTEREST OR WORSE MISPLACE PIECES AND PARTS.I LIKE TO ENJOY THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR,SO I JUST DO STUFF A LITTLE AT A TIME.SEE YA,TOMMYS
TOMMYS, you couldn't be more right about losing interest. In the beginning of June this year I took the tranny out of my car to replace it, and it is now November 2nd and the car still sits with the replacement tranny sitting next to it. I can't blame the weather as it was nice. I just got lazy.
Kim, good luck with your Pintos, and we all hope to see you with atleast one of them, if not both at the 2011 40th anniversary of the Pinto at Carlisle.
BTW, how is the interior of the silver one anyways?
Tommys:
You said it BEST - there's nothing quite as disheartening than to disassemble a car and not be able to enjoy it. I worked on a 1957 Chevy for 7 years, and drove it like 4 times, and then ended up selling it! My Pinto is sitiing "stalled" right now needing the brake system worked on - it has been a real bear, and it makes having the car actually unenjoyable. I want to drive it, not look at it sit in the driveway!!
Fortunately, it's not "taken apart" beyond a reasonable level, for that reason. Finding the time to work on it is very difficult.
Chris
Quote from: r4pinto on November 03, 2008, 02:51:09 PM
TOMMYS, you couldn't be more right about losing interest. In the beginning of June this year I took the tranny out of my car to replace it, and it is now November 2nd and the car still sits with the replacement tranny sitting next to it. I can't blame the weather as it was nice. I just got lazy.
Kim, good luck with your Pintos, and we all hope to see you with atleast one of them, if not both at the 2011 40th anniversary of the Pinto at Carlisle.
BTW, how is the interior of the silver one anyways?
The interior on the silver is shot!! It is all there, but needs to be re upholstered! Seat covers will work for now if I really want to drive it for a bit! The headliner is gone too, and I mean gone, all the way out!! Does JC Whitney carry headliners for Pintos? I know they carry other makes!! I will have to check into all that later!!
I think JC Whitney sells headliner kits for the car but I'm not too sure. Someone on eBay used to have them but I haven't seen them on there lately.
You might want to google Ford Pinto Headliner to see what you can find.
Quote from: r4pinto on November 03, 2008, 09:26:17 PM
I think JC Whitney sells headliner kits for the car but I'm not too sure. Someone on eBay used to have them but I haven't seen them on there lately.
You might want to google Ford Pinto Headliner to see what you can find.
Yah, I will look into it more once I get the car home!!!! LOL Still in Redding till next Sat!! Also, I plan on doing a slow restore on this one, so I may not get to the headliner for some time!! LOL Just thinking out loud!! hehe I will need to strip everything off of the car to do a new paint job. They primered this one and most the time people don't mess with the door jams, this guy did, bummer! So I will need to have the door jams and all repainted!! Oop's thinking out load again!!! LOL
Thanks for all the great comments!! I really like this site. Alot of nice folks here!!! :smile:
Hey Kim,
Saw those on CL a few days ago, good score! That same guy is selling a decent looking early wagon too. Did you happen to get a good look at it while you were there? Oh, and if you ever wanna sell your 'parts' car, let me know :D
Quote from: douglasskemp on November 04, 2008, 12:50:12 PM
Hey Kim,
Saw those on CL a few days ago, good score! That same guy is selling a decent looking early wagon too. Did you happen to get a good look at it while you were there? Oh, and if you ever wanna sell your 'parts' car, let me know :D
No, I didn't look at it! I am going back up there on Sat. If I have time, I will ask to see it!
Quote from: douglasskemp on November 04, 2008, 12:50:12 PM
Hey Kim,
Saw those on CL a few days ago, good score! That same guy is selling a decent looking early wagon too. Did you happen to get a good look at it while you were there? Oh, and if you ever wanna sell your 'parts' car, let me know :D
Ok, I took a better look at the wagon! It is in good shape, inside and out! All except for the normal dash pad cracking!! It only has a couple spots that are rusting through ( that I saw)! I didn't open the hood and didn't try to start it. I tried to see what the least they would take for it, but they wanted me to make an offer. I didn't because I really wasn't "that" interested in it! LOL Also I was dealing with them Mom, the kid that owns them couldn't make it today, so I figured it would be best to deal with him insted of going through a middle man!!
Here are some better pics of the ouside.
Ok, Here are a couple teaser pics of the new to me Pintos!!! I will add more pics tomorrow!!
This is them ready for the long journey home! Luckily hubby works for that tow company and they let him take the truck on the almost 500 mile round trip. I do have to pay for the diesel for the trip though!! That will probably cost me 150 bucks or so!!! But it was worth it only having to make one trip to get them both home!!!
More pics later!!!
Kim
Yea, I hear you on getting them home. Just about a year ago I bought my Pinto. It was in S.F., two blocks from where my wife grew up! The guy I bought it from worked for South West and gave me a free buddy pass to fly up. Still a U-haul truck (the small 10 footer),the trailer and gas (and other necessities) were about $400. That is right about a dollar a mile to get to Thousand Oaks.
Still I was glad I did that rather than trying to drive it to my brothers in Orangevale, fixing it (when I had the time to get up there) and attempting to drive it 400 miles home. Cheap as I am I must say it was money well spent.
By the way, I love all the yards in the Sacramento area. Pick n Pull, one admission price and you can get into ANY of their yards all day. There are... like... four in a relative area!
Tom
P.S. Where is the brown wagon. It looks pretty nice.
Kim, you are one lucky girl.
Those look like they are in good shape. Are my eyes deceiving me or is the yellow one missing the windshield?
It's a shame I live where I do cuz that brown wagon looks in great shape.
The brown Pinto is in the same spot I bought my 2 from! Here is the CL ad on it! http://redding.craigslist.org/cto/853746378.html (http://redding.craigslist.org/cto/853746378.html)
Yes, My yellow car is missing it's windshield. It is also damaged in the rear quarter panel, the front valance (not sure that is the correct name) and the roof has a big dent like someone must have played on top of it and it sunk down! It also has broken door handles on the inside and I'm not really sure what else on the inside!!
Here are a few pics of the damage, all except the top. I haven't taken any of it yet. I am still debating on what to do with it. I really need parts off of it for my other cars, but at the same time, I hate to just tear it all apart and junk it. I almost want to swap my bad stuff, with it's good stuff, and then let someone else have a chance to rebuild or just play with it!!
The yellow car looks like it has some nice parts on it. Popout windows and smooth bumpers. What year is it? It looks like it is salvageable if you choose to repair it as well.
If in doubt about what to do with the yellow one you can ship it to me free of charge ;D
Seriously though. I concur with Tigger. It should be able to be fixed.. But ultimately the decision is yours.
Kim,
One thing you haven't mentioned is the registration status of these cars. Sadly here in Calif. they hit you for ALL years back to the last registered year, plus I think it is 80% penalty!!! Thus, a very inexpensive car can still have a bill up to about $700 at the DMV to register (depending on years out of registration).
The good news is that after I believe it is 7 years the car falls off the books. Anyway, my numbers may be somewhat dated, but unfortunately I'm sure the fees are likely similar. You might want to confirm and factor that into which car you do what with.
Ironically I think if someone bought the car and registered it out of State the fees get "left behind." What a racket.
Tom
Quote from: r4pinto on November 09, 2008, 02:08:15 PM
If in doubt about what to do with the yellow one you can ship it to me free of charge ;D
Seriously though. I concur with Tigger. It should be able to be fixed.. But ultimately the decision is yours.
Ok, sure, I'll send it right over!!! NOT!!!!! :showback: :hypno: :lol: :smile:
Well, I have decided to restore the yellow one too!!! It is actually a 72 (just looked at the door jam today) and it has some original paperwork. It has the original recall letter and the reciept showing that Ford did the work. It also has the owners manual and another manual that shows different features of the car.
I noticed today that it has a different steering wheel. It has a fancy gold emblem of some sort on it. At first we thought it was the wrong wheel for the car, but then noticed it had fancy designs on the door panels. I'm wondering if it was a "high class" (LOL) Pinto?
Tom, you are right about the DMV stuff. As far as I know too!! The grey Pinto has been expired only 2 months. It expired in Sept. of this year. We are going to get it transfered right away!
The yellow one is a different story. They never registered it when they got it. They got it from the neighbor so tracing down paperwork wont be to bad! I also have paperwork that confirms they told me the truth on this. The neighbors name appears in some of it! We are going to try to check on how far out of date it is, and if it has been non oped or not. If worse comes to worse, we will wait till it false out of the system, then deal with getting it re registered!!! There is no big hurry on this one. I have 2 more to play with!! Hopefully all goes well though and I can get it atleast transfered into my name and no oped for now! I will update on what we find out later!
We did get some work done on the grey one today!!! All the interrior is out and floor board has been hosed down!! I was really happy to see that there wasn't much rust! You will see in the photos, a before shot of the floor board. You would think with all that dirt and mud, it would have been really rusty, but it wasn't!!!
We decided to pull the tranny out of the grey one, and use it in my green machine. We will use what we need to out of the grey to get the green machine road worthy. Then I will start tearing the grey down to get it ready for a new paint job!!! Then slowly rebuild!! I will atleast have the green machine to drive!!!
In the pics, you can kinda see the steering wheel of the yellow car. Also you see a pic of the damaged roof.
The other pics are the before and after pics of the grey's floor!
Kim
Wow... That's not bad at all. The steering wheel on the yellow one is part of an interior package. I dunno what it was actually called but I always referred to it as a deluxe interior.
Very nice find. I am jeaulous of your floors.. I have a street sign for the front driver floor & swiss cheese for the driver rear. I haven't even looked at the passenger side yet.
Quote from: r4pinto on November 09, 2008, 09:27:24 PM
Wow... That's not bad at all. The steering wheel on the yellow one is part of an interior package. I dunno what it was actually called but I always referred to it as a deluxe interior.
Very nice find. I am jeaulous of your floors.. I have a street sign for the front driver floor & swiss cheese for the driver rear. I haven't even looked at the passenger side yet.
Thanks!!
I was really surprised that the floors were in that good of shape! The carpets (specially on the drivers side) were pretty bad!! The guy must have hit a big (gigantic) rock at one time because the rear driver side floor board had a huge dent protruding upward. Hubby took a huge rubber type hammer and managed to bang it back down. It is not perfect, but it is a lot better then it was! The rock also put a 1 inch cut in the metal. Nothing a little bit of fiberglass can't fix though!!!!! Or maybe even re weld it up!!
I have to say, I really like fiberglass. It really does a good job at making "new" floor boards in cars!! LOL Hubby used to fix VW pans that way!! I plan on using it to fix the green machine's spare tire hole!! It has a lot of rust and has about a 1 inch or so hole in it! Just going to clean it up and fiberglass, then paint it black!! Good as new!!! LOL
I guess I will have to make a post in the "Your Projects" area!! That way you guy's can follow along on the Pinto restoration as it progresses!! :) I will track down some before and after pics and start a new post there in a day or so!!!
Kim
Kim,
Here's some information direct from a 1972 Pinto sales brochure that will explain the trim on your car:
"LUXURY DECOR GROUP. (A, B, & C) Give your Pinto a little more flair with this unique package. It's sort of a comfort, convenience and designer kit all in one.
The interior features of the Luxury Decor Group include Deluxe seat trim - you have a choice of houndstooth cloth (A) or knitted vinyl inserts, Deluxe door trim panels, a front passenger-side door courtesy light switch, full-width contoured rear seat comfort-molded with urethane foam cushions, and a rear seat ash tray. There's more!
The intstument panel (B) comes with bright, dress-up trim and woodtone appliques. You get muti-directional vent registers, a Deluxe 2-spoke steering wheel and a lighter. Now that takes care of the inside.
The exterior features of the Luxury Decor Group include gleaming rocker panel molding plus all of the features of Pinto's Accent Group - bright window, center pillar and drip rail moldings, wheel covers, wheel lip moldings and bodyside protection molding with black vinyl inserts (C)."
Hope this helps!
Dwayne :smile:
HEY KIM,I WOULD REALLLLLLLLLY LIKE TO BUY THE REAR SIDE WINDOWS OUT OF THE YELLOW ONE.IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT RESTORING PLEASEDON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A SET OF THOSE FOR MY BLUE ONE FOR MANY YEARS.THANKS TOMMYS.
Kim ,
Congrats on scoring all pre 73 pintos! As a fellow Californian and Sac area owner, I hope you can get all three running. There's no reason to scrap any early pre-76 pinto in California ( or any other state, for that matter) if the majority of the car is not collapsing in rust flakes.
My contention is the VIN numbers on these cars in the Sunshine states makes them valuable for restoration and More Importantly , the ability to register them without the prejudice of California's smog check regulation.
If you desire a Slightly Warmed up version of Performance from you Pinto, that VIN gives you "privileges" that aren't possible without costly "referee hearings" with the later post-76 cars.
Many will argue the legal ramifications of Smog Check visual equipment rules, but let's face it , there aren't enough classic cars to impact the air quality in CA. And lets be real , you own three "classic cars"!
I was foolish enough to crush a salvageable '73 sedan that had a better body than your yellow car... I still get a sobering reality check when I think of the possibilities, that car presented.
Hope you enjoy the experience...
We'll see you out there..
Pintosopher,
Folsom , CA
Quote from: TOMMYS on November 11, 2008, 10:07:56 AM
HEY KIM,I WOULD REALLLLLLLLLY LIKE TO BUY THE REAR SIDE WINDOWS OUT OF THE YELLOW ONE.IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT RESTORING PLEASEDON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A SET OF THOSE FOR MY BLUE ONE FOR MANY YEARS.THANKS TOMMYS.
Actually, I am going to restore the yellow car too!! I am going to actually "borrow" the windows for my 'green machine' for now though! I figure the 'green machine will be my (almost) daily driver, so it will be nice to have the extra air flow, specially when the car is a non a/c model!!!
There is a set on ebay right now though, you may want to go check that out!!
Kim
Quote from: pintosopher on November 11, 2008, 11:58:25 AM
Kim ,
Congrats on scoring all pre 73 pintos! As a fellow Californian and Sac area owner, I hope you can get all three running. There's no reason to scrap any early pre-76 pinto in California ( or any other state, for that matter) if the majority of the car is not collapsing in rust flakes.
My contention is the VIN numbers on these cars in the Sunshine states makes them valuable for restoration and More Importantly , the ability to register them without the prejudice of California's smog check regulation.
If you desire a Slightly Warmed up version of Performance from you Pinto, that VIN gives you "privileges" that aren't possible without costly "referee hearings" with the later post-76 cars.
Many will argue the legal ramifications of Smog Check visual equipment rules, but let's face it , there aren't enough classic cars to impact the air quality in CA. And lets be real , you own three "classic cars"!
I was foolish enough to crush a salvageable '73 sedan that had a better body than your yellow car... I still get a sobering reality check when I think of the possibilities, that car presented.
Hope you enjoy the experience...
We'll see you out there..
Pintosopher,
Folsom , CA
Yah, I know all about those dumb smog laws. A few years ago I had a 76 Triumph Spit Fire. It wouldn't pass smog and it would be several years before it was exempt, so we chose to take the state up on the offer of 1000 bucks to turn it in for junk! I now wish we would have kept it!
I work in Folsom, what a small world!! I have never seen a Pinto running around there though!! Coarse, I'm only coming into and leaveing Folsom 3 days a week! LOL
Quote from: pintogirl on November 11, 2008, 04:55:46 PM
Actually, I am going to restore the yellow car too!! I am going to actually "borrow" the windows for my 'green machine' for now though! I figure the 'green machine will be my (almost) daily driver, so it will be nice to have the extra air flow, specially when the car is a non a/c model!!!
There is a set on ebay right now though, you may want to go check that out!!
Kim
Just a warning... I have been told many, many times the clips that go with the flipper windows break very easily & are hard to come by from what I have heard.
Figured I'd give you heads up before you are in the predicament of having the windows out & now way to hold them back in place. There is a post somewhere on here. I'll see if I can find it & post you the link.
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,6305.0.html
Hope that helps you some.
Quote from: r4pinto on November 11, 2008, 05:09:32 PM
Just a warning... I have been told many, many times the clips that go with the flipper windows break very easily & are hard to come by from what I have heard.
Figured I'd give you heads up before you are in the predicament of having the windows out & now way to hold them back in place. There is a post somewhere on here. I'll see if I can find it & post you the link.
Matt is correct, you are going to want to think twice about swapping the windows if they are in good working shape as you will most likely destroy the inserts removing them. The only way I have been sucessful in getting them out in one piece is to cut the metal from the backside and work them out from the back. Even then I broke one. You are not going to want to do that if you are planning on restoring the car.
On another note, there appears to be two kinds of clips. One style uses the plastic inserts. The other style uses a metal spring type tang. The set on Ebay that pintogirl referred to uses the metal style. I assume the 71-early 72 uses the metal tang as my 73, which has factory popout windows, uses the plastic insert. Interesting......
Ok, You guys talked me out of taking out the windows!!! :) I will have to figure out something for when I repaint the car though!!!! ???
Kim ,
I'm glad you are up to speed on our Overlord smog laws. If I had unlimited space and capital , I would have snatched up any pre-75 unibodies of any restorable condition 10 years ago.
My Little 72 runabout is not running now.( but if you look in the Ford pinto.com archives or google Meet the Pintosopher you may find one of my old story / bio pages when it was street ( "legal) and tearing up the Napa Valley in the mid 1980's).
I know that if my car was still registered, the temptation to go cook rice would be overwhelming. I might just have to do it anyway ;)
Best wishes ,
Pintosopher
I think my '74 has the plastic inserts (I should say HAD)- If we're talking where the pop-out quarter windows where they hinge into the body. I need the plastic part too for the right one. It's a one-button window (as opposed to the three-button my '72 trunk model had). Don't know what inserts that one had, as they never presented a problem. Kim, I'm glad you're saving the yellow one. Maybe I am biased towards '72s (that was my first Pinto- and my own birth year) but there's just something about that yellow one. Good for you! Pinto power to you!