right before summer started i started teardown on my pinto. Now summer break is over. The whole car has been sandblasted, self etched, primed. All been blocked and reprimed. i went from park bench bumpers to a skinny bumper up front and a roll pan on the back. with cutouts for the licence plate and my carbon fiber rice pipe. haha Bought all new rubber for it and new carpet and a new headliner. Keep in mind im a high school student so defiantly on a budget from working summers at a local shop. I painted the jams last weekend an mixed a custom interior color. It is black sapphire effect with green pearl and green toner mixed in. So it looks like regular black until the sun hits it then is sparkles green. I put a picture of the hinge up with it on it. the exterior color is going to be synergy green. The same color as a 2010 special edition camero. the jams are already painted it here are the picture hope you enjoy. I will update it when i get it painted
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man it looks awsome, i love that color was trying to get a buddy of mine to paint his 84chevy pick up that color, your wagon has all the stuff i want to do to my bobcat wagon, turbo 2.3, 8inch rear, and a killer paint job!!!
great job and keep up the good work
thanks!! good luck on your bobcat!
Cool Pinto...there alot of work but well worth it..anyone can do a Mustang,Camaro,Ect.Takes a special breed to restore a Pinto... Keep up the great work.....
got it painted today!
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Very nice..... 8)
installed fatmat sound deadener in the doors and the roof. both double layered. also caulked the roof supports to the roof to prevent any rattles. anyone else have sound deadener in there car? how does it work? im using all 100 sq feet 50mil
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It is going to be beautiful. What made you choose a pinto for your project?
i chose a pinto because my dad made me sell my 64 econoline for safety reasons. I wanted something different that nobody really desires to have. plus its light and fast! and best of all cheap. haha thats important when your on a budget like mine
Leave me in your will.........your Dad is gonna kill you when he sees the shop floor ! :lol:
Good job on the car & look forward to seeing the finished product !
haha thats a good way of putting it. he wasn't real happy said it looked like kermit exploded in the shop
Quote from: Reeves1 on September 12, 2011, 05:41:15 AM
Leave me in your will.........your Dad is gonna kill you when he sees the shop floor ! :lol:
Good job on the car & look forward to seeing the finished product !
Quote from: carbomb on September 12, 2011, 12:16:32 AM
i chose a pinto because my dad made me sell my 64 econoline for safety reasons. I wanted something different that nobody really desires to have. plus its light and fast! and best of all cheap. haha thats important when your on a budget like mine
Quote from: carbomb on September 12, 2011, 12:16:32 AM
i chose a pinto because my dad made me sell my 64 econoline for safety reasons. I wanted something different that nobody really desires to have. plus its light and fast! and best of all cheap. haha thats important when your on a budget like mine
Quote from: carbomb on September 12, 2011, 12:16:32 AM
i chose a pinto because my dad made me sell my 64 econoline for safety reasons. I wanted something different that nobody really desires to have. plus its light and fast! and best of all cheap. haha thats important when your on a budget like mine
I wanted to quote you but I messed it up. Don't know what I did wrong. I wanted to comment on your statement
"I wanted something different that nobody really desires to have"
NOBODY DESIRES TO HAVE? The first time you hit the street you will find, EVERYONE WANTS YOUR CAR.
yeah now they will! a lot of people just ask me why a pinto? why not a mustang or a camaro. a lot more "desirable" cars. but i would wrather have something unique. and i like it. so i guess that's all that matters. what i dont like about it is the really short staples that hold the headliner in! Anyone know of a better way of putting one in?
Quote from: carbomb on September 13, 2011, 11:06:41 PM
yeah now they will! a lot of people just ask me why a pinto? why not a mustang or a camaro. a lot more "desirable" cars. but i would wrather have something unique. and i like it. so i guess that's all that matters.
I have a highly modified 2007 Mustang that will end up costing me nearly 100K by the time it's finished but I really enjoy hopping in my Pinto's & running around in them. They are waaaaay more fun to drive & I don't freak out over a rock chip in the paint.
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got it more put together. finally got to drive it today
this car is NOT going to help me win the argument with my son on the LIME GREEN he wants to paint his 80 wagon ::)
but it does look better than I thought once you see it on the whole car
you have done a fine job on it
Quote from: D1 on September 24, 2011, 05:07:33 AM
this car is NOT going to help me win the argument with my son on the LIME GREEN he wants to paint his 80 wagon ::)
but it does look better than I thought once you see it on the whole car
you have done a fine job on it
thanks and thats too funny. It is still a lot of green and will take some getting used to. I was walking to my car yesterday and overheard a girl say " holy S$#@ look at how F#$!in green that car is" i just started laughing
I'd kill to have a '64 Econoline. Pintos don't seem much safer to me aside from a front end collision, if he was concerned about safety why'd he let you replace it with a Pinto?
That's a hell of a project car for a high school student. I bought mine right after I graduated and 5 months later I still have a lot in the works...
Quote from: JohnW on October 21, 2011, 10:17:57 PM
I'd kill to have a '64 Econoline. Pintos don't seem much safer to me aside from a front end collision, if he was concerned about safety why'd he let you replace it with a Pinto?
That's a hell of a project car for a high school student. I bought mine right after I graduated and 5 months later I still have a lot in the works...
thanks! and that van wasnt safe any way you looked at it. front end side or back end collision. im sure it would of exploded before any pinto did! my pintos doors have huge crash bars in the doors, newer seatbelts out of a 96 mustang and lots of front end absorbency! the back would hold up ok. there is a foot of room between the gas tank and the back and a lot of metal! .
Any chance you still have the clips that hold the Squire molding on. I could use a couple
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I shortened an 8.8 for my wagon and painted it up real nice. 373 LSD disk brakes. After taking the wheels off my torino and trying them for size im thinking about putting some just like it on my pinto. What do you think? the fronts arnt bolted on just sitting there so they stick out a little. I also painted my grill black when i painted my axel and tinted the lenses because they were all yellowish. and put on a chrome bumper! these are my other option for wheel
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probably with a green stripe around the lip or maybe refinished gunmetal grey. opinions?
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I've gotta say the slot mags look the best. The 5 spoke Rallye wheels don't fit the character of a Pinto to me. Is the 8.8 the 5 lug Explorer style? If so, keep the 4 lug slot mags up front and get a pair of Ansen Sprints for the back.
Stay with the spokes...they look waaaaaaaaaay better than slots.
I would say either slots or "spokes". I have the "four spoke" steel styled wheels (similar to the spokes you have) that were Pinto option, and love them, but I've also always wanted a set of good slotted wheels.
Honestly, when I do my car, I will do either Rally or Ansen Sprints, which ever is most affordable at the time, as both are quite appealing.
In the end it all comes down to personal taste.
I'm going to switch to Cragars once I get the car done. I like the Centerlines I have but I have a soft spot for Cragar SS wheels.
i thought about cragers too! i havnt seen a nicely done pinto with a set of cragers on it though! Someone should start a topic with just different style rims on pintos so that it can make that decision a little easier! and im converting the front to 5 lug 11 inch disks as well so i can run the same wheel front and back. I really like the Ansen Sprints but they just look to stock for me. and i would rather have chrome or a color for rims not aluminum finish its just too dull.
i like the spokes too. by the way; your wagon looks great. i like the rear pan with an accurately placed cut out for the muffler. the color is attention grabbing without being too loud and if you make it sit a lot lower it will finish off the package just right.
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dang those look good!!!! http://jalopnik.com/cragars/ this makes me want to put cragers on my car and drop it a few inches! im getting an aluminum driveshaft cut down today! picking it up tomorrow and i have work off after school for the rest of the week so i can hopefully get it driving again before the weekend! and test out the locker! ;D
cragars are the best for these old cars they are period correct and look awsome!!! have a set of 13's on my wagon and love them!!!
does anybody have a picture of a pinto with 15 inch american sprints all the way around?
Your wagon is looking great!! I like the magnum wheels personally and will be doing a 15x6 and 15x8 on my project when the time comes... Plus you can get Pinto emblems for the center of them! Mine might be a better fit for them though since I am putting 70 Boss stripes on the car. I am also doing the 11" brake swap you had linked earlier Carbomb (the UPS guy struggled with that box, he is learning to hate me lately) and the kit looks very good, I havent got car back from bodyshop yet to start the install though. Hopefully the kit fits as good as it looks. :)
I got my front converted to 5 lug with this kit
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took a week or so to come but it looks great and went on super easy! heres a picture of my drilled and slotted rotors painted and on my car
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Just wanted to know if anybody had experience with cobra r rims on the front. I wanted 17X8's with 5.68" of backspacing an 1/2" spacers. Anybody know if this will work fine without rubbing?
up-dates on the Kermit car ?
got wheels for it (17X8's +30mm) and finished the interior up mostly. thats about it for now. the wheels i hit right on for backspacing. I ended up having to run 1/4 inch spacers in the back with my narrowed explorer axel and none in the front after the 5 lug rotors. The tires in the front are 205/40/17 and in the back 225 something. they are old ones and they were free!
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Looks great! :)
Wow that car looks really sharp. I like the roll pan at the back in place of the rear bumper
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If you dont mind me asking, where did you find the roll pan at? I love the look.
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Carbomb
If you dont mind me asking, where did you find the roll pan at? I love the look.
I drew the shape of the bend on cardboard and had a piece of 18 gauge steel rolled to that shape at a metal shop in town. And i cut it to fit and built the licence plate and exhaust cutout out of extra steel and welded it on. took me a full weekend to do. If you want some more pictures i'm sure i have some somewhere of the making.
i'm getting really tired of fixing this old thing. The clutch cable broke and i had to buy a new one which was junk and pulled through the firewall. kind of a poor design. i wasn't willing to wait another 2 weeks for a replacement that would probably break too so i put 4 hoseclamps around it to keep it from pulling through again.(holding for 2 weeks now) Tonight my throttle cable broke. i had to stack coins on the idle adjustment screw to keep it at about 4500 rpm and drove it home like that. does anybody know if there is an aftermarket pedal assembly i could put in this someone easily? I don't like fixing it! i like making it better!
Theres nothing wrong with the stock one and as for the throttle cable it must have just been junk in the first place cause my throttle cables out of the T bird the engine came from and it has 0 Problems. I got a stock clutch cable from fred when I did the 5 speed swap and I have had no problems with it the aftermarket ones from the parts store are trash better off getting a Nos one or even used.
Only other thing I could tell yah is maybe look at like speedway at the street rod pedal assemblys or maybe even stock car stuff. But I can tell yah right now neither is gunna be cheap so be prepared to ditch out cash for that kinda stuff. But with the street rod stuff youll prolly need a Tbird bellhousing so yah can convert to hydraulic/slave.