Okay, so be kind here, I'm new. I have owned several pintos before, but it has been twenty years or more. the bug never left me. SO, I baught a 1971 california car last week, and I need some questions answered as I dont remember much. My car is the standard 71 with a trunk. do you consider this a sedan?
My car is absolutely rust free, but someone else took the doors hood left front fender, grill, and tail lights. What years of car will bolt up to my 71 and look/fit correctly. I dont want it to look like a 76. It should look original.
So whos got the parts I need or what year parts should I be looking for?.
Thanks for your help, friends!
:welcome: to our great site "kaboom"!! :laugh: Let me see if I can help with your questions.
1. The trunk cars are sedans, the hatchbacks are runabouts
2.The doors are the same from '71-'78, I think I read on here that the '79 & '80 are slightly different (?)
3.Hood, '71-'73. After that they had inside hood release and a different latch and prop rod.
4.Fender, '71-'73, '74-'78 will work but there are slight differences with an inner brace, might need minor mods to make them bolt up.
5. Grill, I think up to '75? Might be some minor differences in the way the bolt up but they look the same.
6. Tail lights, '71-'78
I'm not 100% on this people so if anyone see's a mistake please chime in! Fred Morgan most likely has everything you need, he is the Fred Sanford of Pinto parts! :lol:
Ask for Fred on the site.
Anything from a 71-73 will work.
As for the hood, up to a 78 will work.
as for the doors, any Pinto or Bobcat will work.
Taillights, I'm not sure about.
The grill will be off any 71-73.
Hope this helps and :welcome:
Carolina Boy
I stand corrected by 71pintoracer except for the taillights, I tried 76 on my 78 and they were smaller.
thank you for the quick responses. i am gonna have the sweetest little pinto in Minnesota with all of your help!
I will add pictures of it as I make progress.
Now you only have till June of 2011 to have her up and running, we need yo at the Carlisle car show. It's the 40th year birthday party for the Pinto.
Carolina Boy
PS It's in Pencilvania
That would be a blast! it does run and drive right now
( at least around my neighborhood) cant go to far though with no doors or lights. it gets alot of looks..I dont know if that is cause of what is there or what is not! haha!
so who is Fred Morgan and how would I contact him for parts?
Hi Kaboom! Welcome to Pintoland!
The taillights are good '71-'76. They got bigger/wider in '77-'80 and there's no "bright trim" (aluminum) around the later taillights. I went to my local junkyard and they have a '71 trunk model and there was a taillight assembly already removed but left with the car. Also: early Mavericks had "Pinto" taillights too.
all mavericks had the same tail lights my maverick is a 77 last year made and tail lights are the same.
Fred ia a member here and is on the road at this time but will most likely be able to help.
you can also try car-part.com for local scrap yards. the big differance between 71-73 and up is bumpers goverment mandated bigger bumpers on 74 and up.
phil
I hadn't seen a '76 or '77 Maverick for a long time so I wasn't sure about all the years' taillights. Thank you for "enlightening" me Phil.
Yah I think CB is correct on the grille. If I remember right the cars that have the inside pull release, have a grlle that if put on a 71-73, you can't get your fingers to the pull (or push, lol) under the hood! The grille's for the 71-73 have a "indent" type mold that allows to get to this pull/push thingy! LOL Love my part terms? LOL
I do! lol. ??? :D :lol: ::) ;D
Kaboom, Didn't I say these people were great and helpful? :drunk:
all of you have been super helpful! I have a guy about a three hour drive from my house that has a 77 for parts, but with your help I am seeing that I should be looking for an earlier model. Thanks, you saved me a long drive! I will continue my search armed with a lot more information.
One more question, My pinto has the pony symbol with the red/white/blue bars on the center of the steering wheel. is this correct? I seem to remember the 74 I had was not like this.
Quote from: kaboom on August 02, 2009, 10:35:06 PM
all of you have been super helpful! I have a guy about a three hour drive from my house that has a 77 for parts, but with your help I am seeing that I should be looking for an earlier model. Thanks, you saved me a long drive! I will continue my search armed with a lot more information.
One more question, My pinto has the pony symbol with the red/white/blue bars on the center of the steering wheel. is this correct? I seem to remember the 74 I had was not like this.
You don't happen to have a pic do you?
If it is the round horn button with the foal in the middle, I think that is correct for that year! I am only going off of what I have seen in my own Pinto's! I know deluxe models had the fancy non round horn buttons! Sorry for the bad discription! I will try to post pics of the two different buttons tomorrow, depending on if someone else beats me to it! LOL
I think it all depends on if it is a deluxe or not though!
Kaboom, I have the tailights. Complete, ready to bolt on. Make me an offer plus shipping.
I have both fenders from my old 76 parts car, but would know how to ship them.
Hi Pinto Girl! I cant send pics right now as I am on vacation in Alaska, but will when I get back. I have two actually, one on the steering wheel is round with horse in front of the colored bars, and one I found in the trunk just has a reddish star like pattern. I am hoping the horse one is correct, its a lot nicer condition.
Hey Carolina Boy! that is good news that you have tail lights for my '71.
I have no idea what to offer since I am new to the Pinto parts market. What seems like a fair price?
I may be wrong, but I think all the years you had a choice of the basic steering wheel (with filly) or the so-called Deluxe one (with long horn pad and Ford shield or herald or ?) The red-white-blue center with filly I think (please correct me if I'm wrong) was from '71-'74. Then there was just the filly with a kind of starburst pattern in the background (like the grille ornaments) and silversurrounding where the red-white-blue was. Also, the lip of the center piece is wider. I think this was '75-'76. The third is from '77-'80. I personally got it from a '78 Runabout. This one features just the starburst. I think the reason I fell in love with Pintos was because of that precocious filly all over the car. I hope this helps. Kimmy is right though. ;D
Ok, I went out and took pics of the different horn buttons that I have collected. Most came off of 71-73. One did come off of a 75 I beleive, but I forget which one! I think it is the one with the horse with black starburst behind it!
I don't remember where I got this one, so I am not sure what year it is off of!
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_7230.jpg)
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_7231.jpg)
This one came off of my 71 Base (no thrills) model! I think I took one similar to this out of the 77 Pinto I stripped
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_7232.jpg)
This one is on my 72 deluxe model Pinto. So it has the fancy design in the door panels too.
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/Pinto/IMG_7233.jpg)
Like Becky said, I think it just depended on the model of Pinto!
AAAACK! WHERE'D MY PICTURE GO!?! I guess I forgot to post it...Duh.
Kimmy's is better. Which car has the deluxe wheel?
Double duh. If I could only read... lol. ;D
I am almost positive the starburst-only horn button centers were from latter-day Pintos, as I never saw a latter-day Pinto with foal in the center. I think they were minimalizing the filly's presence and by the end the lil' scamp was only seen on the rear of the car. The deluxe horn button pad became the one used on the Mustang IIs towards the end of their run. Now that I think of it, Ford chrome emblems were slowly being phased out on some cars by the '80s.
Ok I lost my mind. I swear I posted something here between my last two posts pertaining to "Kimmy's are better. What car has the deluxe wheel?" I think I might've posted it elsewhere, or it got lost where socks and other mysteriously missing things go... ??? :amazed: :look: :lost: :o
The horn button I found in my trunk is the reddish starburst one with no pony. the one on my car now has the pony, but the red white and blue are like vertical bars behind it, much like the one on my trunk lid. looks cool, but maybe its a mustang part. My car is the basic 71 model with no carpet or frills.
I will post picture of car and horn when I get back from Alaska next week.
I dont see any Pintos here, but the fishing is good!
Is the pony on yours kicking up it's hind legs? If so it is a Pinto horn button. But if it is running with all four legs (basically touching each other) in the center of it's body, then it is a Mustang button! As far as I know atleast!! ;D