Pinto Car Club of America
Shiny is Good! => General Pinto Talk => Topic started by: allfordmark on June 07, 2005, 05:34:23 PM
I just scored a big hit. I found an abandoned early 70's squire wagon and stopped to ask about it. The property owner said that it had been abandoned and I could have it for the taking. I looked in the windows and saw that the seats were better than mine and it had a day/night mirror. so I said OK. I could not open the hood as it had been damaged while parked by a snowplow one winter.
I went back to tow it and forced the hood and found a rough looking engine with a very nice looking header. The previous owner had just tied the header into the stock exhaust which seems like a waste of good air flow. It will be corrected when swapped into my Pinto. It also has a very nice-anti sway bar for the front of my runabout.
I think that it is amazing what you can find when you keep your eyes open and have a little patience. I really have enjoyed driving my '72 and the extra goodies will be a big boost.