GRM mention in Car Craft

Not sure if this has been brought up, but i just stumbled across it.

In the June 2009 issue, the current issue, there is an article on California cruise spots called Let the Cruising Begin (an article i really wish i had gotten in the mail BEFORE my recent trip to CA, not the day after i got home!). On page 85 there's a blurb about Donut Derelicts Saturday morning cruise. There is a small pic of a ratty Pinto. The caption states that the car, Brian Von Kleinsmid, was built for the GRM $2005 Challenge. It says he was a no-show as the car ended up $1000 over budget and far from finished.

Brian, you on here? Lets hear more about your Pinto!

ooo, i need to find where I put my new issue

I caught the GRM reference on the flight back from DC today. Use airplane time to catch up on my mags...

problemaddict wrote: Not sure if this has been brought up, but i just stumbled across it. In the June 2009 issue, the current issue, there is an article on California cruise spots called Let the Cruising Begin (an article i really wish i had gotten in the mail BEFORE my recent trip to CA, not the day after i got home!). On page 85 there's a blurb about Donut Derelicts Saturday morning cruise. There is a small pic of a ratty Pinto. The caption states that the car, Brian Von Kleinsmid, was built for the GRM $2005 Challenge. It says he was a no-show as the car ended up $1000 over budget and far from finished. Brian, you on here? Lets hear more about your Pinto!

HEY, That is my Ratty Pinto. The writer said it might be in the magazine, but looked for a few months with no luck. Guess I will need to go find a copy before the All ford show at Knotts Berry Farm this weekend. My build website is HERE

I had to pull some of the links out due to space, but that has been fixed. I will work on it over the next few days when I am not working on the car.

Cool Stuff

OK, here is the story of the article in C&C

Few months back, finally got the car running OK and took it to Doughnut Derelicts. While on the way (all 3 miles of it) I come up on a black Crown Vic and become cautious of it due to him looking at me intensly. Come to find out he is the writer of the article you all see. He tried to get a picture of himself while driving with the pinto in the back ground (1st pic) When we got there, he told me who he was and what he was doing and I gave him the quick run down. His blurb on the pinto is not completely acurate. It is a 5.0ho but out of a Lincoln Mark VII, not a Mustang. Also, the transmission is an SROD (4 speed) not a T5. Other than that, I was entered in 05, but had too much to do at the end after working too far from the house. 06, my daughter was born. 07, Too much work, not enough car time. 08, my son was born and I finally did the math on cost to date. Gave my wife a big hug for putting up with me and realized that there was no way that car would ever be 200x. Also, florida with the cost of gas and other expenses would be near the cost of the car when all said and done. Another time with another car.

The car itself was purchased for 350 for the cost of the 6 point roll bar and the car came with it. It has been a tremendous learning experience on how to weld, fabricate, shove, force and many other adjectives to a car that is over 30 years old. Being a CA car, the rust is not too bad, but has some.

I have finaly posted it in readers rides and will update the page when I update my website and do more work on the car. Now if I can get it in GRM as I intended.

Send good pics and we'll get it in somewhere. that's a cool car and I remember being bummed when a Pinto didn't show up at the Challenge a few years ago.

Per

That was me. I will grab pics tomorrow at the all Ford show it is in. The goal is to have 40+ pintos. In the picture, I will be sure to include the GRM sticker on the car so it will not be photo chopped in.