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Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: popbumper on August 12, 2009, 08:26:18 PM

Title: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: popbumper on August 12, 2009, 08:26:18 PM
...or so it seems.

My '76 wagon (original Texas car) is brown.
Rob's (78TXPony) '78 sedan (original Texas car) is brown.
There is a '75 wagon now on Dallas Craigslist that he and I are going to look at this weekend - you guessed it - brown.
There is an '80 sedan now on Dallas Craigslist - yup, brown.
Did I mention the '78 woody wagon now on Dallas Craigslist? Brown.

What gives? Did Ford send ALL the brown painted Pintos to Texas? All five of these vehicles are within an 80 mile radius. How strange.

Chris
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: blupinto on August 12, 2009, 11:04:49 PM
Maybe they're trying to organize a brown Pinto convention... ::) lol. Are they all root beer brown or various shades of brown? Do tell about the '75 woodie!  ;D
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: phils toys on August 13, 2009, 12:56:08 AM
this one escaped
http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/1312909066.html (http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/1312909066.html)
phil
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: dga57 on August 13, 2009, 12:58:11 AM
Hey, mine's in Virginia but it's brown too - at least for now!  To be repainted orange someday!

Dwayne :smile:
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: popbumper on August 13, 2009, 09:36:26 AM
Becky:

  The woodie is a '78, it's a darker brown than the "metallic brown" all the others are. It's in pretty bad shape, but only $500. If you have time, look at Craigslist/Dallas, TX, and punch in "Pinto" - it will come up in the listings. It is in "Caddo Mills", which is about 25 miles outside of Dallas, out in the country.

Chris
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: 78txpony on August 14, 2009, 10:51:17 AM
When my mom bought our 78 pony, her neighbors 4 houses down had a 76 wagon just like Chris's.  Yup, it was brown also. 
They had that wagon a LONG time, I think even when they moved away long ago.

My 78 Pony is "medium chestnut metallic" and actually still holds a shine despite being original paint.  Turtle wax over the years must have done something good to it...  ;)
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: discolives78 on August 16, 2009, 08:34:04 PM
Well, Chris, it's hot and dry here. If the wind blows for a few minutes, my white Pinto turns brown! :laugh:

Chuck :afro:
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: popbumper on August 16, 2009, 09:32:43 PM
Chuck:

  That would be called "environmental brown", not "factory brown"  :lol:.

I used to own a white '79 wagon which I kept impeccably clean. I worked night shift outside of Philadelphia for a year, in a clinical lab. The lab was right beside the freeway. It >always< amazed me how I could come out in the mornings and wipe off all the fine, but very apparent, black exhaust soot from the freeway nearby!!

Chris
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: lefty on August 23, 2009, 11:20:20 PM
Heck I live in South Texas no rain to speak of in over 2 years--EVERYTHING DOWN HERE IS BROWN - My Ford Focus ZTS is green but it is starting to turn brown around the headlights LOL

Lefty

Quote from: popbumper on August 12, 2009, 08:26:18 PM
...or so it seems.

My '76 wagon (original Texas car) is brown.
Rob's (78TXPony) '78 sedan (original Texas car) is brown.
There is a '75 wagon now on Dallas Craigslist that he and I are going to look at this weekend - you guessed it - brown.
There is an '80 sedan now on Dallas Craigslist - yup, brown.
Did I mention the '78 woody wagon now on Dallas Craigslist? Brown.

What gives? Did Ford send ALL the brown painted Pintos to Texas? All five of these vehicles are within an 80 mile radius. How strange.

Chris
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: 78cruisingwagon on November 28, 2009, 09:13:10 PM
My dear departed 76 Wagon was Mettalic Brown. Code 5Q. My 78 Parts one is Red, the Cruising Wagon is silver with the multi-colored stripe (which was an option).
Title: Re: All the Pintos in Texas are brown....
Post by: pintoguy77 on December 04, 2009, 07:34:56 PM
Well guys,i hate to break the minotiny on the texas brown pinto thingy but my first car was a 78 pony which was medium chestnut mettalic exactly like the one that 78txpony has and im from Canada eh.