Just thought I'd introduce myself. I currently own an 84 SVO that I have had since 86. I learned how to drive in my dad's 79 Pinto wagon and in the last few years have wanted to own one. Last week I bought a 79 wagon 2.3 auto for $200. Supposedly it has 40,000 miles but my guess is 140,000. It is currently in Long Island and in the next couple of weeks I am going to fly up there and get it. A freind of mine is trying to talk me into driving all the way home to south Florida but it has been siting for a couple of years and I am probably going to use the Amtrak autotrain (cheapest way I could find). The original owner gave the car to the guy I bought it from . He has only had it for a couple of weeks and was going to do a turbo swap but decided he had to many projects to handle. He swears it has 40,000 miles but I'll have to see it to believe it. He said it runs great. I plan on doing a turbo swap in the future since I have almost everyting to do it sitting in my shed. But if it is in better shape than the pictures led me to believe maybe I'll just keep it stock and putt around town in it. I'll keep you guys posted on the trip from NY to FL.
Later
Rick
Welcome aboard!!! :) :)
These guys are great about helping out with questions on repairs with these cars, and most can help you out with questions on a turbo swap on your pony car....
especially if it has shiney parts.... they tell me: shiney = good, which makes mine perfect, as the engine's nice & shiney from the oil slick coating every part..lol
Have fun with your car, and once again welcome aboard!
Hiya svoman2300 I'm SURE you'll find a wealth of information here no matter wether you restore or "restify" your Pinto. There are several Turbo Pintos here (even one guy with MULTIPLE turbo Pintos)
Sit back, relax, smoke'em if ya can & above all remember SHINEY=GOOD
svoman2300, check out my site. May help a little. Glassman also has a good site on how he did his turbo swap. Welcome aboad. Ask away ;D
SVOwagon
You can also access Turboford.org and get a lot of info there.
Grab a cup of coffee or a beer this is gonna be long. I know this is only my second post , I usually don't bitch like this but I had to tell someone. Let's start out by saying this was a weekend from hell. My weekend started on Thursday afternoon when I came home from work and my power in my house was acting weird, only half of the house is working and barely at that. I was leaving first thing Friday morning for New York to pick up the Pinto so I couldn't do anything about it. I got on my way Friday morning no problem. I picked up a freind from Colorado at the Savanah, Ga airport. He met me there to make the rest of the trip. Needless to say the Yahoo map directions were F'd up and I got lost there. Drove staight through and made it up to New York Saturday morning after paying a million dollars in tolls, we arrived at the location where the Pinto was and I couldn't believe what a pile of crap it was. The guy told me it had a liitle rust and a small dent in the passenger's door, otherwise it was in good shape. He had sent me some pictures but they were taken a dusk and weren't very clear. The thing is covered in rust, floorboards have holes and rear quarters are rusted at the bottom. The "small dent" on the passenger door takes up 3/4 of the door. The car definately has 148,000 miles not 48,000 that the guy said he believed it had even after I asked him you sure it isn'nt 148. The interior is absolutely trashed and he said at idle it purrs like a kitten but yet we could barely keep it running long enough to get it on the trailer. Not to metion the right front caliper was sezied. Originally we were going to stay in New York overnight but I was so upset I was no longer tired from the 24 hour drive ( I did all the driving). We got in the van and started driving home. I drove till 9:00 pm. We stopped in Virginia overnight and left first thing in the morning. I forgot to tell you earlier in this novel I'm writing that my girlfriend was mad at me for doing this. Well on Saturday somehow she found out that I bought her 17 year old son a video game she didn't want him having (GTA Vice City). I bought it a year ago but she just found out. On Sunday she called me while I was on the road and told me she was breaking up with me. We got home Sunday night at 10:00. 60 hours, 2600 miles and $1000 later I have a piece of sh** Pinto sitting in my driveway that I wouldn't have bought off of my next door neighbor for $100. Well it didn't end there. This morning I got up early to wash it because it was covered in mold and mildew. I figured at least if it looked somewhat clean the girlfriend wouldn't give me that much of a hassle. When I went to turn on the hose the valve came off in my hand, the pipe had rusted inside the wall and broke off. I had to hurry up and turn the water off. So now I have no power or water. So I had to rent a chipping hammer to knock a hole in my cement wall to get to the pipe. Oh yeah and on the way home the exhaust was so rusted that the muffler fell off on the Pinto, luckily the hanger kept it on the car. Sorry for the long post thanks for reading. And this definately isn't getting a turboswap. I'm guess I'll try to keep it and just drive it till it falls apart. ::)
Man talk about a 'crap' trip....
I hope the car is salvageable, or at least restore friendly....
Let us know how we can help,
Quote from: Scott Hamilton on November 08, 2004, 06:45:18 PM
Let us know how we can help,
Do you have a magic wand? I think that's the only thing that will work.
Aaa Laa Pinto butter sandwich......
|: BING :|
:)
sounds like your pinto is NOT Shiney........... To bad, I hate hearing stories like that.
what a hell of a day, SEND US SOME PICS OF THE JUNKER!
Well after being dumped by my chick(again) on Monday we are back together(again). I charged the battery and it starts and idles great. I replaced the front right caliper(only $15 and no core charge ;D ). I put 2 used 225/60 on a set of Mustang Turbines and put those on the rear and some used 13" for the front until I have the time to make the Turbines work on the front. I was only able to drive it down my street breifly but it seemed to run really good despite the fact that it had been sitting for about 5 years. I was suprised it seemed to have a little spunk even though it's an automatic. Hopefully I'll have to time to get the title work done this week so I can take it out on the road. Next I just have to change the timing belt for good measure and sand the 12 blobs of Bondo the dumba** that had it last put on the roof when removing the roof rack. It looks like I have 12 1/2 lb. hamburger patties on my roof. A friend of mine is going to help me do a halfa** job of fixing the holes in the floor. It also needs a windsheild. I highly doubt it but can you get a new one? I'm sure I'll have to locate a used one. I'll take pics when I get a chance.