Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

russ wrote:

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

The last plastic kit I'm aware of was MPC's 1978 Pinto Wagon. I'm
unaware if it was ever reissued.
I've heard that Pintos are fairly common on E-bay but I've never gone
looking.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
how about 63 corvairs?

russ <russjosborne at (no spam) juno.com> wrote:
: Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
: driver, wife needs her suv back.
:
Were did you find one of those things in running condition?
Does it have the all important plastic seperator for the
fuel tank and muffler, to keep the pyrotechnics down?

Bruce
Small town here in Ohio.Found it on Craigslist. I wasn't even looking

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

russ wrote:

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

The last plastic kit I'm aware of was MPC's 1978 Pinto Wagon. I'm
unaware if it was ever reissued.
I've heard that Pintos are fairly common on E-bay but I've never gone
looking.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

russ <russjosbo... at (no spam) juno.com> wrote:

: Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
: driver, wife needs her suv back.
:
        Were did you find one of those things in running condition?
     Does it have the all important plastic seperator for the
     fuel tank and muffler, to keep the pyrotechnics down?

                                                        Bruce

russ <russjosborne at (no spam) juno.com> wrote:
:
: Small town here in Ohio.
:
I am even more surprised, given the amount of salt I would
expect it to have been exposed to.
:
: It is in pretty decent shape. Much better than the newer(1990's) cars
: in the same price range. Not much rust even. Runs great. Drove it well
: over 100 miles to bring it home, not a single issue.
:
I have heard idiots paying $5k for a GEO Metro on ebay. So,
I am not surprised it was less expensive than newer alternatives.
I guess just getting into it any not finding a "rubber floorboard"
would have to be considered a major accomplishment.
:
: There is actually a web based forum, www.fordpinto.com that the seller
: clued me into. It is amazing what some people are doing with these
: things.
:
I have never been a Ford fan, but I do have to acknowledge
that Ford never had the small car antagonism that GM continues
to exhibit. And, if you could replace that pathetic piece of
late 70's smog choked, casterated 4 banger with something better,
it would probably be a fairly decent car. And, probably get better
milage to boot. Of course, my main problem with Ford is (was?)
their "marshmellow" suspension, so tightening that up that would
be a necessity. And, probably the steering as well. :-)

Bruce

russ wrote:

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:52:30 -0500, Mad Modeller
checkreplyto at (no spam) nextline.com> wrote:

russ wrote:

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

The last plastic kit I'm aware of was MPC's 1978 Pinto Wagon. I'm
unaware if it was ever reissued.
I've heard that Pintos are fairly common on E-bay but I've never gone
looking.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

yeah, I suppose I could go there, but I actually cancelled my ebay
account a while back. I didn't like all the changes going on there.
They seem to be trying to get rid of the small seller, and that is the
type I like to buy from.
And thanks to the others who gave links. Although they aren't a 1979,
still it shows me what sort of stuff is out there.

Buying this car may put the brakes on my recently renewed model
building activity. As long as it is fun, I plan on fiddling with the
real car. I haven't had something that I could drive and enjoy working
on for quite a while. But since I get home after 1am, working in the
garage is kind of out of the question for the most part. So maybe I
will still build. Note, I did not say finish. sigh. I still get to a
certain point where I feel tired of the current model kit and want to
start on another. But I am trying to limit current builds to two at a
time.

russ

I know what you mean about E-bay. I used to sell there but the new
rules make it a vicious place to do so. I keep my account for when I go
shopping - only.
Ah, another second-shifter! Did that for 17 years and still can't
break the biorhythm.
I've got a Fox Mustang and I've never noticed the ride to be
springy. It's the tightest and most maneuvrable vehicle I've ever
driven. I've steered out of several near-accidents that a mere
emergency braking wouldn't have gotten me safely through. GMs always
tend to make me slightly nauseous so I assumed they were more softly
sprung - except for my son's '97 Malibu. I've driven that several times
and refer to it as the 'buckboard'.
The 'Rustang' has the 4-cyl engine and it gets pretty good mileage
but I'm only driving it once or twice a week now.
Your building practises remind me of my own. If I don't get
something done quickly I tend to wander off to another project.
Subsequently I have many projects sitting unfinished.
Good luck with the Pinto!

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
you know the resto projects i got from you? i started to restore most of your

someone at (no spam) some.domain wrote:

In article <488AAD8E.214649F1 at (no spam) nextline.com>, vze3zb2k at (no spam) verizon.net wrote:
russ wrote:

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

The last plastic kit I'm aware of was MPC's 1978 Pinto Wagon. I'm
unaware if it was ever reissued.
I've heard that Pintos are fairly common on E-bay but I've never gone
looking.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
how about 63 corvairs?

They've never been reissued to my knowledge. There is a '69 that
gets reissued ever so often but it's not 100% street stock.
As far as showing up on E-bay, I don't know.
It would be neat to have one in a diorama, running over a pedestrian
that looks like Nader. ;)

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
i had a white 63 that had a bondo frontend. my father let an insurance

On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:52:30 -0500, Mad Modeller
checkreplyto at (no spam) nextline.com> wrote:

russ wrote:

Ok, don't laugh. I just bought a real one. It is going to be my daily
driver, wife needs her suv back.
Was just wondering if there had ever been any models made, any version
would be good, but hatchback is what I have.
Thanks,
Russ

The last plastic kit I'm aware of was MPC's 1978 Pinto Wagon. I'm
unaware if it was ever reissued.
I've heard that Pintos are fairly common on E-bay but I've never gone
looking.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

yeah, I suppose I could go there, but I actually cancelled my ebay
account a while back. I didn't like all the changes going on there.
They seem to be trying to get rid of the small seller, and that is the
type I like to buy from.
And thanks to the others who gave links. Although they aren't a 1979,
still it shows me what sort of stuff is out there.

Buying this car may put the brakes on my recently renewed model
building activity. As long as it is fun, I plan on fiddling with the
real car. I haven't had something that I could drive and enjoy working
on for quite a while. But since I get home after 1am, working in the
garage is kind of out of the question for the most part. So maybe I
will still build. Note, I did not say finish. sigh. I still get to a
certain point where I feel tired of the current model kit and want to
start on another. But I am trying to limit current builds to two at a
time.

russ