A friend of mine inherited this car and I'm thinking of getting it from him. I have never looked into anything Pinto until he mentioned having the car.
I went and looked at it last night and snapped a bunch of pictures.
http://s50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/dbrown35/Pinto/?sc=1&addtype=local
The car is a 1980 trunk model, 1 owner, 39,xxx miles, 2.3 manual trans. Hasn't been run since 1993.
He did say that about a year ago they tried starting it with fuel down the carb and it start and ran for a second until that gas was gone.
Thanks for any input.
hasn't been driven in 13 years.... and that looks to be a lot of rust....
I wouldn't pay more that a couple hundred bucks... "If" I was willing to spend a bunch of money and time fixing it up for a daily driver.
Are you able to do the work yourself??? that would be the first question to ask...
If someone offered that to me based on the pics and info you gave I would spend $200-$300 and I would buy it for parts only. I want the front seats for my 73 and motor might be worth overhaul for my 77 wagon.
just my opinion ;D
I agree with Cookie.
Sometimes sitting that long is worse than a car with higher miles.
It seems to need a bunch of detail and rust work(compaired to around here, that car is awsome), but what is it worth to you and what do you want it for?
Bill
I was origionally under the impression the car was in better condition. I guess he never really looked at it and guessed.
As for the work, yes I would be doing all of it. This would be my 1st venture into body work.
As for it's proposed purpose, it would be a street car mainly, with occassional auto-xing maybe.
I would want to rebuild/turbo the 2.3 or swap out for a v8. Also increase the handling as much as I could.
The budget at the moment for the "project" would be about $2000.
I have been messing with neons for quite awhile and am tired of them so I'm kinda looking for something else, and came across this car.
You have come to the right place.
First, where are you?
Second, if you want a turbo, GET A TURBO ENGINE.
Third, handling stuff is very do-able with very little work (turbo or N/A 2.3 anyway).
Bill
Quote from: 77turbopinto on September 19, 2006, 01:30:59 PM
First, where are you?
Second, if you want a turbo, GET A TURBO ENGINE.
Located in SE-MI, and the turbo engine is self is also an option. I really would have no set direction or preference at the moment.
That's fine, and just for information, there is a big difference(s) between a N/A and a turbo 2.3. If you do a little searching you will find a bunch of info on that, if you get to that point.
If it were me, I would just buy it (the reason I have 5 right now).
Good luck,
Bill
Quote from: 77turbopinto on September 19, 2006, 01:37:14 PM
If it were me, I would just buy it (the reason I have 5 right now).
I'm trying to find out what I should give for the car. When I was under the impression the car was in good condition, I was talking about $500 for it. With the given condition, I am wondering if that is to high.
You guys will know alot better than I will what the average selling price for a car in this condition is.
Thanks.
I bought almost the same car earlier this year for $75. The only difference is mine is a hatch and I do not have power brakes. My car looks to have 86K and it was running and driving. The body and floor boards are rust free with few dents in the front fenders and roof but the interior is trashed. Since the interior of "your" car is in decent shape and the car is low mileage, I would go with what Cookieboy said. Offer $200-$300. Maybe in the future you could find a better body and swap the better parts over?
A lot of us have the 'luxury' of having owned and worked on them to understand what it cost to get them fixed how we want them, not to mention what parts are available and the costs of them. If you can do much of the work yourself, you might be willing to pay more for the car than someone that can't. We paid the most for Connie's Pinto and it had the WORST body (for rust and dents, less the racecars) of all 9 we have ever owned, was in the worst running/road-worthy condition of all the running ones, but the floors are mint and the interior is the best of all the cars.
Even with all the good photos, it is VERY hard to judge the true condition by them. If I were close by, I would come over and look at it with you (I think many of us would).
Take a look on ebay for sold pintos and parts cars; it is amazing the range of prices, and how much the prices have gone up lately ($13,800.).
Bill
rust? where? my daily driver wagon doesn't look near as nice as that car.
Quote from: Cookieboy on September 19, 2006, 01:13:43 PM
that looks to be a lot of rust....
Krazi, my 73 has rust too.... I'm gonna lose my rear quarters if I don't do something soon. But I bought the tires and wheels and got my 73 for free (that's how I look at it anyhow)
look at the pics again... # 5, 9, 31, 51 and 52 are some of the best examples. Body looks ok for now but it will not be long and the rust will spread and then body parts will start flappin'. Look at the bottom of doors, by the hood latch and mostly under the car... from what I see any work done to the underside and bolts will brake. Exhaust front to back will need to be replaced, Shocks look bad, front springs... there is no oil or dirt protecting the metal under this car, everthing is all origional and it has all been exposed and allowed to rust away.
I've been lucky with my car and it sat for a few years... have it running good enough to drive but has taken 2 months and appox $600 to do it. I still have more work to do and money to spend. I wouldn't trade my rusty body for the underside of this pinto. I've been under my car and it looks much better than this one.
However DB asked for opinions and I gave mine... considering the underside rust and 13 years of not running I would buy this one cheap.
well shoot, it looks like surface rust to me. my wagon sat for 5 years with a broken window and the door windows rolled down before I rescued it from the crusher. the floor in front of the drivers seat was completely gone, and the passenger side was starting to go. the exhaust is full of holes, the rear quarters are pretty bad, I've sanded them to bare metal and rattle-canned some primer on them, and the interior has a musty smell when it's humid or raining.if I knew where this car was, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
krazi
I wouldn't have much problem paying 500 for it...
I wouldn;t count on the engine being much good witout a rebuild though.
the underside doesn't look very good at all.. parts car is my opinion