Last year my son got his drivers licence in my green '78 wagon...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pinto%20pics/steven.jpg)
This year he goes to Prom, this time driving the '77 Hatchback...
He was buggin' me all week.... Please Dad!! well, what was I gonna say....
getting ready to leave...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05101.jpg)
he has arrived...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05104.jpg)
the cute couple...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05126.jpg)
getting ready to leave...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05133.jpg)
what a gentleman...
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05135.jpg)
now before you get the keys.... be safe! and bring my car back in one piece!!
(http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/qq103/cookieboystoys/misc%20pics/prom/DSC05139.jpg)
The previous brought to you by the Ford Motor Company, Pinto's and the Nutz that still own and drive them ;D
cool, my bobcat went to 2 proms with my brother in law.
I remember, this was my one and only chance so had to post it up ;D
Quote from: phils toys on April 25, 2010, 10:53:40 AM
cool, my bobcat went to 2 proms with my brother in law.
Thats awsome! Being a prom parent is still a long way off for me, but I hope I can do the same thing.
Cool story!! Love the idea of Pintos at Prom!
Well I was planning on driving mine to prom this year, which this upcoming weekend, but I've lost my keys and don't know what I'm going to do! :embarassed:
-beegle55
Quote from: rctinker on April 25, 2010, 12:45:12 PM
Being a prom parent is still a long way off for me, but I hope I can do the same thing.
Hey Tink, your time will come... Phil had his, this time was mine, someday it will be your turn ;D
and Beegle... start looking for them keys :lost:
I'm looking and looking hard. I hope they turn up. An embarrassing side note...I had spares made, but put the working spares on with the other keys and never remembered to separate them. :o
So I have found the other spares and hey, I can get into the trunk! But the others have the original key to the car that is worn so thin from years of age...being the second owner of the car I really have sentimental attachment to that key and it needs to be found. Wish me luck...
-beegle55 :'(
Quote from: Cookieboystoys on April 25, 2010, 11:11:41 PM
Hey Tink, your time will come... Phil had his, this time was mine, someday it will be your turn ;D
and Beegle... start looking for them keys :lost:
yes i did and with 3 boys in grade school i should get a few more chances. only one question how was the response frome everyone at the prom?
Beegle take the pinto !!!!
Quote from: phils toys on April 26, 2010, 07:25:12 AM
only one question how was the response frome everyone at the prom?
Her family had a great time, I have talked to her mom before about Pinto's... she stopped one day to tell me stories of a past one she owned. They drove to dinner and a little cruising uptown. Parking for the prom as a block away so they just parked it at her house, adding an extra block to the walk... I was worrind about parking lot dings so he didn't park with the others...
even if there wasn't much in the "show off" department... it is a memory they will both remember ;D
hey brian,which one are you going to give him for graduation present?
Quote from: dmsteen on April 26, 2010, 09:43:06 AM
hey brian,which one are you going to give him for graduation present?
Hahahahah!!!! Good One Dave! I let him drive them once in awhile, car shows, etc... but give him one? I think not. At least not one of the better ones, he would have to learn to drive a stick first.
yeah my daughter is 30 and she still will not drive a stick so i lucked out there but she wants the mustang cause its a automatic
I didn't learn how to drive a stick til I was 37. There's hope for her yet! lol. For a very long time I swore I would never own- much less drive- a manual tranny car. Now half my fleet (herd?) are! lol.
Your son looks like a good boy and his date was gorgeous. Nice kids deserve a break. Keep up the good parenting, it never ends
Hope my pinto is that nice when my boys go to prom.
Stuwil, he's a good kid and actually makes me pretty proud at times. We've been thru a lot over the years, some good, some bad and I'm glad he's still here and traving the road with me. Sometimes he even switches roles w/me... not to long ago he was chewing on my butt for doing something I shouldn't be doing... he set me straight and got me to thinking... a good kid :)
Pintoches, as I recall yours are pretty young (hope I got that right) so you have plenty of time to make the Pinto "shiny"
Quote from: Cookieboystoys on May 12, 2010, 10:16:12 PM
Pintoches, as I recall yours are pretty young (hope I got that right) so you have plenty of time to make the Pinto "shiny"
Are boys will be 6 and 7 this summer.
I drove my 1971 Ford Pinto to my Senior Prom in 1974. I wish I still had that silly car, sold her to my brother-in-law in 1976 for $650.00. It's probably been recycled by now. Fortunately I have my current 1971 Pinto which is a clone of the one I drove to my prom. These will be great memories for your boy some day, when he's talking to his kids about his prom. It was very nice of you to let him enjoy your beautiful piece of Ford history, for such a special night. Hope your son and his beautiful date enjoyed their prom. Larry :police:
Very cool! A lucky couple to, they look great together! Hopefully I get the chance to experience this moment some time down the road, I've got a step daughter and son, and my biological daughter. Whether or not any of them will love the Pintos that much is another story.
Unfortunately, my son doesn't share my love of Pintos. He would probably bail on the prom altogether if I suggested he go in the Pinto! :lol:
Dwayne :smile:
Quote from: dga57 on May 14, 2010, 02:01:22 AM
Unfortunately, my son doesn't share my love of Pintos. He would probably bail on the prom altogether if I suggested he go in the Pinto! :lol:
Dwayne :smile:
mine didn't either... at first... they have grown on him and I think now if I were to give him one (a good one) he would love to say it was his... I need to teach the kid to drive a stick...
I wasn't fond of the Ford Pinto while growing up either, I just saw it as "another old car, but this one would blow up". I didn't want to get it back on the road again initially, my mom and dad had me do it for home school credit. After a little time I thought it was interesting getting to work on a car, but thought nothing of it.
I didn't care about the car until I got my license at the age of 19, and realized how FUN it is to drive compared to the other cars I had to drive while learning to drive. I learned to drive a stick shift on my 78 Sedan, and I got a lot of attention just for driving the car to the store. Since then I've had a strange addiction to Pintos that no one in Idaho can seem to understand. :)
Home that gives you some hope Dwayne!
Damn Brian, there is no mistaking that your son is your son. You two look so alike! I look nothing like my Dad. Not Thomas, he looks just like his Dad...Pintony. Oh you didn't know that Pintony Peterson was Thomas' father? Just ask him about what Thomas did every time we went out! I need to do home and scan the picture of my next to my Pinto when I was going to Prom in mine!
Quote from: Pintopower on May 14, 2010, 01:04:44 PM
Damn Brian, there is no mistaking that your son is your son. You two look so alike!
I know... poor kid :o
and what's Thomas doing now... this should prove to be an interesting story ;)