Hello all,
I'm slowly gathering a data base of reference for the road racing history of the Ford Pinto. Many of the cars that were raced in the IMSA & SCCA series during the 70's have been turned into mini stocks, or even worse ,been scrapped during racing or wound up in the recycle yards. There are a few that I'm sure are still racing in Vintage series ( Brian Walsh , Ed Smith-aka Cheyne/Bean Galpin ford car, Larry Daurora etc), but I'm finding many are just not shown in news archives. If you know of any of these historic racers from this era ( 1971-1982) that are still intact, let me know as I wish to find as much data as possible. These cars would be a real hoot to see at our ford conventions.
Many thanks in advance..
Pintosopher
The Car and Driver Pint was restored and was featured in an issue a couple of months back
Tercin
Pintosopher,
Good to see you're still out there somewhere sucking air!
I have some pictures I took of the Ed Smith/Cheyne Pinto at the Trans Am race in July, 1972 at Laguna Seca. I also have three of the competition: The #52 Bobcor Alfa and two Datsuns, the #46 (Bob Sharp, I believe) and the #85 (The weekend guest driver was Bobby Allison.).
Also, I took two pictures of two other Pintos, both affiliated with W. W. Automotive. You can almost make out the company phone number on the B-Sedan car. The B/S Pinto was at Laguna Seca that same weekend, and the 2nd Pinto was a street-driven one I saw in Santa Cruz in May that same year.
Also, before I sold the Cheyne Pinto to Ed Smith, I took some "detail" pictures, under the hood and suspension stuff; and after Ed got the car, he sent me back some pictures of the freshened-up car in his shop.
If you think you might find these interesting, I'll scan them and email them to you.
Paul a.k.a. cossiepinto
Email me at paulramsey@suddenlink.net and we can do some cyberbenchracing!
cossiepinto put up the pics on the site for all of us to see! i for one (old fart that I am) would love to see those cars from the days when i had mine on the street
If someone would please tell me how to post multiple (as in almost 30) pictures to the site, I'd be glad to. I can't seem to find the "Your Album" easy button under "Gallery".
cossiepinto