Pinto Car Club of America

Okay  Pinto no. one is ready to safety.  Should be done tomorrow.  Ya hoo.

Pinto no. 2  

This is what I would like to do/ use it for.

I would like to find a nice clean  wagon.  I want to used it for a pick up/ delivery vehicle for
the lodge's store.  

1.  on a side bar, does the cruising wagon have a rear
seat?  or is it just deleted?

2.  I would like to have reliability

3.  good to great gas mileage

4.  empty at least , it should be able to squeal the
tires.

5.  fun to drive.,  maybe this should be first.

6.  4 season daily driver.  -40 to plus 120.

The question would be , what kind of drive train should I be looking at.   I am not sure about the
transmision yet, but my wife has been remonising (sp)
about our old vw bus Standard.



Of course money is an object, but My 78 is on the road
for under $2000.00 including the 500.00 frieght bill
for shipping the car from vancouver to winnipeg.  So I figure that $5000.00 should be adaquate, provided that the body and paint and panels are in great shape!

Of course, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

thanks in advance

Darrel

Let's see, first of all Congrats on getting the Pinto ready for the road  ;D
1 Cruisin Wagons DO have a rear seat
2 ask around, Pintos are VERY reliable in thier stock, or lightly modded form.
3 My stock 74 runabout gets approx 30MPG sounds good to me
4 My 74 w/auto trans will spin it's tires
5 I'd put ride/handling up against anything in the car's class today. (I can out corner most civics)
6 Granted i live in Tennessee where we don't get much snow, but we're not prepared for what we do get either. my 74 goes great in the white stuff.

the drive train is really up to you. If you intend to drive in the winter, you should stay away from super high HP. (unless you know how to install traction control LOL) the 2.3L 4cyl with an auto would be the best  for winter (the wife may like it too) the Cruisin Wagons were available with a 2.8L V6 which would DEFINATELY spin the tires.