Yep, another project thread for me!! LOL
Today I picked up my new to me 77 Cruisen Wagon!!!! Hubby was the one that actually found her. She got towed into a competitors tow yard and one thing to another and hubby ended up buying her! The bad thing about her is one, she has no instrument cluster and two, we only got a bill of sale! That is the worst part actually! I hate getting cars with no title. We will go Wed. to try to get her transfered. Will let you all know how that goes! I really don't see a problem, just more of a hassle then just having a pink!
THe good news is her body looks really good. No major dents. We did have to pop up the dents in the tops of the front fenders, but they look great now!!! I think all she will need is a little wax and she will shine right up!!
Here are some pics!!
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These are the wheels she has. Stock??
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The motor
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The back seat, before
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after,
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Finally the dash, with the usual bad pad!! LOL
(http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/77%20Cruisin%20Wagon/IMG_0293.jpg)
I still don't no if she runs yet. Hubby had to go do some other stuff and so we just stuck the battery on a charger till he gets home. I did test the lights and they work! LOL That and the clock on the radio works! LOL Can't seem to get sound to come out yet though! I will need to work on that or I will end up just changing it. On a side note on it though, I now know what Dave is talking about on the different radio bezel!! This car has an "outy" too! LOL Or maybe that was Chuck! LOL My memory sucks, sorry if I got you guy's confused on that!! LOL
Now for a name! I am thinking of calling her Rafeal, because her plate has RAF on it and that was the first thing that came to mind! Either that or I was thinking of orange crush, crush for short, but not sure I like that! LOL
More to come!!!
I thought you were naming her Mystery Machine! Or Sunkist (Sun-Kissed)? Or Clementine, like those cute little tangerines...I have a million of 'em... ;)
Quote from: blupinto on January 23, 2010, 07:59:46 PM
I thought you were naming her Mystery Machine! Or Sunkist (Sun-Kissed)? Or Clementine, like those cute little tangerines...I have a million of 'em... ;)
LOL Yah, I was going to call her MM but now she isn't a mystery! LOL I may still go back to that name though if something else doesn't stick!
How 'bout the Groove Thing? Groovemobile? Yeah definitely keep the graphics or at least enhance them. They're so... groovy. :afro:
How about Pintang??? You know... tang; like that powdered sh*t the astronauts used to drink!
Dwayne :smile:
Is groovy still a word? :o
Awesome car kim im so jealous. Maybe just crush.
Dwayne, I happen to like that $&!# the astronauts drank. Isn't that the main ingredient in an Orange Julius? Yum! ;D
Pintang sounds like a Pinto-Mustang hybrid. How 'bout Juicy? The Juice... no, nevermind. Won't go there!
Yes you old geezer! Groovy is STILL a word! You should know. You were from the days where you rode dinosaurs to work! lol. :o :devil: ;D
now becky dont think your one to be throwin the old word around like that,
did you ever get those porter wagnor tunes transfered over. ya old fart
juice i like juice that would be a good one.
Quote from: blupinto on January 23, 2010, 08:47:36 PM
Dwayne, I happen to like that $&!# the astronauts drank. Isn't that the main ingredient in an Orange Julius? Yum! ;D
Pintang sounds like a Pinto-Mustang hybrid. How 'bout Juicy? The Juice... no, nevermind. Won't go there!
Yes you old geezer! Groovy is STILL a word! You should know. You were from the days where you rode dinosaurs to work! lol. :o :devil: ;D
I don't know if Tang is an ingredient in an Orange Julius or not... I do know that it's one of the ingredients in a wonderful instant spiced tea recipe I have. I just thought the color looked similar.
Dwayne :smile:
MMMMM! you'll have to share that recipe! THen I am oddball so I like oddball things no one else likes, like boxed macaroni and cheese though the real thing is much better!
Look you old Fogey Frye! I earned every white hair on my head! lol. I don't do Porter Wagoner but I dig his paramour's music. I'll bet you don't even know who I'm talking about so go drink your prune juice and leave us young'ns alone! lol.
Okay... I'm going to show MY age. Paramour as in Norma Jean, or Dolly????
Dwayne :smile:
Marilyn, as in Monroe? I had no idea they were, ah, connected. No, I was referring to Dolly. Burlap and Satin. ;D
Nice find. Looks like it is in nice shape. Hope you get the title to this one.
Hi Tigger! I sent her some good JuJu. ;D
Me too Tigger!! We will find out some on Monday, and then if all goes good, we will try to register it on Weds! I probably should have waited to post about the car, but I was to excited. It is such a great looking car. Probably should have waited to clean it out too! LOL
Course I am a worry wart when it comes to things like this. So far everytime we had a non pink slipped car, it has worked out ok. So I am hoping this will be another ok one!!
Oh, and hubby was the one that talked to the guy that sold it to us. So I would think if Hubby thought it would be to much of a hassle, he woudln't have offered what he did, and he probably would have just not bought it to begin with!
Is it rude to ask.... how much? :D
Quote from: blupinto on January 23, 2010, 10:37:36 PM
Is it rude to ask.... how much? :D
Well the guy had a for sale sign in the car that said 4000! LOL The guy told Bob that he wanted 700. Bob told the guy he would only give him 300! That is what we paid for it!!!! 300 bucks!! ;D
I agree, it is a very nice looking car. And nice price ;) Much better shape than mine was in when I got it. They are almost twins 8)
The radio bezel is different on your CW because it did not come with an AM radio from the factory. It most likely came with an AM-FM radio or the 8-track because it has factory door speakers.
Oh, and I think I saw this car on CL once! I had to laugh that the guy was asking 4000 for it!! :lol: It's not worth 4000, not the way it sat when we got it! May be worth a few grand when we get done! LOL
Quote from: TIGGER on January 23, 2010, 10:41:26 PM
I agree, it is a very nice looking car. And nice price ;) Much better shape than mine was in when I got it. They are almost twins 8)
The radio bezel is different on your CW because it did not come with an AM radio from the factory. It most likely came with an AM-FM radio or the 8-track because it has factory door speakers.
Thanks for the info on the radio and door panels. I am new to real CW's!! So it is all a learning experience!!
The speakers even work!! LOL Not the greatest but they are good enough to listen to. The radio even has a jack so I can plug in my xm radio!! LOL Look, I'm already listening to music and we haven't even got it running yet, let alone registered! LOL
DGA57 and me ain't that old, youngin. We rode with the General, Lee that is!!! :drunk:
New wagon looks good Kimmy! I are jealous!! :'(
Quote from: Carolina Boy on January 23, 2010, 10:47:51 PM
DGA57 and me ain't that old, youngin. We rode with the General, Lee that is!!! :drunk:
New wagon looks good Kimmy! I are jealous!! :'(
Thanks CB, don't be jealous yet! LOL Wait till after I get it registered in my name!! LOL
Well, you guys got it at a great price then! Very cool! ;D I just bet you will make it priceless Kimmy!
Quote from: Carolina Boy on January 23, 2010, 10:47:51 PM
DGA57 and me ain't that old, youngin. We rode with the General, Lee that is!!! :drunk:
New wagon looks good Kimmy! I are jealous!! :'(
Rode with The General Lee or rode WITH General Lee? lol.
Quote from: dga57 on January 23, 2010, 08:36:07 PM
How about Pintang??? You know... tang; like that powdered sh*t the astronauts used to drink!
Dwayne :smile:
We had a very nice '80 model about ten years ago that had many donor parts from a MII that had vinyls on back that read Pintang and had a horse tail. Very neat 302 car with a 4 speed, shag carpet, cool shifter, and some other exterior custom touches. That car was actually my candidate for resto until we went to look at it after it had sat since we sold it... Was rusting badly on rockers and interior was ruined. Very dirty and in disrepair according to the $2000 the guy out of it :hypno:
Sorry to hijack the thread LOL. Great looking wagon for that money! I wish wish wish I could find some deals like that, but there aren't many Pinto's in my neck of the woods so its few and far between. :afro:
-beegle55
The paper trail tracking begins!! LOL
Today hubby found out who the car is currently registered to. He also found out that there is something like a paperwork limbo at DMV. Sounded like maybe the original owner (one on record) sold it to someone else and they never finished registering it. Or maybe OP sent in a release of liability and the other owner never started paperwork. The buddy that told hubby about this can't tell what it is exactly at DMV but she could assure that the car was not stolen! That is good news. We also found out where the owner on file lives. With that I went online and found his phone number. I called but no answer. I will try back later today, or tonight.
Once I get ahold of the PO we can go from there. If he say's he sold it to so and so, we can try to get his/her name from PO. If he doesn't have who he sold it to, I'm not sure what we will do. We will most likely have to go through DMV and see what they say to do. I'm thinking that if it shows this guy as the current owner, we may not have to worry about it and just have this guy write a bill of sale to us with duplicate title form too.
If all else fails, we may have to lien sale the car. I really don't want to have to do that because we will lose the blue plates, but it may be the only route to get paperwork!!
That is the only bad thing about buying with no title! Guess that's why the guy we got it from couldn't get 4000 for it!!! LOL
I will update soon!!
i did not see an answer to your wheel question yes those a stock wheels for a pinto. usualy black in color.
phil
Quote from: phils toys on January 25, 2010, 03:20:12 PM
i did not see an answer to your wheel question yes those a stock wheels for a pinto. usualy black in color.
phil
Thank you!!
I do plan on painting them black again, then sanding the black off of the areas were it looks like it is supposed to be chrome!
Well, got some good news today on the cruising wagin!!
Let me back track though!
After several calls to "Donald", the guy that DMV shows as legal owner, that didn't go through for some reason. Bad connection or something, I don't know! The kid and I drove out to his house last Wed. He wasn't home. :( We taped a note on his door asking him to give us a call!
Well, fast forward to this morning (Sunday). Hubby and I were talking about taking the car to the yard on Monday to start lien on it. Bad thing about that is we would lose the blue plates that are on it. Then about 2 pm today hubby got a call! Only part I heard was "I will have her send you the paperwork"! Right then I knew who it was!!! Yep, it was Donald!!! (http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/lala.gif)
He agreed to do what he had to in order to get the car out of his name!!! I am sending him the forms he needs to fill out in tomorrows mail!!!!! I am so stoked!! (http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m247/myhrdly/wings.gif) M&M (Mystery Machine) is as good as mine now!!!! No more hassles!! Even going to have Donald sign a P of A form so I can legally sign any other forms that may come up in the process, with out him being there!!
Now I can finally start working on her!! Well, once Bella is up and running!! :D
YAY!!!!!!!! What did I tell you!? JuJu is good! lol. Congratulations Kimmy!
P.S. I so love those emoticons! I wish I were a tech-head like you! lol.
Quote from: blupinto on February 07, 2010, 10:37:14 PM
YAY!!!!!!!! What did I tell you!? JuJu is good! lol. Congratulations Kimmy!
P.S. I so love those emoticons! I wish I were a tech-head like you! lol.
Thanks Becky!!
I saved those emoticons to my photobucket account and just copy and past the links! I got them from another forum I go to, but when I tried to just copy and paste the link from their site, it eventually gets deleted for some reason? THe photobucket thing works great though!!!
Ok what you just said went, "banana banansa banana" . I'm too stupid to do paste and copy and stuff. I don't do photobucket so I'm lost... ???
Kim,
I've always been a sucker for a happy ending, so... congratulations!
Dwayne :smile:
Sigh, thats just like my wagon I had when I was 16, wish I still had it. Sold it to a guy I new before I left for the military in 1990. Found out a couple of weeks a go that he had gutted it out and made it into a drag car. He only made 3 passes with it and on the 4th he crashed and rolled it. Car went to the crusher. Sigh
Quote from: pintogirl on January 23, 2010, 10:40:18 PM
Well the guy had a for sale sign in the car that said 4000! LOL The guy told Bob that he wanted 700. Bob told the guy he would only give him 300! That is what we paid for it!!!! 300 bucks!! ;D
How do you stand being do @#$%&*! lucky? :P
Hey do you want to sell the 77 wagon?
Quote from: rctinker on February 10, 2010, 12:28:35 AM
Hey do you want to sell the 77 wagon?
No way!!!!!! LOL After the stress and then finally the relief of getting paperwork (not done yet but close) I would never sell her!! LOL ;D ;D She does look just like the one in your avitar though!!
Actually she is going to be added to my collection! I plan on eventually having one of every type of Pinto! Ok, maybe a few more then that! ;D I want to have a stock wagon ( my squire), a sedan (the Ghost), stock cruising wagon, (M&M), and then finally my Custom 73 a/c, redefrost, crusing, squire wagon!!! I may even get a runabout, but it has to be the half glass type!! Then my collection will be complete! Maybe! LOL
For an update! I am currently waiting for Donald to send me back the forms I sent him to fill out. In the mean time I plan on putting the instrument panel that Robert sent me, into the car today! If it ever warms up that is!! LOL Then we will have to wait till Bella (the Squire) is done and out of the garage, before we can start trying to get M&M running!!
Kimmy, sadly you'll never really have everey kind of Pinto without adding a Runabout (the more prevalent kind) and a full-glass hatch.
Quote from: blupinto on February 10, 2010, 01:28:10 PM
Kimmy, sadly you'll never really have everey kind of Pinto without adding a Runabout (the more prevalent kind) and a full-glass hatch.
That's ok! As long as I have one kind of runabout, I will be ok with that! LOL
That's cheating and you know it! lol. Anyway, you still won't have every kind even with the half-glass hatch. You must really hate Runabouts... :-\
Don't hate them, just don't care for the looks of them! Well, I like the looks of everything till you get to the glass part in the back!! LOL :lol: Seriously though, they are ok. Just don't care to have one! ;D
Good news today!!!
The mail came and my self addressed envelope came to me!!! ;D Donald went to the Notary and had the paperwork notarized and then sent it back to me!!! So I have everything I need to reg. M&M in my name now!!! Yipppeeee!!! Weds. will be the day for that!!!!
Bad news is, I have to wait till hubby gets his truck project done before he will start on M&M! So she will be on the back burner for a bit!
Kim, you are making me hate my car even more. I am wanting to just scrap that thing & give up. I remember the bad, bad rot under the car
Well, as some may know, Bella is on hold! She is waiting a rebuilt carb. Hubby got the kit, but wants me to pick up some more vinegar to soak the carb in. We won't get the good carb dip from Fred till Knotts, so someone told us about vinegar and water. I will get some tomorrow. Then hopefully by the time hubby is done reinstalling his truck's motor, he will be able to put the carb back together. Then hopefully Bella will be done!!!
On the bright side, she has been outside during the past couple of storms, and one was a doozy!! She does not leak a drop of water inside of her!!!! I can actually drive her in the winter!!! ;D ;D