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Offline holsterguy

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weights 1971-1980
« on: July 23, 2004, 05:26:23 AM »
In response to my own post requesting weights on the various Pinto years, after a lot of searching I located the following posted on the turboford (archives) site:

1971
sedan 1949
runabout 1994

1972
Sedan 1968
Runabout 2012
wagon 2293

1973
sedan 2124
runabout 2162
wagon 2397

1974
sedan 2373
runabout 2402
wagon 2576

1975
sedan 2595
runabout 4 cyl 2528 6 cyl 2710
wagon 4 cyl 2692 6 cyl 2874

1976
sedan 2452/2590
runabout 2485/2620
wagon 2635/2773
Squire add 38 lbs

1977
sedan 2315/2438
runabout 2351/2474
wagon 2515/2638
Squire add 38 lbs

1978
sedan 2337/2463
runabout 2381/2507
wagon 2521/2637
Squire add 38 lbs

1979
Sedan 2346/2446
runabout 2392/2492
wagon 2532/2610
Squire add 36 lbs

1980
Sedan 2385
runabout 2426
wagon 2553
Squire add 37 lbs

These weights are not including options.
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Re: weights 1971-1980
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2004, 11:46:35 PM »
The NADA appraisal guides include weights. These aren't as specific as the ones on  turboford in that they don't specify engine size. Naturally, living in Australia, it may be difficult to get ahold of NADA guides!

For the Bobcat:

1975
3 Dr Runabout 2551
Villager 2 Dr Stn Wgn 3960

1976
3 Dr Sedan Runabout 2535
2 Dr Station Wagon 2668

1977
3 Dr Sedan Runabout 2369
2 Dr Station Wagon 2505

1978
3 Dr Sedan Runabout 2389
2 Dr Station Wagon 2532

1979
3 Dr Sedan Runabout 2424
2 Dr Station Wagon 2565

1980
3 Dr Runabout 2445
2 Dr Station Wagon 2573

The current NADA guide also gives *slightly* different weights for the Pintos:

1971
3 Dr Hatchback 1993
2 Dr Sedan 1949

1972
3 Dr Runabout 2099
2 Dr Sedan 2061
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2283

1973
3 Dr Runabout 2145
2 Dr Sedan 2115
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2386

1974
3 Dr Runabout 2406
2 Dr Sedan 2372
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2576

1975
3 Dr Runabout 2528
2 Dr Sedan 2495
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2692

1976
3 Dr Runabout 2482
2 Dr Sedan 2452
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2635

1977
3 Dr Runabout 2351
2 Dr Sedan 2315
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2515

1978
3 Dr Runabout 2381
2 Dr Sedan 2337
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2521

1979
3 Dr Runabout 2392
2 Dr Sedan 2346
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2532

1980
3 Dr Runabout 2426
2 Dr Sedan 2385
2 Dr Stn Wgn 2553
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Re: weights 1971-1980
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2004, 12:25:32 AM »
You can go to www.NADA.com and get a value and the other info online ;)
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« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2004, 05:01:13 PM »
Quote from: holsterguy on July 23, 2004, 05:26:23 AM
In response to my own post requesting weights on the various Pinto years, after a lot of searching I located the following posted on the turboford (archives) site:

1971
sedan 1949
runabout 1994

Hmmmmmm. With the diet we put my 71 Runabout on before stuffing the 302 & C4 in, it's possible mine might weigh in around 2000 lbs. Now I gotta find a scale somewhere and weigh it. Hopefully, the scale at teh track still works and they let me weigh it next time.
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Re: weights 1971-1980
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2004, 02:40:03 PM »
my car weighs 2743 lbs with a 351w , C4 and Nine inch rearend. Full fuel cell.
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2005, 11:09:53 PM »
Hmmmmmm. With the diet we put my 71 Runabout on before stuffing the 302 & C4 in, it's possible mine might weigh in around 2000 lbs. Now I gotta find a scale somewhere and weigh it. Hopefully, the scale at teh track still works and they let me weigh it next time.

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If there are any truck stops near you. most have certified scales.  the cost is usually 8 dollars american.  you will even get a nice little peice of paper for your eight bucks.  put one set of wheels on one pad and the back on the other, It will give you the front and rear weights plus a total weight.  Go in and get your slip. then go back and park crossways( left side on one pad and right on the other), tell the weigh person on the intercom this is your second weigh and for only a dollar more you will get side to side dimensions.  And with this info you can figure your cross weight with the right formulas. I dont know the formulas. I have a guy that figures them for me but he wont give up the info.  Speedway has a book about ponycars and ministocks that will give you the info. It is somewhere between 25 and 30 dollars,  but im a cheapskate sometimes, and havent bought it yet.  Hope this helps, but it might keep you up all night thinking too!  :D
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Re: weights 1971-1980
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2005, 07:49:07 PM »
I ran my wagon across the scale and it was 2880, that's with the 302/C4 swap.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2005, 08:30:51 PM »
2880????? What a TANK!!!!!!
How many 10" subs you got in the back????
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« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2005, 08:20:15 AM »
I weighed my 72 wagon on a set of scales in my next-door buddy's race car shop and it weighed 2273 lbs. in stock street driven form. I have now taken a lot of weight out of the car in the process of changing it to a 5.0, T-5, and an 8.8 rear end. The engine is from a 83 Mustang and the trans and rear end are from a 88 T-Bird Turbo Coupe. My goal is to keep the finished weight under 2350 lbs.
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« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2006, 11:50:31 AM »
2880s not bad,my 80 crusin wagon tips them at 3315 with the 4 cyl 5 sp 8"
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Re: weights 1971-1980
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2006, 09:03:13 AM »
earthquake,

I'll bet that your 3315# was with a full tank and you in the car, right?

I believe that the quoted weight for cars of the Pinto era, especially the domestic ones, is supposed to be the factory finished weight, which one would hope was with an empty fuel tank and no driver or cargo onboard.

P.S. Could there be any similarity between you and a wrestler named Earthquake McGoon?
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2006, 10:10:24 AM »
actually the tank was half full,never did weigh it before we installed the stereo.and never heard of that wrestler.
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« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2006, 09:58:10 AM »

Earthquake,

Well, unless you have one really, really, powerful and heavy stereo system, or something such as bulletproof glass or armor plate was added before you got the vehicle, I'd suspect that the scale is off or that therewas residue on the scale.

Sometimes the scales at places such as rock quarries or even bone yards aren't zeroed or have a lot of residue sitting on the scales, which is why when they give a weight for vehicles  coming in and a weight when they come out and bill or pay for the difference in weight, it doesn't matter that much, as the weight of residue is fairly constant.   Plus if you're off by a couple of hundred pounds on a 20+ ton load, it's not that significant.

On the other hand, if that scale really IS off by that much, that's where I'd favor going if I had something to sell, that was being sold by the pound. 

(The wrestler sharing your screen name is probably before your time, and probably weighed over 400#, so if HE was sitting in the car or standing on the scale when it was weighed.....)
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2006, 10:54:26 AM »
No it's correct.We compete in IASCA outlaw SPL competitions.T he system pushes around 12,800 watts through 6 15 in subs,good for 161.7 db.As it stands we are one of the most popular compeditors beacuse of the fact we use an 80 crusin wagon.People just love the car,I dont know maby they just like it cause it's not a honda
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« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2006, 07:40:58 PM »
i was going to ask this? :text_yb_lol:
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