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Nice Pinto
« on: October 07, 2020, 12:26:50 PM »
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2020, 01:57:59 PM »
Probably costs him a fortune at Christmas time buying all the neighbors gifts.
What goes fast doesn't go fast long'
What goes fast takes your money with it.
So I'm slow & broke, what went wrong?
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2020, 02:50:39 PM »
Can the words, Nice, and Pinto be allowed in the same sentence?

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 05:18:59 PM »
Yes... If it has a Jay Brown Cammer in it... Wink
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2020, 06:19:16 PM »
I LOVE pintos!

Since 1990 I have owned 11 (in various conditions all had titles but many were parts vehicles)

The current unit is my favorite though

It’s a 1980 trunk model

It’s a neat little sleeper!!!

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2020, 10:29:11 PM »
I'll always have a soft spot for my '72. Full tube frame and rollcage, chopped four inches, front clip and rear quarters of fibreglas with flares to hold 345/35X15 Pirellis on 12 inch Welds in the back and 285/40X15 dittos on 10 inch Welds in the front. Used a 9" with discs in the back with a 4-link and a circle track suspension in the front with tube arms and Koni coil-overs on both ends. Had a 466inch 429 SCJ and a C6 in between, with the engine setting under the cowl/dash. The pair of seats were on the back seat footspace. I never raced it, but I loaned the engine to a friend who put it into a 'big' Cougar and went into the 10's with it The Cougar weighed over 4 thousand pounds and was very traction-limited. The Pinto weighed 2250 with 1140 on the back tires. ;)

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2020, 05:49:03 AM »
Now that sounds awesome!

I have a complete “Pangra” front end for a pinto in a crate I bought years ago

If I can come across a 71-72 trunk model I will grab it for that nose

I also had this crazy dream to make one a T-Top car and I cut the top off of a mustang II that was rusted into the ground

Doors are the issue there I need to somehow come up with doors that are only glass with no frames around to match the T-Tops but I almost think that’s a project for many years down the road!

I’m 46 and have very little time that would be a labor of love to cut and splice

I think a hot engine be it a turbo 4 or a v8 could be a great candidate for a t-top pangra

Just pipe dreams that’s all

Dave

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2020, 07:06:38 AM »
My first car was a '75 Pinto wagon.  Still would like to have one, just because.  They do make neat race cars.  Had a chance to buy a Don Hardy pro stock pinto a few years back, but talk about CRAMPED inside.  Geesh, I had a hard time moving my legs around to be able to drive it.  To release the clutch I had to somehow wedge my left knee between the steering wheel and the door bar.  It was cool though.
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2020, 08:51:45 AM »
I'd have that in a minute.  Probably more motor than I'd want to mess with, but the chassis layout/stance is perfect. 

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #9 on: October 08, 2020, 12:07:28 PM »
What goes fast doesn't go fast long'
What goes fast takes your money with it.
So I'm slow & broke, what went wrong?
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #10 on: October 08, 2020, 05:05:24 PM »
I had a 1972 wagon (first year for the wagon) with the German 2.0L, man that thing liked the RPMs, little screamer. I was collecting parts to make a blow through turbo setup, but ended up selling the car. Hell, I've still got a new/never installed cast iron turbo manifold from back in the day, and some other parts and pieces. A turbo Pinto would be a nice sleeper-- surprise the hell out of people.
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2020, 06:28:20 PM »
This is my pinto a few weeks ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=JytjxYwTyV4

It has a transbrake in the C4 and a bump box built into the ECU

this is the quickest I have ever been in this car

I hoping the new combo does way better but for now this is pretty respectable.

Thanks
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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2020, 07:47:14 PM »
Best thing to happen to this Chevy powered Pinto. Dickweed.
https://bangshift.com/general-news/videos/exit-stage-left-chris-pearces-wall-jumping-pinto-wheelstander-at-byron/

Looks like that could've gone across the barrier and into people.

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #13 on: October 08, 2020, 10:01:23 PM »
Now that sounds awesome!

I have a complete “Pangra” front end for a pinto in a crate I bought years ago

If I can come across a 71-72 trunk model I will grab it for that nose

I also had this crazy dream to make one a T-Top car and I cut the top off of a mustang II that was rusted into the ground

Doors are the issue there I need to somehow come up with doors that are only glass with no frames around to match the T-Tops but I almost think that’s a project for many years down the road!

I’m 46 and have very little time that would be a labor of love to cut and splice

I think a hot engine be it a turbo 4 or a v8 could be a great candidate for a t-top pangra

Just pipe dreams that’s all

Dave

There used to be an outfit, if I remember correctly, that was called fibreglas unlimited. They had Pinto doors that only weighed about four pounds each. I used them on my car, filling the insides with spray foam for surface stiffness. You can whittle the foam and insert sliding Lexan windows. When I chopped the top on my car, I removed the rain gutters and smoothed out the resulting edge by tig brazing for fill.

I'd imagine you might do the same sort of thing and incorporate the T-tops. Before I put the roll cage in, the car would 'wrack' on a four-point lift and the doors wouldn't shut. With the cage and frame there was no problem.

KS

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Re: Nice Pinto
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2020, 10:24:39 PM »
http://www.up22.com/ I believe is/was Unlimited Fiberglass.  My hood came from them in the 90s. They have dropped a lot of parts from their line over the last 20+ years.
Pinto doors - http://www.up22.com/amx68.htm#P-106R/L
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