i just was at wallmart. i was in the to area and fond a 1:24 scale diecast pinto.
its labeled a 74 but has small bumpers.
the description reads
a pinto is a small horse with a patchwork coat; it's also a small car ford produced in the U.S. The pinto was an important car in the 1970s. partly due to its fuel economy during the oil crises of that decade. It was available in two-door or hatchback and station wagon bodystyles. although ford sold thousands of pintos, there aren't too many around anymore. nevertheless, clubs such as the pinto car clubs of america and enthusiast web sites such as www.fordpinto.com, continue to spread the word and preserve the legacy ford's trusty pinto.
http://www.motormaxtoy.com/about
Yup.. do a forum search on die cast pinto and you will meet Tercin who owns the Pinto that all the cars were made after...
They contacted us and we put the word out on the site...
Cool Hugh?
yah but its labeled a 74 with 71-73 bumpers
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,7993.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,6477.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,4291.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,8547.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,5617.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,4979.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,6010.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/topic,4670.0.html
http://www.fordpinto.com/smf/index.php/board,32.0.html
Somewhere someone explains why they are made the way they are. There might be more threads too.
Bill
Quote from: 77turbopinto on December 15, 2007, 06:49:17 AM
Somewhere someone explains why they are made the way they are. There might be more threads too.
Bill
Tercin
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Re: Die cast Pintos
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They used my 73 as a basis for their models. I sent about 20 photos of my car. I even got one of the first ones made. It was sent to my house. The model I got was green with a white top. If you look closely at your model you will see a line on the top. This was a seam in my vinyl top that was put there when the previous owner had it redone. The upholsterer said he didn't have enough material in avocado green to do a one piece top so he had to put that seam down the middle. There are also aftermarket speakers in the doors, these were also taken from the many photos of my interior that were sent along with the exterior shots. If you look closely at the rear license plate you will see a frame that says Friendly Ford, this was also on the car when the photos were taken. I had a PCCA sticker on the car but that did not make it on to the model. I may have the option of buying a couple of cases to resell, If I do the prices will be very reasonable, of course my sons want a couple for their own, I am trying to teach them the value of Pintos as well as all vintage Fords. All in all this was a great little bit of nostalgia for me and produced a few memories. I found out about this opportunity right here on this board, Motormax put out a call for someone to allow them to photograph a Pinto and I responded. Johnny Lightning is supposed to be putting out a 1/64 Pinto this year. Pretty cool huh?
Tercin
Yeah man, that's my car. I saw some new packaging at Toys R Us the other day.
I think that it is listed as a 74 because the MotorMax guy bought a 74 model kit off of ebay, I'm sure the translation between Ontario California and somewhere in China got lost.
Tercin
wow am i behind the times! i intend on buying a good few just bout the r/c on ebay last night
Apintonut,
Just so you know they also have a die-cast model kit as well . I have seen them in gray primer , orange and yellow. the 1/24 car i have seen in Green, brown, Orange, and yellow. and the 1/64 blue,orange , yellow,mint green and olive green. the 1/87 is a crusin wagon in brown, green, yellow. Then they also made a bobcat hatchback in 1/87 in red , brown, white, and black. The Remote control is red and black different frequency
Phils toys.
also i sent an email requesting a squire version and they said they were testing woody designs on other cars and if it went well they would consider it.
Tercin, since you live in missouri, even tho the car is FROM california do you think maybe it was bought here in springfield, MO (whre i live). There is a "friendly ford" here. I dont know if there could be more than one dealer with the same name or or not unless they are owned by the same person...
Quote from: pintoguy76 on December 16, 2007, 01:58:24 AM
Tercin, since you live in missouri, even tho the car is FROM california do you think maybe it was bought here in springfield, MO (whre i live). There is a "friendly ford" here. I dont know if there could be more than one dealer with the same name or or not unless they are owned by the same person...
Hey Pintoguy76, I did a Google search for Friendly Ford... you may be surprised...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_en___US213&q=%22friendly+ford%22
Wow thats alot of friendly fords. I was kinda hoping there was a famous pinto sold right here in town :D;D Tercin i have many of your cars :D ;D lol. Three of the remote control ones (2 red ones, 1 black, 1:16 scale) 8 of the 1:24 scale hotwheels type cars (1 red, 1 yellow, 2 lime green, 2 neon green, and 2 blue). Also have 2 1:87 scale bobcats, 1 copper and 1 red, and 1 1:87 scale cruising wagon which is copper. Then i have 3 of the 1:24 scales, 1 red 1 lime green and 1 copper. Also have 1 of the models that you haveto put together. Its red too. I saw the grey one that you could paint up yourself but i never bought it. I thik its gone now. I searched every walmart that i stopped at from here to port isabel texas on my way to vacation. I only found the two bobcats in corpus christi. I dont know if there are any others or not, im hoping i have them all except for that one unpainted one. Anyone know of one im missing??
Your missing three (3) 1:87 scale Cruising Wagons. They are Yellow, Orange & Dark Green.
Boss2300
I was in the local walmart on thursday and there were NO pintos to be had, just those inferor chevy vegas :wow:, was hopeing to pick up a model of the primer gray lil' pony
Aww i was hoping i had them all. I never found any of the cruising wagons myself, my mom found it and bought it for me. The pintos seem to be dissappearing from the fresh cherries line now so im not sure ill be able to get the other 3. Farmboy - there arent any of them left here either. All i saw last time were some orange 1:24's that were already assembled.
Hello Group
My Pinto was bought in Fresno CA at Friendly Ford. I have the original hand written bill of sale with the purchasers information. Tom Robinson bought the car for his wife. She drove it until she passed away, Mr Robinson drove it to work for a while then decided it was time for it to go. He wouldn't sell it to a lot of people who showed interest in it. I'm sure the memories were too great, I assume he was glad to see it go to someone who lived far away and wasn't going to make it into a race car or demo it.
Tercin
Has anyone else noticed how the small fresh cherries pintos (or some of them atleast) say "1970 Ford Pinto" on them? Theres no such thing! ;D:D
Quote from: Tercin on December 19, 2007, 04:24:42 PM
Hello Group
My Pinto was bought in Fresno CA at Friendly Ford. I have the original hand written bill of sale with the purchasers information. Tom Robinson bought the car for his wife. She drove it until she passed away, Mr Robinson drove it to work for a while then decided it was time for it to go. He wouldn't sell it to a lot of people who showed interest in it. I'm sure the memories were too great, I assume he was glad to see it go to someone who lived far away and wasn't going to make it into a race car or demo it.
Tercin
Hey T,
What does that have to do with Fresh Cherries??? ;D
Fresh Cherries????
Beats the heck out of me. MotorMax never said anything about what the name of the series would be, the freebee that they sent me was in a black box with no reference to Fresh Cherries. I knew about the name when everyone else did.
Tercin
Well DA!!!!
I forgot they used your car to make them...
Where is my... What was I loooking for????