Man,
I am just SO depressed. I was originally looking for a Maverick, like I used to drive when I was young, and unappreciative... But, they are NOWHERE to be found anywhere near me(New Orleans).
I also got the idea to get a Pinto(I have VERY fond memories of a lemon yellow woodgrained wagon my mom drove for a local Catholic school as the bus driver). Here's the problem... There are none! Especially nothing around me... I have checked ebay, autotraders, excite, yahoo... If I find anything, it ALWAYS seems to be in Maine, or Oregon, or perhaps even further away. That is so depressing to me. I never see anything interesting in our local paper, except for a 79 TBird that was in it for a few weeks lately...
What is a guy to do ?? Maybe I should just give up. :-\
Any suggestions ?
Michael
New Orleans
http://www.michaelduvic.com
Oh they are out there, just have to look and be willing to travel a few hours. I am bird dogging several now but it might mean driving 12 hours one way to get it. My buddies say are you committed to owning one or not? "Pinto up" and be a little more open minded. Oh and if this falls through...don't bid against me on Ebay lol. Welcome to the board!
i'm totally open to ideas... my question is: why are they always 474747753 miles away ? :)
To bad you dont live a little closer to wash. st. I know a nice mexican family that has 2 mavricks parked in a field by thier house. and they are willing to part with them. Nice cars in good shape, they don't run tho. Welcome to the family.
Hi welcome a board.
When you do find one dont be quick to buy. I bought mine on a whim from E-Bay and ended up with a rust bucket. Oh well. The car could be restored if someone was willing to put the time and money into it. Im not in fact I think Ive worked too much on it as it is without it being on the road. Im getting it road worthy and Im going to swap all the good stuff to the future Pinto.
Im not sure how you can go about finding one. Just keep your eyes peeled and wait. :-\
man, if you were up here in washington, i know of at least 12 in the county that drive around, and to the 3 car impound auctions i've been to, there have been 3, a 73 wagon, a 77 bobcat, and a 76 pinto. i own the pinto and had the bobcat.
You just gotta keep your eyes open. I was looking for a decent pinto in the Va. area for 2 years. The only good one I found was an 80 bobcat full-glass hatch. body was in decent shape but the inside was trashed. Guy wanted $800 for it. I passed.
So i kept my eyes open and didn't see anything. After I had given up hope, I was riding down the road one day and caught a lime-green hatchback something in someone's back yard. I turned around and sure enough I saw the chrome pinto emblem of the 73 hatchback.
So I pulled in and looked at it through the fence. the body was in umbeleivably good condition. At that point my hope dropped because I was sure he'd want over a thousand for it or he wouldn't have a title. But I talked to the guy anyway.
In the end, He had a title and only wanted $150 for it. Said it was only running on 3 cylinders. So I snapped it up, put a new exhaust valve in, and she's running like a champ.
Just keep an eye out. You'll find one when you least expect it.
-Harry
73pinto's right... I just found a 78 Hatchback in northern Ohio, and I was looking for any Pinto for about a year prior.
The guy just wants to sell it so someone enjoys it, and is selling it to me for $360... Ya just gotta keep ur eyes peeled, and be prepared to drive. This one's about 2 hours away from me, but it runs and drives, whereas one about 20 minutes from me for 100 bux more does not.
Good luck
I'm running into the same thing up here in the Lake Erie region. Everythings rusted out or four thousand dollars. Had a guy in OH. with a 1600 that wanted twice what the car was worth. Or I get E mail from Cali about a two thousand dollar car, and the shipping is $600! The days of the $500 barn find are over. "Granny" has a grandson who reads Hemmings and won't let that Runabout thats been sitting for twenty years go for less than three G's, even though he can't remember when it last ran or why it got parked. Buyer beware!
Hey man, if your still looking for a maverick there is one in my home town, cleburne tx, just south of ft worth. Damn nice condition.Only wants 875$
heres a depressing one for you. I was at the junk yard this week looking for a transmition for my Exploder, while there i saw a '79 bobcat that was in damn near mint condition :'(......i got pissed off and went to leave. on its way in on a fork lift was a '73 pinto squire wagon. this one was in pretty good shape....they set it down in a big area they use to pull gas tanks and such....i went and got in it, key in the ignition.....so i cranked it up. it purred at me wonderfully. but the car had already been processed....it is legally destroyed as far as the stste is concerned....so i couldnt buy it. all this time looking for a nice pinto wagon and i cant afford what people want for them...or i just caNT FIND ONE....AND SOMEONE TOOK $20 per ton for scrap on this thing >:(. so they basically got $20 for a car i would have paid a lot more for.
this sucks,
-matt
Little story about mine. I had been looking for a Pinto wagon for about a year when one day I was going through a small town to go to a buddies house when I happen to see a very nice looking Pinto squire wagon sitting next to a house. It didn't have a for sale sign in it, but that didn't stop me from knocking on the guy's door and getting him to sell it. After he finally set a price at $400, I ended up driving away in it the next day for 250 bucks. Just goes to show ya, you never know when or where you'll find one.
SVOwagon
I dont mean to make you more depressed but I live in Fresno CA. And both Mavericks and Pintos are quite plentifull out here. I purchased a light yellow 72 Grabber with a 302, C-4 combo with slight body damage and an engin that was almost dead (Later after I purchased it I discovered the number 7 and 8 plug wires were switched, switched them back and it ran perfect) for $800. $500 dollers in repairs and $500 in mods and it runs 13.80 @ 103.9. Later that year I purchased a 72 Pinto Trunk model with the 2.0 and 4-Speed with disk brakes. I bought it from a guy in Squaw valley with an 8" rear end from a 6-banger model and a 2.3 turbo motor from a TC for $1600. If you have any relatives in CA. or know anyone you can trust with money out here I could help locate and arrange to ship or store one untill you can get it. It probably doesnt help but I will try if you want.
I grew up in Visalia! What's the status on v6 pintos down there?
I saw a 6-banger at Jenson pull and save a few months ago. It was a mid 70s wagon with disk brakes. I think it's gone now but if you give me your e-mail I'll let you know if I see one, since I frequent the junk yards alott it wouldnt be a problem. Mine is "yakland@hotmail.com"