hi to all went to my local pick n pull and got a plastic air dam from a ford aerostar minivan.with some metal screws and washers i drilled on the bottom side of my alumium bumper. looks great and looks like it was made for a pinto.25.00 total investment and 20.oo was for the air dam.so for some of us who are on a budet it works well. thanks chrisf1219
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Agreed, Need Pics.
High_Horse
sorry guys i have to find my camera. i tired once but my pics were too big.whats the best way to send pics. thanks chrisf1219
Hey Chris
Sounds exactly what i did to my 79 but i used one off a chevy S-10 pickup It deffinately complements that aluminum bumper quite nicely :D As soon as i get it out of the backyard, i need to upload a pic too :)
Steve
I would like to see this as well as I was thinking of putting one on mine.
ok guys i have a 4 day weekend coming up and im going to search for my camera. my wife just handed to me so ill send some as soon as i can.hopefully i can make them small enough or cookieboy has said he would post for me.i like the way it turned out it looks like it was made for a 77 wagon. have a good holiday and ill post later chris
Save them as .jpg format with an 800 width and upload them to http://imageshack.us/ and just link them here :)
This was posted on TurboPinto.com..
http://www.turbopinto.com/index.php?topic=107.0
(Glassman)
On my 76 I used an 80s civic spoiler/bumper cover. I had to almost cut it in half. It fits really well. So good that I'm going to use one on the 78.
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My front spoiler is off of an 89 chevy celebrity. The width/fit is perfect. I did have to shorten the sides about an inch or two. You can see where my joint is cracking. I do need to cut a filler peice to contour that space and strengethen that butt connection with it. I added a 2.5 inch sheet dam under it and it was easy because of a 1 inch flat that was easy to screw to. I am very satisfied with the flow through to the radiator and will enhance that by adding side dams inside to prevent the air from going to the sides which is the path of least resistance. I can tell how fast my cooling fans are spinning at speed when turned off by how brightly my "fan on" L.E.D. indicator lights will illuminate.
High_Horse
Dodge Daytona might be close..
Reading this reminded me of an add i saw in an old (79) Hot Rod magazine.
phils toys
here is the whole add
Map351 inflation sure has changed the prices also it may help with what the parts you are reproducing as to what they wold fit.
hi lets see if this works
hi it worked as you can see the aerostar air dam is almost the same width as my 77 wagon bumper. attached by screws and washers from the bottom edge of my bumper. it was easy to install trim as needed to follow the shape of yhe bumper. it looks like it should have when it left the factory. hope this helps chris
Hey Chris, that looks good! both the car and the spoiler ;D
from the looks of it... the bolts are in front of the spoiler?
Nice Job Chris
thanks guys for the nice comments. maybe some time well be able to meet up in person. not sure when it will happen though. i will be trying to make it to knots next year for the show.as far as the srews go they are mounted on the front edge of the bumper in front of the air dam.i like things that go on easy and fit my small budget for fixing up my wagon. :) chris
Yes Chris,
Nice job!!! Very clean.
High_Horse
Chris,
Nice idea, So i copied sort of.... I mounted mine differently. I drilled holes in the bumper core and used the push pins to hold it at the same time it slide between the bumper and the core. I did have to modify the airdam some. how did you get the sides to stay up as it is just the same width as the bumper?
Cost $5 and 2 days of playing, ok it realy tookabout 2 hrs. I just like to make sure that is what i relay want to do I have tried to get mounting pic but they are to dark something about black on black and little light... and the flash washes it all out
hey phil nice job on a good looking easy part to your car and it looks like it should be there. mine follows the bottom metal edge of the bumber and gets slighty trimed to bent alittle to follow the shape of the bumber .on the end side you will be maybe about a 1nch or less short to the side of the bumber so a small strip of sheet metal painted black and sheetmetal screws used to attach to the edge of bumber and air dam.used as a spacer to bride the gap.happen on a day walking through pick n pull and a 77 pinto was ther with the bumber laying on the ground to measure up.you gotta make things fit with finding new parts to work on these cars. ;D chris
i just went to the pick and pull and got a front air dam from a ford ranger fits the bobcat the same way as the aerostar one!! so thats another route someone could use other then the areostar, get a ranger!!! ill post pics later!!
hi pattywagon77 this is a old post but this is what i used. wrecking yard part ann not hard to do. chris in ca
Chris, I am aware that I may be posting about subjects that have been covered years ago. I have been looking at this website for years but just recently became a member. It's been over 10 years since I owned my last Pinto. This '78 being my 3rd.
I like what you did with your Aerostar air dam. It does look really good, but it's not exactly what I have in mind for my '78. Yours looks more like a factory air deflector put under the bumper of most trucks and vans to assist in handling with high winds with a high ground clearance vehicle. I want something that is more under the bumper, and give it the sport look like the 70's Cameroes. There are many Pintos on this site that have the under bumper air dam. I know many of them weren't built specifically for the Pinto, so I am currious as to what kind of vehicle did those owners get thier air dam to retrofit them to thier Pinto.
map351 builds the "hotpants kit" that could be more of what your lookin for.