Has anyone here backhalfed their Pinto and if so do you have any photos of the frame rails where they were welded in to the body and photos of when you cut the rear quarter panels out for the tires to fit.
Phil.
Quote from: pintojunky on October 12, 2007, 05:40:44 PM
Has anyone here backhalfed their Pinto and if so do you have any photos of the frame rails where they were welded in to the body and photos of when you cut the rear quarter panels out for the tires to fit.
Phil.
:welcome: Phil,
Have you thought about just buying a project that someone has lost interest in???
It should save you a load of Cash! & lots of work that the other guy already did.
Sorry I can not help with your question.
From Pintony
Hi Phil,
I've got to agree 100% with Pintony, unless you're made of cash or in love with this particular Pinto, you're much better off to buy someone else's project they got tired of....or more than likely ran out of cash for.
well what you say does make sense but to late project is underway. I do feel a little bad for cutting up a rust free 73. I just about have all i need for the project
at this time. I need the coilover shocks and to have the rearend narrowed and ill be ready to start putting it together. I have been buying parts little at a time
so it will be a few months before i have the last few parts to get started. So i am doing as much research as i can write now before i get started.
Phil
Hey pintojunky,
Did U save the interior??
I'm interested if it is for sale....
From Pintony
So what is backhalfing?
I'm imaging a trailer made out of the back half of a Pinto.
Or a Pinto cut off behind the doors and made into a flatbed truck.
:o
Sorry Pintony i no longer have the interior the car had been sitting for 10+ years in the sun with the windows up and it all just fell apart as i touched it.
All that is left is the steering wheel and it is a metal ring.
dholvrsn: backhalfing is when you cut out the trunk and rear floor of the car and weld in narrow frame rails to allow for wide tires.
Phil
Didn't that use to be called tubbing?
Quote from: dholvrsn on October 13, 2007, 04:02:07 PM
Didn't that use to be called tubbing?
NO! That's what the 3 stooges did on saturday ... ;D
Tubbing goes along with back halfing. Back halfing literly cuts out the floor from the back of the front seats rearward to the back panel and replaces it with a 2 x3 square frame.
Tubbing can be done on a regular car by cutting out the rear wheelwells and replacing them with bigger ones. They usually look like have of a big old wash tub. When you back half you always have to make new tubs and a lot of sheet metal but it is the only way to get big tires under the car.
jim