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Wow...That car is one of my inspirations...
a Good Read for sure..If I won the lottery I would try to put that little thing in my office here at PintoWorks.
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Ahhhh..., "THAT" car. W-A-Y back when I was a teen, Irwindale Raceway (no longer in existence) would host the "Winter National Warm-Ups." For what I think was a whole dollar you could go out there and watch the cars prepare for Pomona.
Anyway, I was an admirer of Glidden and stood for probably three straight hours just watching him work on this car. Every now and then he would engage a sentence or two with me. I think he perceived I was aw struck. In my youthful fantasy I kept hoping he would offer me an opportunity to help him. From what I recall Eta wasn't there that day and he was doing everything himself.
Yea, "THAT" car!
Tom
Back in 1978 my older brother (who is a body man) and I put a V8 in a 76 Bicentennial pinto (remember? with the red white and blue interior?) We painted it just like Gliddens, big pro ram hood scoop and all...ahhhh the memories, crap, that was 30 years ago! Damn, I feel old now...I'm tired, i'm going to bed!!!
Quote from: 71 pintoracer on March 24, 2008, 09:46:11 PM
Back in 1978 my older brother (who is a body man) and I put a V8 in a 76 Bicentennial pinto (remember? with the red white and blue interior?) We painted it just like Gliddens, big pro ram hood scoop and all...ahhhh the memories, crap, that was 30 years ago! Damn, I feel old now...I'm tired, i'm going to bed!!!
Clear throat....
The red, white & blue Pinto was NOT a Bicentennial edition and was NOT a 76.
The Pinto you describe was a 72 Pinto and it was for the Munich Olympics in 1972.
The Mustang, Maverick and Pinto were called SPRINT models.
From Pintony
Quote from: Wittsend on March 24, 2008, 04:09:49 PM
Ahhhh..., "THAT" car. W-A-Y back when I was a teen, Irwindale Raceway (no longer in existence) would host the "Winter National Warm-Ups." For what I think was a whole dollar you could go out there and watch the cars prepare for Pomona.
Tom
Wittsend, I remember those days well! There was a LOT of action at Irwindale back in the day. A guy (or girl)could take a trip out to Irwindale on a Sunday afternoon and for $7.00 run your car until it dropped. A LOT of big name teams/drivers would (like you said) use the strip as a tuning track for upcoming races. Saw lot of gudge / match races there.
SRT,
I lived In San Gabriel at the time. So, a trip out to Irwindale wasn't far. In fact there were times I rode my bike out there and watched from the rise in the road. The cops would run off cars, but a kid on a bike wasn't blocking the road.
I use to go to OMS for the World Finals too. That is where I first saw Glidden in the old Gapp and Roush car. I looked a bit young for my age (15) and could get 12 & under tickets (at Ticketron) for $2 and $3 respectively for both race days. The $5 pit pass killed my budget! What's that, $150+ today. But yea, thinking back Irwindale had some great racing. I guess you don't really appreciate it until it's gone.
Tom
Irwindale
Lion's
Saugus
Palmdale
Terminal Island
Ascot
Ontario
RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY..... :drunk:
All driving distance..ALL GONE :hangover:
Well Mr. Pintony, excuuuuuse me!! Back in '76 everything was red white and blue and called a bicentennial edition. Someone must have swapped interiors because it was most defiantly RWB. So there! Go fly a kite! Go soak your head! go... OK, you're right, I'm wrong, I'll be nice. ( :cheesy_n:)
Quote from: 71 pintoracer on March 26, 2008, 12:50:47 PM
Well Mr. Pintony, excuuuuuse me!! Back in '76 everything was red white and blue and called a bicentennial edition. Someone must have swapped interiors because it was most defiantly RWB. So there! Go fly a kite! Go soak your head! go... OK, you're right, I'm wrong, I'll be nice. ( :cheesy_n:)
Hehehehe...... He Said Mr... :laugh:
My best friend has a Sprint Maverick. We love the jerks that argue with us about weither it is a 76 or a 72...
Can't wait til I have my Sprint Pinto at the shows and I can really Pizz some people off!!!!! :angel:
Sorry If I made you mad....Or am I??? ;D
From Pintony
71 Hanto, I laughed you must be an old guy like me. I used to go to Lions drag strip in hi-school, and saugus oval track I lived near by in canyon country. Dont think saugus is still there, and I know they closed lions a pile of years ago. :smile:
Lion's is now a railroad yard. One of the busiest, if not the busiest, on the west coast. Was Southern Pacific it is now Union Pacific.
Back then as an incentive to add subscribers to my newspaper route we were offered tickets to Lions. I recall going there twice - oh the salesman that I was. Sadly I missed what was billed as "The Last Drag Race," or was that for OCIR??? Some of my friends went. They told me people were chipping up the starting line for souvenirs. Today you can probably your "commemorative chunk of asphalt" on ebay for a fee.
Come to think of it (at least in my area) kids don't deliver papers anymore (probably for liability reasons). That's something else that is gone.
Tom