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Title: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 10, 2014, 04:39:54 PM
This one, at $1,500 looks pretty good! Rebuilt engine, so it's gonna go quick I think.

(http://images.craigslist.org/00G0G_irc3VMLnrWh_600x450.jpg)

http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/4458414258.html

Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: Reeves1 on May 10, 2014, 04:50:19 PM
Sitting weird.
Front high / back low ?
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 10, 2014, 08:09:34 PM
Front high from the looks of it???..

(http://images.craigslist.org/00202_bFovabFxTG6_600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 10, 2014, 08:17:44 PM
Ford leaf springs, but of course LOL

Air Shocks or new leafs would fix it...
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 10, 2014, 09:34:52 PM
No, no, back is good need to drop the front. :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 11, 2014, 04:00:42 PM
No, no, back is good need to drop the front. :D

LOL, I'm so tempted to buy it. Someone is paying for the Ghia when they get their return. I want a Pinto with some pep though.
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 11, 2014, 06:53:02 PM
LOL, I'm so tempted to buy it. Someone is paying for the Ghia when they get their return. I want a Pinto with some pep though.
Well just buy it, put a turbo on it you'll have all the pep you want, LOL..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 11, 2014, 09:43:59 PM
Well just buy it, put a turbo on it you'll have all the pep you want, LOL..

Nah, I'm going to find one how I want it so I don't have to do anything to it. But not certain, would be nice to fit the bike in the garage LOL
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 12, 2014, 07:35:03 AM
would be nice to fit the bike in the garage LOL
Bike always goes in the garage.. :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 12, 2014, 10:44:33 AM
Bike always goes in the garage.. :D

LOL, no room in mine right now. Almost bike weather!!!
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 13, 2014, 07:33:51 AM
Almost bike weather!!!
Yep, finally starting to warm up a bit.  8) 8)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 13, 2014, 09:30:02 AM
Yep, finally starting to warm up a bit.  8) 8)

Gonna be 86 here on Thursday. Summer weather here already. Means lots of 100 degree days coming :)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 13, 2014, 09:44:07 AM
Gonna be 86 here on Thursday. Summer weather here already. Means lots of 100 degree days coming :)
The guessers are saying 104* and dry for the weekend here, yeahhh bring it on...
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 13, 2014, 12:13:15 PM
The guessers are saying 104* and dry for the weekend here, yeahhh bring it on...

Yeah, I like the heat :) 

Going to look at that Pinto on Saturday ;-)

I gotta sell my Mustang II Ghia Sport Coupe though :(
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 13, 2014, 12:18:59 PM
I gotta sell my Mustang II Ghia Sport Coupe though :(
Good luck.. :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 13, 2014, 03:16:52 PM
Good luck.. :D

Well, I sold it but he's waiting on his tax return and left a small deposit. I'm waiting on that now. But this one is rebuilt. And if you look in the 2nd picture on this post, that's the car he races - a 1985 Ford Thunderbird without the turbo.

Pretty cool!!! Can't wait to see it. But not in a rush and he said he would take 1200 :)

Oh, that's the original paint on it :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 13, 2014, 03:27:26 PM
Don't sound like a bad deal.
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 13, 2014, 07:41:53 PM
Don't sound like a bad deal.

Yeah. Needs and interior and interior parts. I dunno, we'll see... I still need to get that Ghia out of here and waiting...
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 13, 2014, 10:22:54 PM
Well, I know you want another wagon anyhow maybe one will pop up by the time you sell the Ghia, LOL..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 14, 2014, 05:51:14 AM
Well, I know you want another wagon anyhow maybe one will pop up by the time you sell the Ghia, LOL..

I dunno, this may work :)  I would like a Bobcat actually. This one is nice though. Or one that looks like this one:

http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/cto/4431854807.html

(http://images.craigslist.org/00e0e_5LWmvlwmb1Y_600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 14, 2014, 07:17:22 AM
I dunno, this may work :)  I would like a Bobcat actually. This one is nice though. Or one that looks like this one:

http://twinfalls.craigslist.org/cto/4431854807.html

(http://images.craigslist.org/00e0e_5LWmvlwmb1Y_600x450.jpg)
Yes it does seem like a nice one, it has the big ugly bumpers though.. :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 14, 2014, 09:32:25 AM
You know, the bumpers on a bobcat look good though. The car looks good with the big ones really.

(http://www.automobile-catalog.com/img/picto28h/mercury/1980-mercury-bobcat-01.jpg)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 14, 2014, 09:52:21 AM
Matter of taste I guess. ;)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 14, 2014, 02:19:29 PM
Matter of taste I guess. ;)

I guess LOL
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dga57 on May 15, 2014, 12:39:21 AM
I've never minded the big bumpers but that's probably because I bought my first Pinto new and it was a 1974.  At that point, it was one of the few identifying characteristic s that announced to the world that I was driving a new car!  That was important to me, being a 16-year-old... owning a brand new car was a major accomplishment!  Of course, they were essentially added on to the original design due to government safety mandates so I don't think they blended in as well as on the 1979-80 model years when the entire look was updated with the rectangular headlights.  The Pintos and Bobcats from those years would probably look horrible with the small bumpers! 
 
Dwayne :)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 15, 2014, 05:27:37 AM
I've never minded the big bumpers but that's probably because I bought my first Pinto new and it was a 1974.  At that point, it was one of the few identifying characteristic s that announced to the world that I was driving a new car!  That was important to me, being a 16-year-old... owning a brand new car was a major accomplishment!  Of course, they were essentially added on to the original design due to government safety mandates so I don't think they blended in as well as on the 1979-80 model years when the entire look was updated with the rectangular headlights.  The Pintos and Bobcats from those years would probably look horrible with the small bumpers! 
 
Dwayne :)

LOL, yeah it's new :) I got a 1974 Mustang II Ghia new. It had the big bumpers but they looked like they were part of the car, so I didn't mind.

And I think you're right, cars were made for bumper like those and designed with them.
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 15, 2014, 07:46:15 AM
Maybe the big bumpers wouldn't look so bad if they didn't stick out a mile, been thinking about tucking them in on mine..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 15, 2014, 04:04:45 PM
Maybe the big bumpers wouldn't look so bad if they didn't stick out a mile, been thinking about tucking them in on mine..

That might look nice :D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 15, 2014, 04:52:37 PM
That might look nice :D
It's gotta be better than the way it is now..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 16, 2014, 05:26:42 AM
It's gotta be better than the way it is now..

Well, you can go to pencil bumpers. Big bumpers aren't too bad, they are on my Mustangs. But they match the car I guess. They have fiberglass bumpers made that don't go out that much.

Hey, it's your wifes car ;) LOL
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 16, 2014, 08:00:27 AM
Hey, it's your wifes car ;) LOL
Yeah, and she hates them things worse than I do, that's pretty bad, LMAO.... ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 16, 2014, 10:50:28 AM
Yeah, and she hates them things worse than I do, that's pretty bad, LMAO.... ;D ;D ;D

You can always get a 73 or earlier and do it :)

Or get the pencil bumpers and try that and mod the fenders some...
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 16, 2014, 11:05:17 AM
You can always get a 73 or earlier and do it :)

Or get the pencil bumpers and try that and mod the fenders some...
Well, I ain't buying no more vehicles, and I ain't into body work, so I'll just tuck the big bumpers in, LOL..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 16, 2014, 07:05:31 PM
Well, I ain't buying no more vehicles, and I ain't into body work, so I'll just tuck the big bumpers in, LOL..

LOL, and I ain't into doing mechanics! LOL

I'm not looking at it, I am having to do so much work on the 3 I have, I don't think I can do another. The Galaxy is killing me since I want it almost as perfect as I can get it, same with the Pinto and King Cobra. Someday, maybe I can hire a mechanic full time! Who knows LOL I want a Dianne's garage like Jay Leno in a smaller scale. ahahaha someday maybe :)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 16, 2014, 08:19:13 PM
LOL, and I ain't into doing mechanics! LOL

I'm not looking at it, I am having to do so much work on the 3 I have, I don't think I can do another. The Galaxy is killing me since I want it almost as perfect as I can get it, same with the Pinto and King Cobra. Someday, maybe I can hire a mechanic full time! Who knows LOL I want a Dianne's garage like Jay Leno in a smaller scale. ahahaha someday maybe :)
Yep, I can relate gotta get these 4 projects done before anything, that ought to take me into the grave, LOL..
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 17, 2014, 07:05:13 AM
Yep, I can relate gotta get these 4 projects done before anything, that ought to take into the grave, LOL..

We be crazy!! :P
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: 74 PintoWagon on May 17, 2014, 07:35:09 AM
We be crazy!! :P
Yep, better than doing drugs though.. ::)
Title: Re: Pinto for only $1,500
Post by: dianne on May 17, 2014, 12:32:14 PM
Yep, better than doing drugs though.. ::)

Not in the 70s though LMAO