Here are some pictures of my son's 76 Runabout. It has a .040 over 302, ported/polished 289 heads and a H270 compcam. (Somehow it passes Tennessee emissions testing with the .500 lift cam). It has a Torker II intake with a 600cfm carb. The ignition is all MSD with the box mounted in the glove compartment. The trans is a C4 with a 3000 stall converter and a Hurst quarter stick going to a Ford 9" rear. We had to use a Ford Granada radiator with electric fan for cooling. All gauges are Auto meter. It has a 4 point roll bar and a 10 gal fuel cell with an external Holley fuel pump. The battery is mounted behind the passenger seat. We have an appointment at the paint shop the end of June to get it shot with Plum Crazy Purple. I will post more pictures after paint. Anyone have any ideas on how to make it better? This is just a street toy and will not be drag raced.
We finally got it out of the paint shop.... with the storms and humidity, they didn't want to shoot it until better weather. I asked the guy at the paint shop how it looked before going and picking it up and his reply was that it looked like a big plum sitting out in front of the shop.....plum or not, we love it...
Great Pinto!
You & Pintony, similar color?
Yeah, pretty much the same color.. I wanted Canary Yellow or something like that, but my mother always loved Plum Crazy Purple. So, knowing better than to try to argue with her, thats what color it is.
I love it! it looks grape....I mean great. My 1st color of choice for my second pinto was the same thing but it never happened. Now I can look at yours and see what could have been.
Quote from: pegasus2050 on June 15, 2005, 09:09:23 PM
Anyone have any ideas on how to make it better?
Dang, looks and sounds pretty good already! What a nice looking pinto! Makes me want to put a V8 in my ride!
Really nice Pegesus. Excellant choice of color. Beautiful engine job. I hope mine comes out that good looking.
thanks for the kind comments concerning my pinto everyone. by the way we are
putting new weatherstripping on the doors and hatch. for information purposes we
are using universal weatherstripping from jc whitley. door weatherstripping is cat-
alog number 812674-universal door weatherstripping ty, hatch weatherstripping is
catalog number 133229 - stick-on weaterstripping style 3. you will have to order 2
of the door weatherstripping and 2 for the hatch. door weatherstripping requires
some trimming at the top of the door in order for the door to close properly. also
on the door weatherstripping you will need to make your own holes in it in order
to use the plastic holders which push in the holes used to hold the weather-
stripping in place on the edge of the door.
WOW!!!
How did I miss this posting???
Nice ride there pegasus2050!!
I LIKE!!!
From Pintony
that s awesome, dude , pintonys is a darker,different shade, two big thumbs up! pintok
Nice Paint Real good lookin car!
woooooooooow, i really like this pinto. She's lookin nice, real clean. Good job.
What did it cost you for the paint job? I'm looking to do redo my finish. don