Here is the test pic Pintony sent to confirm pic transfer from cellcam to FordPinto.com
Please tell me Pintony is going to use a higher resolution camera once he actually gets there. Argghhh
Hello Group,
Yes I will have my sony cam with me But I caN NOT SEND THE PHOTOS BACK WITH THAT CAMERA.
You guys will just have to wait untill I get back to see the good photos.
mY SON IS ALSO TAKING HIS MOVIE CAM.
From Pintony
Great!
Just got a call from Tony. Purple Pinto has made it to Joplin, MO! Yeah Purple Pinto! He will be in Tulsa by 7 PM.
I will be filling Tony's belly and his gas tank tonight in Tulsa. Will take a few pics and post here tonight or tomorrow.
Dave
Pintony meets Original74 in Tulsa,OK sometime after 7:00 P.M. CST.
Pintonys position as of 12:42 pm cst was in Armarillo,Texas looking for Panhandle Sams junk yard and that treasure trove of Pintos. He reports a vacuum differential from what he expected and is dealing with it like all of us would by expecting the worst case. He attributes it to a headwind. I think PurplePinto will blow through Tornado alley zooping with it ALL that is not bolted down. Rock on Pintony!!!!! There is no better test run.
Pintony called yesterday afternoon. He was rolling through Missouri. Almost to Sprinfield. Looks like he made through and beyond to the wild west. I will call him today since I was sleeping when he called me(night workers, we are really backwards on our sleep schedule).
Tercin
Quote from: High_Horse on April 06, 2006, 12:52:58 PM
Pintonys position as of 12:42 pm cst was in Amarillo,Texas looking for Panhandle Sams junk yard and that treasure trove of Pintos.
Sure enough! He made it here to my house and I announced that here somewhere earlier. I just wanted to include a couple of pics of places I wanted to tell him about right here near me that a Route 66 trip just isn't complete without.
At 2:42 P.M. Thursday Pintony and PurplePinto cross into New Mexico. Ye ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess that vacuum thing isn't stopping him. Of course at 120mph there is no vacuum. According to the member map PurplePinto is entering no-Pintos land. Blaze that trail Pintony.
Pintony continuse his trek to California staying at a place Thursday night just inside the New Mexico bourder. At 10:45am mst he crossed the line into Arizona again continuing on into no-Pintos land. PurplePintos vacuum reading still seems to be out of perameters, Pintony apperently experianced an electrical poof when the cell was plugged in to the cig lighter and the rockers have required adjustment because the valve seats are breaking in as expected. Tick,tick...tick...tick,tick..................................God guys, there is no better feeling then throwing an adjustment to the lifters on the open road.
Pintony and PurplePinto stop off at a trading post. I suppose P.P. needed to stomp around with some of the other Pintos while Pintony was checking out the engines. 1:15 P.M. MST
Flagstaff brought a surprise as PurplePinto runs out of gas. 3:52 P.M. MST
Well finally the California state line. 8:04 P.M. MST
I heard from Pintony last night about 11pm CDT. He was in Barstow CA. By now he should be resting in beautiful Los Angeles CA. Way to go Tony!
Tercin
Pintony and PowerPinto clean the Pintos up for the show. Is that a Pangra Wagon???
Sweettttttt!!!!!
I spoke to Pintony on the phone at 2:30PM CST Wednesday afternoon. He said that he was running a day behind schedule and was in New Mexico heading east. PurplePinto is running fine he said.
Nothing like a road trip.
Hello Group,
I made it home today about 11:00am. :)
I feel like I could sleep for a week.
Back later...
Glad to read that you made it ok!! PintoJetlag!!! Good deal.
High_Horse
That was some road trip. Hope you had a great time with many stories to tell. Glad your home safe.
Tercin
Hello Group,
Here is our first stop on our journey to California to attend the Knotts Berry farm show.
Here I am at Original74 "Dave's" house. Tulsa Oklahoma
Me trying to do my best Wayne impression.
Dave took us out for steak dinner. His treat!
What a great guy and a fantastic 1974 Sports Accent Group Pinto.
Dave showed Ben and I some of his goodies he has displayed in his shop.
Dave said I just missed the playboy bunny girls... Damn!!!!! ;D
From Pintony
Here is Dave checking out the purple Pinto.
Hello Group,
Here is the P.P. near oklahoma city at the Route 66 Museum.
Kinda dark for a photo but here it is...
Here we are in Tuccumcari New Mexico.
Here is Ben looking for his charger for his camera.
Moments later we would have an under-dash electrical fire.
Was pretty scary!
Not sure what caused the fire but after a trip to NAPA. for some E-tape and a new cigar lighter socket we were back on the road headed west!
The fire fried the turn signal harness and the cigar lighter wire.
After pulling the wires apart and taping the wires up real nice.
We checked all the elictrical circuits for any shorts and then tried all the lights and flashers.
Everything worked!
After a real A-hole jumped us for using his Motel parking lot to sheild us from the wind so we could dig out the charger with out all our stuff blowing away. What a JERK!!!!
Ben ad I drove through some nasty dust storms in texas.
I was dodgeing tumble weeds and poor visability.
We missed the Bobs Cadiliac Ranch because of the Dust, and on the way home it was too dark.
So thanks to Panhandlesam for the proxie-photos. ;D
From Pintony
Here is the Purple Pinto in Galup New Mexico.
Another photo from the other direction.
Hre is a great shot! Somewhere in Arizona???
Gotta love this shot.
This truck just happend to be crossing the intersection and I got the shot!!!!!
The Roush truck was headed to the Knotts berry show too.
Ben said he talked to the driver while we were at the Knotts show and said that he remembered seeing us. I think Ben got video???
HOW COOL!!!
sweet! and it's extra cool that you drove it to the show. trailers are for boats!
krazi
Hey Krazi,
Yes we drove.
I wonder if anyone drove "the Car they entered" farther to attend this show?
From Pintony
this only proves that our pintos are stronger than people think. did you ever get a picture of the pinto in hollywood?
Quote from: Pintony on April 18, 2006, 12:27:48 AM
Ben ad I drove through some nasty dust storms in texas.
I was dodgeing tumble weeds and poor visability.
We missed the Bobs Cadiliac Ranch because of the Dust, and on the way home it was too dark.
So thanks to Panhandlesam for the proxie-photos. ;D
From Pintony
You're quite welcome. I try to stay on top of things here, and yes that day was one our record setting days for wind.....73 mph! :hypno:
There was a semi-truck that was blown over on I-40, east side of town, good thing you came thru when you did because they were turning folks back east for nine after hours,happened just as you left here. :nocool:
Anyway, I'm glad your trip went well,safe and that you made it back home. If you ever get this way again stop by! You're always :welcome: :peace:
P.S.