Went to PnP today to look for a mirror assembly. Found a new to that yard Pinto!!! Sure wish I could buy the whole car for nothing. Would love to get what parts are left on it!! I don't know what it is about seeing a Pinto sitting in a parts yard, I just feel the need to rescue it, even though I would possibly be stripping it anyway! This one was stripped of the motor front radiator support, grill and bumper. The rest was pretty much there. Someone pulled almost all the chrome off of it and layed it in the car. I didn't buy it all, but I did get the door molding and the chrome molding that goes down the door window post. I may go back and get the rest of it later, if it is still there.
So, what year is it?
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Any guesses by the tail lights? LOL It's actually a 72 that someone hacked tail lights into! I almost didn't believe my hubby when we first started toward it, thought it was some other kind of ford! LOL
Here is some pics of the stuff I got! It only had 2 of the mud flaps. I will clean them up and if they look ok, I will put them on the Ghost. I figure 2 is better then none! Can't believe how much crap flies up on the car when driving down the road!!
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Hubby asked me if I just wanted the metal clips off the horn button, "heck no" I want the whole thing!!!! LOL There is something about those round horn buttons I like. I will "take" any and all that I can find!! LOL Now I have a brown, 2 blacks, and a Green one!!! LOL
We weren't planning on taking the wheels when we first found the rear end, but we couldn't get the back one's off (every lug nut was a locking one) so I decided that we should try to get the front one's off, so we would have a set! They arn't in bad shape and this would give us a neat set for our "one day down the road" V8 Pinto!!
Becky, I sure wish I would have taken a picture of the carpeting in the car! LOL When I saw it I thought of you!! LOL It was real tall green shag carpeting!!!!!! It was cool though!
Sure wish who ever gave that car to PnP would have advertised it in the paper first, I would have bought it for the price PnP probably paid!! Maybe I should put an add in the paper saying I will buy any Pinto for 100-200 bucks, depending on condition!!! LOL Boy am I addicted!! LOL
Can't tell for sure from the pic but the rear bumper and valance look good. Also has the 3 piece spoiler. Someone may be interested. Nice find! ;D
Quote from: 71pintoracer on July 11, 2009, 04:31:24 PM
Can't tell for sure from the pic but the rear bumper and valance look good. Also has the 3 piece spoiler. Someone may be interested. Nice find! ;D
The bumper isn't to bad, does have a push in dent on the driver side, and the bumper guard thingys are gone (can't think of their name now! LOL) The rear valance is history. Passenger side is pretty banged up. I didn't know the spoiler kit would be of interest. If I go out again, I will see what they want for it! Being a PnP now, the prices are sometimes outrageous. There is alot of parts I would like to buy, but I would never get my money back because of PnP's prices!!! Sure wish I could get the whole car!!!! It is killng me!!! LOL
Does it have the wood dash trim Kim?
love those rims what did ypu pay for those?
No, it is a solid metal dash. I did pull the little Pinto emblem off the dash!!! It's not in the pic because I just remember that it is still in my purse! LOL Don't plan on selling it though! LOL I kinda am hooked on some of this stuff, just to collect for now! LOL
I paid 13.00 bucks a piece for the rims!
I really liked the driver door it had (didn't look at the passenger door close). It had the thick black line with 2 smaller lines on top and bottem, then the word Pinto with the horse in the middle. Probably a factory thing. I think I saw this same thing on a Pinto online before!! I even looked at the door for my Green Machine because it has the black interior paint. It has a dent, but I may have to go look at both door better!
Speaking of looking, we are going back tomorrow to possibly pull that spoiler. Hubby isn't sure though, he thinks it may be off of a camaro. I doubt you all can tell from the pic. I would really like to get the windshield and back glass, but not sure what PnP will want for that stuff. I may snag the bumper too, depending on price! I think I will take a camera and get a pic of the PnP price list too! LOL I would love it if they had an online version! LOL
Drat.. O well, ya never know till you ask lol... Those little dash emblems are neat. My Dad bought me a bunch of emblems off ebay & two of them were among them. One had a broken tail & missing center. The other one had one missing tab. That one is on the dash of Harrold II. Adds something to the otherwise boring dash.
Is your dash supposed to have the woodgrain panel? I will defenitly look for one for you! There is a purple 77ish car out there, I have been through it a couple of times, but I don't remember if it had the dash peice. I will look tomorrow!
It doesn't have the holes drilled or anything but it's too plain looking, and it doesn't match tht wood trim I got in the rest of the car.
Quote from: r4pinto on July 11, 2009, 05:20:30 PM
It doesn't have the holes drilled or anything but it's too plain looking, and it doesn't match tht wood trim I got in the rest of the car.
Perfect place for refrigerator magnets!!!!!!!! ;D :lol: :angel:
If I did that my car would be tacky lmao ;D. There is already someone out here that has a car done up all the way in refrigerator magnets so I can't do that :D
Matty, I think she meant the dash emblem would make a great refrigerator magnet! I'll have to take a picture of my Pinto magnets. ;D
Kimmy, I'm like you: I would've LOOOOOVED to adopt that new-to-PnP Pinto. The taillights kinda threw me bt if they weren't Bobcat sedan/runabout taillights they're modified ones I'd say. Green shag carpet... THAT'S the life! lol. :afro: What kind of inner door panels does it have (squire-type or basic)?
I love those horn buttons too! ;D
Nope Becky, I was talking about regular frig magnets! What ever they may be! LOL
The door panels are the basic ones. I looked because I was looking at the door handles for you! They were green, but the wrong style, but then I remembered you needed the brownish colored one's for Wildfire!!!
I will take more pics tomorrow while we are out there!
I would guess that the tail lights are from a 66 Pontiac Bonneville.
Quote from: Starliner on July 11, 2009, 10:22:05 PM
I would guess that the tail lights are from a 66 Pontiac Bonneville.
I'd say you're likely right. I'd also agree with the spoiler setup being from a Camaro or Firebird. If you go back, could you take some more photos of that? Wouldn't hate something similar to that for my car, maybe without the side pieces though.
I'd would really be interested in that back bumper if it's semi cheap; mine is bent and rusted thru.
Is the pic that shows the rear axle/springs/wheels a pic of what came out of the car?
That is NOT a stock rear axle assembly. Note the bolt in 3rd member and the 5 lug wheels?
it does look like an 8" rear end in theh photos and i'd have to guess by the size of the tires and those spring shackels on theh springs to lift it up that those tires sat outside the edge of the fender lip a bit...kind fo like the gold camaro in the new Pappa John Pizza comercials.. very 70's... LOL.. roy
Quote from: srt on July 12, 2009, 03:36:09 AM
Is the pic that shows the rear axle/springs/wheels a pic of what came out of the car?
That is NOT a stock rear axle assembly. Note the bolt in 3rd member and the 5 lug wheels?
Quote from: Useless on July 12, 2009, 01:31:07 AM
I'd say you're likely right. I'd also agree with the spoiler setup being from a Camaro or Firebird. If you go back, could you take some more photos of that? Wouldn't hate something similar to that for my car, maybe without the side pieces though.
I'd would really be interested in that back bumper if it's semi cheap; mine is bent and rusted thru.
We went back today. Hubby is almost positive that it is off of a camaro. PnP wants 30-35 bucks for a spoiler. We didn't buy it. It just wasn't that nice of a spoiler and it was put on by big pop rivots of some kind!
I did get some more stuff out of the car though. I got the vent pulls that are under the dash, the heater controls, headlight wiper switches and the air ducting. I pulled the instrument panel, but they wanted 35 bucks for that. I didn't want to pay that much, specially when I didn't need it, was just pulling it to sell to someone if they needed one. We put it on the parts section on the inside of the building and the lady said that they may be having a sale soon. I will check back on it when they have a sale!!
Here are some more pics of the car.
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Check out this shag!!!
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The panels and dash were covered with what appeared to be a towel or terry cloth at one time! LOL
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Here are some pics of the spoiler.
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Bumper,
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As you can kinda tell, the bumper is not in the best shape either. Has that dent, along with alot of rust specks in it. I forgot to check on the price of bumpers out there though!
Quote from: srt on July 12, 2009, 03:36:09 AM
Is the pic that shows the rear axle/springs/wheels a pic of what came out of the car?
That is NOT a stock rear axle assembly. Note the bolt in 3rd member and the 5 lug wheels?
Yes, that is what we pulled out of the car! We didn't go out to PnP for that! LOL We found the car then noticed it had the 8" rear end and traction bars and all, and decided to get it. We couldn't get the wheels off because it had all lock lug nuts on them. So we decided to try a bit harder to get the front wheels off to have a set! They are not to bad looking, I think they will clean up nicely!!
We plan on putting the rear end and wheels on our v8 Pinto, when we build one that is! LOL
if you have a welder.. what i do to get locking lugs off is weld a regular nut to the end of the lock lug nut and then i can get them off with a lug wrench and pitch them in the scrap metal bin.. ive had no luck trying to break the nuts in half or getting them wth visegrips.. roy
Quote from: pintogirl on July 12, 2009, 02:31:08 PM
Yes, that is what we pulled out of the car! We didn't go out to PnP for that! LOL We found the car then noticed it had the 8" rear end and traction bars and all, and decided to get it. We couldn't get the wheels off because it had all lock lug nuts on them. So we decided to try a bit harder to get the front wheels off to have a set! They are not to bad looking, I think they will clean up nicely!!
We plan on putting the rear end and wheels on our v8 Pinto, when we build one that is! LOL
Green shag carpet, letter series tires, traction bars - oh my. It seems this car was parked when the last Disco record spun and someone has finally taken it out of the closet. :afro:
Still it's nice to get goodies regardless of the source. Was it a PnP "some % off" sale? Typically I find the Sacramento area PnP's to be more than the Pick A Parts down in So.Cal. Being you got the wheels for $13 ea. that seems to be a much better price than I typically find up there. Anyway, it's great to hear that the parts didn't go to scrap.
Tom
Quote from: Wittsend on July 12, 2009, 07:29:18 PM
Green shag carpet, letter series tires, traction bars - oh my. It seems this car was parked when the last Disco record spun and someone has finally taken it out of the closet. :afro:
Still it's nice to get goodies regardless of the source. Was it a PnP "some % off" sale? Typically I find the Sacramento area PnP's to be more than the Pick A Parts down in So.Cal. Being you got the wheels for $13 ea. that seems to be a much better price than I typically find up there. Anyway, it's great to hear that the parts didn't go to scrap.
Tom
We sure wished it was a %off sale!! But no luck there. We figured if we left it there and waited, it would be gone. As we were pulling it, 2 other guy's walked up and was eyeballing it and comenting on how it was an 8'!
This PnP used to be a privately owned place, but they sold to PnP a while back. Really sucks because we used to be able to wheel and deal, not it is pretty much that price or leave it! That is why I left the instrument cluster! I will see if it is still there when they do a sale.
Pick N Pull is the devil!!!
You should do what Chris (popbumper)and I did here:
http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,12114.0.html (http://www.fordpinto.com/index.php/topic,12114.0.html)
It was about like putting a chicken leg in a fireant hill. We did not leave much.
Sure, it cost us quite a bit, but we are slowly getting it back to either our own advantage or to that of other Pinto restorers
Hey - I will buy those wheels from ya! They look awesome! (Just had to try...) :lol:
Hmmm... theres that rear bumper and valence i need... and in perfect condition... beat up. That means they're FREE. No honest junkyard would charge you for anything that knackered. Neat taillights.
Looks like it woulda been a pretty mean lookin' lil Pinto... with those meats, the scoop and spoiler, weird taillights, etc. Would have liked to have seen a pic from before it got sold.
I gotta say the Z28 spoiler was a nice touch.
Kim, if I had the funds I'd ask you to pull all the green metallic interior pieces... are the seats (front) intact? I love Ford metallic interiors (blue, green, saddle, etc.)