Crusty Trucker Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 https://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/d/newport-news-1976-ford-pinto/7655878082.html 1976 Ford Pinto .Runs good .Good project or parts car . email e07920ca0f7e3a0b9bc02039c9b58034@sale.craigslist.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Grew up driving Pintos. My sister and her boyfriend both had them. Took my license test in it. Not sure anyone wants one as a project though, let alone needs a parts car, LOL. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS25 Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I have had lots of Pintos over the years. Great little cars and fun to drive with a manual transmission. This 1976 Pinto has an early front end on it. Pre 73 small bumper. I have 2 early Pinto wagons in my personal junkyard if anyone needs parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Whoever buys it should also get one of these to go on it... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 At least the owner doesn’t have “Delusions of Grandeur” regarding the price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Well, the t-belt looks to be good. It has that going for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 I do say, the little 4 bangers were pretty good cars for what they were. My brother in law bought his new in 72 and ran that thing forever. My sisters was a bit newer, may have been a 74. The 72 was a manual with a hatch back, my sisters 74 had a trunk. About the only difference. It ran great until one of my brothers took out the oil pan with a parking block! It was never the same again😕 I have another brother that bought a v-6 woody wagon when he was in the Army. That thing never did run right and spent more time in the shop than on the road. I wouldnt mind having one as a semi-daily driver if it was in really nice condition. Would never think about restoring one though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFeeney Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 Who ever buys this car should put the retro-fit plastic panel between the gas tank and rear end. This was a later safety recall to help with rear end crashes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 (edited) I'm not a Pinto expert, but aren't those seats incorrect? The side bolsters, the cloth pattern, the 2-tone color, appear to be from a later era. Collectors may fawn over Classics and 1960's muscle cars that were barely useful for street use; but a once-common car like this Pinto may interest more of the public at today's car shows. "My parents use to have a car like this when I was growing up!" "I had one of these in college!" Edited August 19, 2023 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Yes the seats are out of something else, and it has already been mentioned that the nose is early and not original. I didn't even know you could do that, as the 73 (and later) Pinto is an entirely new car under the skin. That wrong nose makes a better looking car. Remembering Pinto seats, I don't think I would complain too much about that either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Just to put things in perspective, paying $1800 for a car today is equal to having paid $300. for car back in 1965. Most of the cars I drove to college back then cost $100. or less. Back then, a 45 year old car, such as this Pinto is now, would have been built in the 1920's and NO younger person would have been driving such a car. Having worked at a "economy priced" used car lot in the 60's, most Fords/Chevys/Plymouths/Nashes/Studebakers from the early to mid-'50's sold in the $300. range, with the exception of low mileage "cherries", which demanded a couple of hundred dollar premium. More expensive models and brands were sold in the "more respectable" part of town. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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