Well, this will make Pinto #10 that I will keep in the "coral" as pintosopher calls it!! ;D
Hubby actually knew about this one 2 weeks before he let me know about it! Then we ended up having to wait a week to go pick it up. If he would have known about the extra week, I would just be finding out about it today! LOL He knows how anxious I get when it comes to getting Pinto "Diamonds"!! He calls them Diamonds because I get so excited over them as I guess a normal women would get over a Diamond!! LOL
She is a 10th month of 1970, so 1971, I believe a basic model sedan! She has no fancy door panels, and no fancy wood trim on her dash! She only has a few small dings and has a complete grille, even though one turn signal appears to be missing, it is on the dash! A little glue should fix that!!
She is sporting a baby blue paint job, even though she is actually a white Pinto! One day she will probably be white again. For now, she will stay baby blue. Her interior is a dark blue. She needs a new headliner and also atleast one new visor. Her seats will also need to be re upholstered, but they are good enough for now, nothing a seat cover wont fix!! :D
As far as how she runs, I don't know! LOL There were no keys. We called the key guy but he didn't show up today, will be there tomorrow! I believe she has a 2.3 in her. I don't know if it is stock or if someone put it in her after the fact. I thought the early 71's had 1600's, or 2000's?? Then again, I may be wrong, maybe it is a 2000, I'm not that good at telling the differences yet!! :D
Ok, now for her name! She is going to be called Mad Max, Max for short!! She gets the name do to her bumpers! LOL Someone did a good job on them, but they look a bit like something out of Mad Max!! LOL ;D
Here are the pics!!
The motor, check out the Mad Max battery tray!! :lol:
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Interior, I haven't even lifted up the dash cover, so I don't now how the pad is!
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Least I don't have to sew in a patch!! LOL
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The outside! Love those bumpers!! They are even new age! They match the color of the car!!! LOL
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I plan on keeping this one in the family! She is to nice to get rid of or part out! She will be added to the waiting list for being worked on though! We will try start her and get her running, but as far as actually doing things to improve her, that will have to wait! I have other projects that need to get done first! If she does run, I will drive her like she is though!!! :D DMV and Farmers love me!! LOL ;D ;D
Kimmy! Where did Bob find this gem!? She's beautiful! Even for a Mad Max trunk model! lol. Natch, I love those pop-out rear quarter windows... The engine looks like a 2000. 2.3s have the breather/oil filler cap tpwards the rear of the engine.
He talks to all the tow drivers that come to the yard to pick up cars! He tells them about my addiction and then if they have one, they tell him about it! LOL
We also have a guy that goes around to different tow yards to bid on cars ( for himself, not us) that will let us know if he sees a Pinto!
It won't be long before all of Sacramento will be looking for Pintos for us!!! LOL :lol: ;D
I noticed your trunk lid isn't original... the early Pintos didn't have F O R D lettering on the rear. It might explain your funky bumpers too. ;D
BTW, When I saw the name Mad Max, I had visions of rust and browns and very rough looks... I thought, "She looks like a Blue Max"! lol.
Quote from: blupinto on March 01, 2010, 09:09:17 PM
I noticed your trunk lid isn't original... the early Pintos didn't have F O R D lettering on the rear. It might explain your funky bumpers too. ;D
I noticed that too, Becky! Not sure what color her trunk lid is! Also haven't look at the back that much to see if there is any damage to it. She appears to be in excellent shape, so I am thinking the trunk lid must have been replaced for other reasons then being hit in the rear!
I will be able to tell more after tomorrow. We should be getting a key made! I will stop by the yard after work and have a look, and also see if she will start! Can't mess with her much though, tomorrow is a sleep day! :sleep: Have to work tomorrow night! I will probably play with her more on Wed. depending on weather!!
It looks like it has a 1.6l motor, judging by the alternator location (on the lower left of the engine).
Can't wait to see this restored! I have a passion for the ORIGINAL pintos of 70 and 71!!!!
Nice find Kim!! Could those bumpers be someones version of "5MPH" bumpers? :lol:
The engine is a 2.0 for sure. I bet a dollar she fires right up! :fastcar:
Quote from: dave1987 on March 01, 2010, 09:51:08 PM
It looks like it has a 1.6l motor, judging by the alternator location (on the lower left of the engine).
Can't wait to see this restored! I have a passion for the ORIGINAL pintos of 70 and 71!!!!
I'm pretty posetive it is not a 1.6. There isn't enough room in the engine area left over! LOL My 2 Pintos with 1.6's have a ton of space under the hood. That and the valve cover/heads are alot smaller!! That and my 1.6's have a single barrel carb while this one has a 2 barrel! :D
Quote from: 71pintoracer on March 01, 2010, 09:56:17 PM
Nice find Kim!! Could those bumpers be someones version of "5MPH" bumpers? :lol:
The engine is a 2.0 for sure. I bet a dollar she fires right up! :fastcar:
LOL Yah, they should stop a semi truck!! LOL Oh, did you check out the awesome reciever?? I can now tow Pintos with a tow dolly now!! LOL
I was gonna say... DAve, my Green Meanie's 2.0 engine has the alternator on the lower left too... same goes with the 2.0 I have in the garage waiting for another Pinto... ;D I know about the alternator placement because earlier today I remived a wiring harness from the spare engine's alternator. ;D
Congratulations on a great find, Kim! Too old to be a 2.3 - they weren't introduced until 1974. I know that because when I ordered my '74 new, it was a brand new option. If Jimmy says it's a 2.0, then I would bet a week's salary that it's a 2.0. He knows his stuff!
Dwayne :smile:
Ahh, good observations! My 78's 2.3 as well as my 73's 2.0 have the alternator in the upper right. the 73's 2.0 being in the upper right might be due to it having air conditioning though.
Sorry Kim.
i have seen the alt on both sides of the 2.0 liter motor. the passenger side seems to be the most common one.
My '73 doesn't have a/c, so it's on the lower left.
2.0 valve cover is ribbed and oil fill is in the front,2.3 is smooth with Ford oval on it , and oil fill in the rear.1600 is OHV not OHC.
Mad Max is now a registered car!!! 356. bucks later (ouch) she has a clean title. I hate that the new owner has to pay all the back fees!!! I think that should stay with the person, not the car!!
Anyway, I had time to mess with her a bit today! We tried to get her started but found that the starter and selinoid were history! So up on the lift she went. Pulled both, then I ran home to the Pinto Shed and got another starter and noid!! LOL After putting that in we tried to crank her but she just didn't have enough juice! Fast forward an hour of being on the rapid charger, she finally turned over but would fire! She would act like she wanted to, but as soon as I let the key of to run, she would quit. So hubby made a jumper wire to go straight to the coil. That worked but for some reason the wires going from the coil to the starter noid fried! Another ouch! We will need to figure out why they shorted out. So hubby disconnected those and just ran the jumper wire! She ran and sounded pretty good! I think she just needs some minor adjustments and she will be good to go as far as running! Motor sounds great!
I also got to take her for a small test run. Basically I had to pull her over to the other side of the tow yard! LOL She went into reverse and Drive just fine! Drove pretty good too! The shifter is a bit on the loose side so I will need to look into that!
So all in all, for now 800 bucks! LOL We didn't do to bad!!! I'm a happy camper!!! After the truck, then Squire, I may move her in front of the CW! May have another daily driver!! :D
Today I finally drove Mad Max home!! She didn't do to well going the 2 tenths of a mile home. She sounded terrible. That and when I got home water was bubbling out of the radiator cap area, not the cap itself, more of the neck are of the filler. So I did what any women would do! I gave her a bath!!!!! ;D :lol:
Later that evening we finally got her on the lift. Figured out what was wrong with the shifter and so I replaced it!! So now she shifts right.
Now for the bad news! She is only running on 3 cylinders! She only had 5 lbs of pressure in the number 2. So for now she has become the donor for Bella. We are currently trying to get Bella to run using Max's carb.
Mad Max will now be on hold till we get time to pull the top end off of her to see if the problem is on top or bottom. Hubby is thinking it is a top issue! Either that or if the Pinto we are getting after Knotts has an automatic, we may just swap motors and tranny. It has a 1600 in it, but that is fine with me! I like my Green Machines 1600!!!
On that note, I think I asked before, but don't remember. Can I put a 1600 motor up to a 2.0's tranny?
Kimmy, if I remember correctly, the 1600s only had 4-speeds, while the 2.0s can have either 4-speed or automatic trannys. Looks like Max and Meanie are in the same boat! Meanie's #1 cylinder read around 50 dry, 120 wet...Jerry said that means it's not the valves, or something like that... #2 was the opposite. #3 and #4 were over 120 dry, but I don't remember what wet. :-\ Well, good luck with lil' Max. Sorry about her cylinder issue.
Over the weekend we bought another 71 Pinto and hubby was able to get the 1600 it has in it to run. So it looks like we will be donating it to Mad Max! Hubby plans on doing a tranny, radiator and motor swap. Seens how MM is already registered and insured, this seems to be the fastest way to get her back on the road!
Eventually will will put the 2.0 automatic back in her, but for now she will join Green Machine as a 1600 stick!! ;D