$8,000.00 Pinto| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

cutter67 HalfDork
6/6/13 9:55 a.m.

now i know different taste for different people but if you had a body shop and was looking for a car to show off your work would you choose a pinto to restore. if money wasnt a object would you ever spend 8k for a pinto

http://smd.craigslist.org/cto/3760444150.html

1975 red pinto station wagon restored to like new condition Car redone for car shows, also as advertising for the body shop. Matching numbers all new parts , new engine and transmission , power steering, and rack and pinion, also comes with 4000.oo worth of many new spare parts. complete doors, glass to replace each window. hood, two tailgate hatches, fenders, hood, quarter panel. Factory sheet that comes under carpet by ford, hood, seats, dash board, head liner, new floorpans, grill in front of windshied new battery box, rechromed bumpers, whole unibody sandblasted, then special primer,new power steering pump and rack and pinion, car has absolutely no rust. primed in a primer that will not let rust start. New exhaust, carpet, seats, tires, interior panels, new heater core and radiator, new 2 barrel Holly carbuater, crankshaft on the rebuild was polished, it had no wear due to correct maintenance. Power trane and car inspected and car has about 50 miles on new restoration. drove 80 mph and then stored for car shows. Has three coats of paint and three coats of clear coat. The engine purrs without any miss.I am the second owner and the car has ever been wrecked or bumped. On pickup of car do not forget a way to carry all the spare parts

Blitzed306 Reader
6/6/13 10:01 a.m.

one word: sleeper. But not for 8 grand

SCARR Reader
6/6/13 10:07 a.m.

Matching numbers all new parts , new engine and transmission ,

How does that work?

Klayfish SuperDork
6/6/13 10:38 a.m.

I wouldn't spend that kind of money, but talk about nostalgia. That is exactly the car my parents had when I was a really little kid. I have very vague memories of it, but I remember it was the same color and all (I think it was even a '75). So maybe someone else with more nostalgic memories, more money, and less common sense than me would buy it.

Brett_Murphy SuperDork
6/6/13 11:56 a.m.

SCARR wrote:
Matching numbers all new parts , new engine and transmission ,
How does that work?

Rebuilt = new, maybe?

Appleseed UltimaDork
6/7/13 12:26 a.m.

Who restored the Illinois Nazi's car?

Kenny_McCormic Dork
6/7/13 12:51 a.m.

In reply to Appleseed:

My thought exactly, I hate Illinois Nazis.

How much off the price if I pick the parts up in a 1974 Dodge Monaco police car?

kanaric Reader
6/7/13 3:02 a.m.

When people start paying $8k for Pintos then I know that hipsters are buying cars at least. Paying that much for such a car is probably extremely "ironic".