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Re: My pandemic project!
« Reply #30 on: January 12, 2021, 12:28:08 PM »
I can’t tell you if the zinc and phosphorus levels in oil are crucial to a 2.3L ford engine after 40 years an x amount of miles. But if you google “mobile one specs “ the first listing will tell you all the specs on their oils. I’m not sure Id “worry” too much about the engine or the catalytic converter with any quality oil in reasonable viscosity range but if I had to choose I’d “protect” the engine over the cat. Again , I run 10-40 in my ‘77 but the 15-50 does have high zinc/ phosphorus. The way I look at it, if an engine in a “street” car is so “delicate”that the somewhat subtle differences in oils are that crucial, its not worth owning. My humble guess is that the Pinto engine is not in the delicate category.

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« Reply #31 on: January 12, 2021, 02:15:00 PM »
i run pennzoil 20w50 and add a 4oz bottle of ERSON ZDDP for good insurance and i use only wix filters
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« Reply #32 on: January 18, 2021, 02:08:03 PM »
Thanks, David! The shaft measurement guidelines is helpful. I will have to check it out the next time I crawl under the Pinto. I left an email with Cardone about their racks, so once I hear back from them, I will let you know what their sources are for the remanufactured units.

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« Reply #33 on: January 18, 2021, 02:13:48 PM »
As promised, I pulled together a bunch of pictures.

The first round is when the car was loaded up in Venice, Florida to be shipped up North to Grove City, OH...

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« Reply #34 on: January 18, 2021, 02:40:01 PM »
The Pinto arrived several days later, escaping a tropical storm on the Gulf Coast. The car was damaged during shipping when a chain took a chunk out of the wood vinyl appliqués on the door. Secondly, when they reloaded the car somewhere between Florida and Ohio, they torn off the valance panel. At first the shipping company tried to say that s how it was but we had pictures and paperwork showing it was not damaged. They reimbursed my estimated cost, which was based on eBay for $250.00 I accepted it, not realizing the valance panels advertised were those of spoilers type, rather than OEM style. Now, we all know it's nonobtainium type of part! Luckily, I was able to remove the valance panel in one piece to see the damage to be limited to where the bolts are connected to. As I said previously, I found a reference on this fordpinto.com page about Showcars Unlimited in Foxboro, Ontario, I shipped it to them to have it repaired and new fiberglass molds made. Since then, several of our fellow members informed me of their negative experience...I am worried, but the guy is telling me it's repaired and now being carted for fiberglass mold. Fingers crossed.

Here's the pics of the Pinto when arrived, notice the chip caused by the overhead chain and the valance panel...
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« Reply #35 on: January 18, 2021, 02:44:59 PM »
Darn it...the website says the picture is too big to be uploaded...let me see if I can reduce the size! Any suggestions? These are cell phone pics like the others, so why would it be too large?
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« Reply #36 on: January 23, 2021, 10:40:54 AM »
Let's try this as I converted from the jpg to png to reduce picture size. These pics is when it first arrived at my house from Florida. Note the damaged valance panel and chip in the woody siding from the trailer chain.
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« Reply #37 on: January 23, 2021, 10:43:12 AM »
Sigh...this didn't work. I apologize. I will reach out to someone who may be able to help me with this.
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« Reply #38 on: January 24, 2021, 12:03:20 PM »
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« Reply #39 on: January 24, 2021, 01:03:49 PM »
Per your suggestion, I looked into IMGUR on the App Store. It doesn't seem to offer downsizing features. It appears to be an App like many other social media for posting pictures. Maybe I am missing something that you are trying to point out? I just want to post my additional pics of my Pinto project on this website, and I am still using the same cellphone that I took earlier pictures that is already posted. However, since then the pictures are deemed "too large" a file to be uploaded. I am thinking something must have changed on my phone, as the early pics were easily uploaded, and all of a sudden it is too big. I looked at settings on my phone and do not see anything that I could do to make it smaller or compressed.

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« Reply #40 on: March 30, 2021, 11:25:54 PM »
Looking good so far!
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« Reply #41 on: March 31, 2021, 06:54:21 PM »
Thanks! I farmed out the job of replacing the cracked, faded, and dull wood siding appliqués. I have pictures of its removal, cleaning, and reapplying the siding. It's supposed to be done today, but the shop just called me this morning asking for an extra week. It's fine with me as I want it done right and not rushed.

I did learn one tip they used to do the curves of the wood vinyl appliqués...I would have thought they would use the outer trim as a template, but instead they apply the fishing wire and cut the vinyl after it's laid to go along the body lines...that was a nifty trick, which I have videotaped in a five or six second clip. Now, I need to know how to adjust the sizes so it can be uploaded to share with y'all!

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« Reply #42 on: April 08, 2021, 03:40:20 PM »
I think that I might be able to post the promised pictures as I transferred them all to my other computer that can adjust the size of the photographs.  Here test pic #1, which shows before and after the paint correction (before is on the right side of hood while the after is on the left side). It was tricky as the paint is one-stage version, and the paint meter shows it to be very thin as typical of cars in the 70's.  Not all the scratches were removed as I was afraid to go too deep, but gawd, what a difference it made!
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« Reply #43 on: April 08, 2021, 03:50:35 PM »
  Not all the scratches were removed as I was afraid to go too deep, but gawd, what a difference it made!

That is indeed, a remarkable difference! :o   Looks great!

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« Reply #44 on: April 19, 2021, 09:49:15 AM »
Doing another test run of uploading pictures:

This was taken during the removal and replacement of the wood siding...
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« Reply #45 on: April 19, 2021, 09:51:06 AM »
Wood graining restoration project
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« Reply #46 on: April 19, 2021, 09:52:13 AM »
Wood graining restoration project
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« Reply #47 on: April 19, 2021, 09:53:10 AM »
Wood graining restoration project
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« Reply #48 on: April 19, 2021, 09:55:08 AM »
Wood graining restoration project
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« Reply #49 on: April 19, 2021, 09:59:16 AM »
Wood graining restoration project (con't)...
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« Reply #50 on: April 19, 2021, 10:04:39 AM »
Can't wait to see how marvelous it looks with the new woodgrain!!!


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« Reply #51 on: April 21, 2021, 01:58:53 PM »
The wood siding project is now completed, and it has exceeded my expectations! As I mentioned before, it is a 3M NiDoc vinyl that I ordered from CustomAutoTrim .com in California. It came to be almost identical in color and grain as the original Medium Cherry that Ford produced.  The color and grain selection I chosen with their help was Dark Teak (4ft x 21ft) for the main wood siding, with Blonde Teak (4ft x 6 ft) for the trim pieces that went around the main wood siding. The four feet width was cut in half to do both sides, as the panel is 17 inches top to bottom and the length of the car as measured with extra for the tailgate. As it was above my skill set, or shall I say my confidence to do the job myself, I contracted the work with a car detail shop that also handles body wraps for high end cars and commercial company vans. The shop is Performance Auto Spa in Plain City, OH (www.perfautosp a.com).  Seth and Tim were my contact person there, and they were awesome!  The job took longer than anticipated as the removal was their biggest challenge.  It took them a while to remove the old siding due to the age and the car being a lifelong Florida car, thus it was dry and brittle.  It broke off in chunks as they used wood grain vinyl remover by 3M, heat guns, and other adhesive removers.  Despite the challenges, they did not give up, and wanted to see the project go through to the end. What we all thought to be a two or three week project, turned out to be three months...grant ed, they did the work in between other jobs.  I recommend them highly!

Before they tackled the wood grain job, I had the lower rear fender wheel well touched up after it was marred by the tire blow out last October. The color was Bright Bittersweet (2G).  The interior was Vaquero (DZ).  Marti Report shows only 1,465 Pintos to be painted in this color, and the interior was only done with 257 Pintos. I had no idea how uncommon the Vaquero color in the Interior Décor group was when I first purchased it.

 The detailing was long and arduous as it had a single stage pant, and the paint meter shows it to be very thin which was typical of cars of that era.  I did not want to go too deep, so there are still some minor marks and scratches that could be seen if looking at an angle under light.  Maybe I can consult with the body shop to see if I could go further or leave it as is. It looks great, so maybe it's better to leave it alone!

I also added NOS OEM wire wheel covers that I found from a collection that was being sold by his son, as the collector had passed away. I kept the full-sized wheel covers in case I want to switch back and forth.  Let me know your thoughts! 

Okay, wish me luck in uploading the pictures! I will try to include before and after pictures if I can.

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« Reply #52 on: April 21, 2021, 02:01:35 PM »
These tires are from Coker Tires, Maxxis WSW 175/80R 13; they have been installed, along with the spare tire.  I purchased a reconditioned rim for the spare and kept the original space saver tire in storage.
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« Reply #53 on: April 21, 2021, 02:14:12 PM »
Dang it!  I am having difficulties again with uploading the pics.  Let me log off and try to snip the pictures to a smaller size.  I will try again tmw as I have exceeded the 4x limit of attempts.  Bear with me!

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« Reply #54 on: April 22, 2021, 10:35:06 AM »
The wood-siding restoration is now completed; rear view snapshot:
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« Reply #55 on: April 22, 2021, 10:38:24 AM »
Front side view of wood-siding restoration:
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« Reply #56 on: April 22, 2021, 10:42:31 AM »
Here's the awesome crew at the Performance Auto Spa of Plain City, OH who completed the wood-siding restoration!  I gave them custom tee-shirts with an image of my Orange Blossom, 1980 Ford Pinto Squire Wagon!
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« Reply #57 on: April 22, 2021, 10:48:10 AM »
I had located NOS OEM Ford Pinto wire wheel covers on eBay.  The seller explained that his father had passed away, and he collected NOS wheel covers as a hobby.  I kept the original full-sized wheel covers as well, in case I wish to switch back to them.  I thought this added period-correct class tot he car.  Your thoughts?
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« Reply #58 on: April 22, 2021, 11:08:31 AM »
The restored woodgrain looks amazing!  You are absolutely correct about those wheel covers; they were an available option on your car.  I'm a big fan of those factory wire spokes, but not on the earlier cars where they were not an option.  I had Lincoln wire spoke wheel covers on both my 1979 Mark V and my 1980 Continental Town Car, and Cadillac wire spokes on both a 1982 and a 1988 Coupe Deville.  ALWAYS loved the look of wire spokes and whitewalls. 

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« Reply #59 on: April 22, 2021, 11:22:09 AM »
I am so glad that you liked the wire spokes and the WSW tires.  The tires were the among the most challenging part to locate due to the limited availability of 13 inch tires, and more so as white walls!

I looked back this forum, and realized that I couldn't upload the tire blowout and the related damages.  I will upload them now that i have "snipped" them. Note the touchup work I have had done in the above pictures  just before the wood grain restoration started. I have also included the "during portion of the wood grain project as well below...
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