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New car !
Reeves1:
Yesteday I went to look at a 1972 Pinto.
Advertised as:
5.0L 5 SPEED, HEADERS, DUAL EXHAUST, 4 LINK SUSPENSION, FRAME CONNECTORS, LINE LOCK, CENTER LINE WHEELS, SLICKS, TUBBED, REV LIMITER TACK, 6 POINT ROLL CAGE, TOO MANY MORE DETAILS TO LIST!!
Reeves1:
They put the car up on the hoist for me.
Reeves1:
After looking at it in detail, I did this:
:lol:
Cookieboystoys:
SWEET! I like it, congrats!
Reeves1:
A bit more info....
The car was originally a States car. It was built with a BOSS 302 & 4 speed.
A guy up here bought it for the engine alone, for his BOSS Mustang, that had no engine.
The guy I bought it from bought the car. He put an engine together for it. Just a 302W though. Put a T-5 behind it.
Doesn't have headers, just the cast factory type manifolds.
This car is 99.999 % rust free ! Only place I found any was on the bottom outside of the right door.
The guy had a boo boo at the track. He had the hood up cooling the engine. Time to run again he set the hood down & got distracted & forgot to lock it down.
3/4 the way down the 1/8th mile it flew iup and busted the widshield ( a glass shop found him a new one !) & cracked up the scoop. Some small (easy fix kinds) dents & bent the hindges a bit.
Found some small paint chips. No big deal. For now I'll just touch up to make sure rust doesn't start.
Told me he never ran the 1/4 mile. Just 1/8th & said it turns 7;80s. So no idea what it will do in a 1/4.
There are a few things I'll change over time....
Not much though ? It has had all rubber , ball joints etc replaced. Doors are tight as the day it came out of the factory. Everything is tight. Not one sign of past rust on the car, other than that one door, mentioned.
I'm really pumped ! I cannot build one to this level (in Canada) for what I paid. I don't even think I could build it for three times the price !
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