I got out there today to get some pictures and the VIN info off the car, here's what I have:
VIN - 6R114123807
Date - 11/75
GVWR - 3765
GAWR - Front 1996
Rear 1777
Body - 64B
Color - 4T
Trim - DG
Trans - V
Axle - 6
DSO - 72
I will post more tonight, have to head to work right now though.
Dave, you're killing me!!! Where's the pix!? :o
Alright becky, I'm getting ready to upload pictures as we speak. Stay online so you don't miss it!
yayayayaya pics
!!!WARNING!!! BELOW PHOTOS ARE GRAPHIC AND MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME USERS
I have been inside and out of this car several times. It's hard to see the cars at this junkyard because they are all stacked two to three cars high. This Pinto has been moved in and out of it's spot several times that I personally know of, and has been through hell and back resting at this yard.
I spoke to the counter-man at the yard today and asked him how much they would want for it. He told me it was up to Tom (The owner of the yard). He took down my information and will be getting back to me on an exact price.
This yard only accepts cash or check, it's very run down, poorly maintained, and VERY expensive to purchase from. I only ever go out here when a member here is looking for a specific part that they can't find elsewhere, when I have a really bad itch to check out a junked Pinto, when I have the money to shop there, or when I want to see some REALLY old cars (back to the 30s). The people who work there, the owner, and their guard dog are all extremely nice given the yard's location and condition. Nice in the "I'll take $35 for the headlight bezel" but if you offer $25 they'll sell it to ya kind of way. If you know what I mean. Good people, not so good pricing!
The A/C shield and dash Pinto emblem on my 78 Sedan came from this car. I paid $35 for the two items!
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This car must have been a dream to drive when it was last on the road (1995).
OMG!!! How could anyone in their right mind junk such a rare car!? She must've been a beauty in her day! Damn! Very painful to see, but now I can say I saw a green '76 Runabout Squire. Sadly it looks too far gone to save unless you want to invest a lot of $$$. I'll tell you, if I had the cash- LOTS of cash... I would restore it to its former beauty.
Oh yes, which is why I asked what they would want for that specific car. I will let you all know what price they get back to me with. Becky, you should PM me your phone number. If it's a cell that can accept picture messages, I will send you pictures of the Pintos I find. :)
Dave, I'm sending PM... ;D
Wow! :surprised: It is definitely a shame someone let such a super-rare Pinto fall into this condition! In spite of its rarity however, I wouldn't consider it candidate for restoration. If anyone DID decide to take on that project, they'd better have really deep pockets! Very sad :(
Dwayne
How very sad. I was discussing with 78TXPony yesterday, how few of these cars are left. Those who care need to get them NOW before they are all gone. Supply and demand, my friends. As demand goes up (and it will!), the cars will become more rare and pricey.
Chris
Got a call back from the yard today. The owner of the yard only wants $450 for the whole car. There is no title for it so it would be a parts car. If someone is interested, send me a PM and I can get you the name of the owner of the yard's number. Not bad for the car, still some usable stuff on it. The glass seems good, minus the windshield and passenger door, seats could be recovered, back seat is in good shape, hood is pretty straight, motor and trans still in the car, A/C system still there, Steering column, axle still there, fuel tank I think was pulled, but might still be there, front bumper could be replated, rear bumper is caved in on the passenger side, but could be straightened and replated, dash could be transplanted, radiator in decent shape.
Any bites?
Dave, if I could you know I would... Idaho is too far away! I wish you could somehow finagle a way to get it yourself and restore it to its former glory. I know you can't...What would be great is if we all chipped in $10 and maybe the restoration would be a feature in Pinto Times magazine... Pinto's Progress (slowly fixing her up). You'd get to drive her but then in a way she'd belong to all of us. Our club mascot... It would be a rotten shame to let this rot away or be parted out to death. Sigh. :'(
Quote from: blupinto on April 17, 2010, 10:36:01 PM
Dave, if I could you know I would... Idaho is too far away! I wish you could somehow finagle a way to get it yourself and restore it to its former glory. I know you can't...What would be great is if we all chipped in $10 and maybe the restoration would be a feature in Pinto Times magazine... Pinto's Progress (slowly fixing her up). You'd get to drive her but then in a way she'd belong to all of us. Our club mascot... It would be a rotten shame to let this rot away or be parted out to death. Sigh. :'(
Okay... I'll throw in ten bucks if the other 6079 members here will! That should be enough to put this car back in top-notch shape with enough left over for a tank of gas! Maybe we could get Matt's restoration guy to do the work!!!
Dwayne :smile:
SHOOTY! I'd be in! :D
ok I misspelled shoot... you'll see why soon enough. ;D
Quote from: blupinto on April 17, 2010, 11:46:58 PM
SHOOTY! I'd be in! :D
Hot dog!!! That's $20.00! That's only $60,780.00 to go!
Dwayne :smile:
smarty-pants! :showback: lol.
Quote from: blupinto on April 17, 2010, 11:51:51 PM
smarty-pants! :showback: lol.
Rome wasn't built in a day, you know! Baby steps, Darlin'... baby steps!
;)
Baby steps all the way... right now we need 45 people to pitch in $10 or 90 to pitch in $5... he needs to secure the car... THEN the magic will begin! ;D
a 60k pinto i dunno how to tell you this but thats things not rare enough for me to put that into it LOL atleast not stock.
Do the same paint scheme with a nicer green and get rid of that godaful ugly plaid interior oh and no way to a v6 unless is a 3.8 Supercharged out of a supercoupe hahahahaha and swap it to a 5 speed. Oh and the woodgrain on the side that someone painted white so needs to be wood again :lol: then it can be called "grandma car from hell".
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 17, 2010, 11:58:34 PM
a 60k pinto i dunno how to tell you this but thats things not rare enough for me to put that into it LOL atleast not stock.
Do the same paint scheme with a nicer green and get rid of that godaful ugly plaid interior oh and no way to a v6 unless is a 3.8 Supercharged out of a supercoupe hahahahaha and swap it to a 5 speed. Oh and the woodgrain on the side that someone painted white so needs to be wood again :lol: then it can be called "grandma car from hell".
Come on, Tim... your share is only $10.00. It's worth that isn't it????
lol i never said nuttin about not paying 10 bucks i just said i wanna see it go beyond its "Glory Days" If its guunna be a mascot it needs to be a BADARSE mascot. LOL
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 18, 2010, 12:05:09 AM
lol i never said nuttin about not paying 10 bucks i just said i wanna see it go beyond its "Glory Days" If its guunna be a mascot it needs to be a BADARSE mascot. LOL
I'd probably be okay with that on most any other car, but the Squire Runabouts are extremely rare... a one year only (and not particularly popular) offering. They really SHOULD be kept stock for just for the historical aspect.
LOL thats where im different from everyone else i dont think anything should stay stock.
If i had a 1971 Convertible hemi cuda i wouldnt even keep it stock and i sure as heck wouldnt leave it parked id drive it as much as i possibly could no car should be a garage kept show queen.
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 18, 2010, 12:16:16 AM
LOL thats where im different from everyone else i dont think anything should stay stock.
If i had a 1971 Convertible hemi cuda i wouldnt even keep it stock and i sure as heck wouldnt leave it parked id drive it as much as i possibly could no car should be a garage kept show queen.
With VERY few exceptions, I agree with you about garage queens. My personal feeling is that cars were meant to be driven! In the rare instance where a car has not been driven for some reason, for many years, then I can see the point of not putting miles on it. One of our members here in Oklahoma owns a Pinto with less than 500 original miles on it. After all this time, and so few miles, I think he is doing the right thing by not driving it. I've seen it, and it is essentially a brand new car. Personally, though... as much as I admire that, I have no desire to own a car I cannot drive!
lol if i had a pinto with 500 miles on it by the end of the year it would have 3000 miles or more atleast id drive it everyday just cause i could my 68 gmc had 45000 original miles when i bought it for the low low price of 500 LOL cause its previous owner was an idiot and only had 3 of the 8 wires hooked to the spark plugs and said it wouldnt run so he parked it i drove it everyday when i was in highschool and as soon as i get a place to put it. It will becoming apart for a full frame up rebuild with new parts and a new motor i really want a 427 to stuff under the hood of it.
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 18, 2010, 12:34:06 AM
lol if i had a pinto with 500 miles on it by the end of the year it would have 3000 miles or more atleast id drive it everyday just cause i could my 68 gmc had 45000 original miles when i bought it for the low low price of 500 LOL cause its previous owner was an idiot and only had 3 of the 8 wires hooked to the spark plugs and said it wouldnt run so he parked it i drove it everyday when i was in highschool and as soon as i get a place to put it. It will becoming apart for a full frame up rebuild with new parts and a new motor i really want a 427 to stuff under the hood of it.
My 1983 F-150 4x4 only has 69000 original miles, but it DOES get driven... just not a lot! :lol:
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 17, 2010, 11:58:34 PM
a 60k pinto i dunno how to tell you this but thats things not rare enough for me to put that into it LOL atleast not stock.
Do the same paint scheme with a nicer green and get rid of that godaful ugly plaid interior oh and no way to a v6 unless is a 3.8 Supercharged out of a supercoupe hahahahaha and swap it to a 5 speed. Oh and the woodgrain on the side that someone painted white so needs to be wood again :lol: then it can be called "grandma car from hell".
Well Tim, if it's gonna be the Grandma Car From Hell it needs to keep the green plaid (beautiful to me) seat scheme... new fabric or at least seats in WAY better condition anyway... ;D
Quote from: blupinto on April 18, 2010, 12:57:41 AM
Well Tim, if it's gonna be the Grandma Car From Hell it needs to keep the green plaid (beautiful to me) seat scheme... new fabric or at least seats in WAY better condition anyway... ;D
If we're sinking $10 a piece in this thing, I think we need to splurge on NEW fabric for those green plaid seats!
Dwayne, I was only suggesting... if Dave could find someone getting rid of their green plaid seats and they're in good or better condition, why not? Then that's money saved to put into, I dunno...the engine, woodgrain, trim, etc. THAT- the trim- will be very hard to find, I think... at least for the rear.
I don't doubt that in the least! There ARE businesses however, who specialize in that stuff and with $60,800 at our disposal, I'll bet we can get it done! :smile:
a green plaid would be fine well depends on the fabric but that godawful piss yellow with the green is just horrifying im gunna have nightmares of it eating me! LOL Seriously though new seats like dark green ouside material and a silver and green or somthing other then yellow plaind material in the middle with the pinto pony emblem embroidered in all 4 seat backs!
No doubt... but the car has A LOT of issues that TLC and cash can resolve.
The funny thing is... Dave has his marching orders... and he doesn't know it...yet. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: Bigtimmay on April 18, 2010, 01:06:23 AM
a green plaid would be fine well depends on the fabric but that godawful piss yellow with the green is just horrifying im gunna have nightmares of it eating me! LOL Seriously though new seats like dark green ouside material and a silver and green or somthing other then yellow plaind material in the middle with the pinto pony emblem embroidered in all 4 seat backs!
HEY! I like those plaid seats! Yellow and green were '70s colors! Plus, you kind of felt like you were sitting at a picnic on the ground with plaid seats like that! Very country! I like country! ;D
Ford used that yellow in all their plaids back then. My folks had a '77 Bobcat Villager with red/yellow/white plaid seats!
thats not country me painting it light brown top fading into a dark brown bottom and attaching a set of long horn horns to the hood and adding a AAAAA-OOOOGA horn then covering all the seats in cowhide (or becky freindly) faux cowhide LOL and calling it the Southern Comfort edition pinto is country! Oh and cant forget the new and improved bigblock ford and 4wheel drive! LOL
That yellow is fords worste idea ever aside from saying a hemi was too expensive to build and letting chrysler get it LOL.
That's naugahyde to you! lol. And anyway the plaid IS country... the cowhide and brown... that's hillbilly! lol.
Wow, this thread really grew since I last checked it! lol
I would be happy to chip in $20 to the cause if we can get people together to get it out of the yard.
I would be thrilled to get the car out and restore it as the club mascot! We also have the Mizar clone that Pintony has......
If I were to get the car and restore it, I wouldn't want it to stay up here in Idaho. I would prefer it go to live with someone who is more central in the club region.
Well, heck! Then I'll chip in $20. We have to liberate her from that junkyard... we'll worry about her permanent home later... ;D