Hello all, been awhile since i took a pic of the car at all .
Working on freshening up the rear undercarriage a bit. GOD what a mess it was. :o All the leaf hardware and well geeze everything (cept the shocks, and the under-body) needed massaging with the wire wheel ! (actually many different kinds of wire wheels ) I was covered in rust and dirt from the cleaning of the parts, and then later with black paint overspray :P If you ever use a wire wheel to de-rust don't forget the dust mask, and also for spray-painting overhead :P
So this is just the first part of painting. Next weekend is the engine compartment and then the middle of the undercarrige.
Then hopefully start running brake-lines ,gas-lines, and fuel pump mounting etc etc etc AHHHHHHGGGG!!!!
God will this ever be done??? LOL
well hope i get a shiny point or 2 for this ;D
Till later all
WOW! 71hotrodpinto,
Looking good!!!!!!!
I really like the jack stands and chocks.
Really nice pair of Koni's too!
From Pintony
Hey thanks pintony!
looking at your cars i still dont feel worthy ..... yet ? LOL
well the biggest challenge is going to be the Body paint.( i want bright orange or yellow !!!) Almost always the biggest $$$ next to the engine and trans.
Ill try and keep some pics commin.
robert
Hey 71hotrodpinto,
It takes alot of hard work and lots of cash.
I realy dig the hard work you are doing.
I think your Pinto is worthy of much praise.
Yes, keep the photo's and updates coming.
From Pintony
awesome,awesome,awesome
pics like this get me damn excited to get rolling on mine.
Garage is almost done, new shelves,paintlights etc...
Bravo!!!!!! Looking really good 71. You guys are forcing me into a shiney corner. Yellow or Orange sounds excellant.
Hell!!!! It's a Pinto. And I can relate to that comment about Pintony. His Pintomanship certainly is a tough act to follow.
High_Horse
hey thanks guys!
Really appreciate it. No one really understands me and my car, Cept you guys! I imagine im not alone though.
Ill try and get some pics of the undercarrige and the engine compartment after i finish those in the comming weeks.
;D ;D ;D
Looking really good.
Youre really starting from the ground up. ;D
71, you arent making this any easier on the rest of us, you know ;). Say, what color orange? My 80 is Flame Orange (redish orange) - is that the one? BTW, what size tires are you running? Keep the pics coming - your hard work will pay off soon!
Hey there thanks gearhead ,sorry bout the shiny though (NOT) LOL!!
The orange I'm thinking about is hard to describe. I first thought it was "competition orange" but i think thats a bit dull.
If its orange than it will be a brighter orange ( not neon style !!) If yellow I was thinking of a corvette yelllow. Ive also tossed around the idea of a Porsche red.
Not to sure yet, but i have to be carefull, going to be living with it for a long time.
Well the tires that i have on there are not what i wanted but for now its T/A radials 225 60 15 on the rear and Dunlop SP8000 195 55 14 in the front. When i can breath financially ill be upgrading the fronts to 15s, same autodrags , and some T/As 205 50 15 fronts then 245 60 15 in the rear. Not to mention upgrading the brakes to wilwood's .
Just needs a little TLC ( TONS of LOOT and CASH ) Oh and tons of time!!
Robert