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78 Pinto Wagon......soon to be turbo.
This Pinto is in the condition Ive been looking for. No rust and pretty straight. Its a V6, auto and has A/C, power steering and brakes. Just 53,000 miles.  Since its a V6 it has an 8" rear end. I think Ill drive it for a while then start swapping parts from the rust bucket turbo 79 wagon to this Pinto.
The address for the 79s album is----http://ImageEvent.com/pandbz/1979fordpintowagon
Date(s): April 25, 2005. Album by Pete. Photos by Pete. 17 - 32 of 665 Total. 5827 Visits.
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I live in Lakeland and am building a 73 Pinto. Would like to get together with you and swap ideas/parts. Nice job on the car by the way. Give me a caal I would like to hear from you.....my number is 863-***-****
Thanks,
Wes
 - Pinto12, Fri, 6 Feb 2009 6:16AM
Hey Glassman, seen your YouTube channel, Thanks for sharing the link to this...

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 - Cookieboy | www.cookieboystoys.com, Fri, 26 Sep 2008 9:16PM
I love your photos. I've seen these many times, some of what you've done is the sames as I.
I just never noticed the sigh in sheet!

Shawn
 - Turbowagonman, Thu, 19 Jul 2007 6:37PM
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78 and 79 Pintos
The 79 still has the drag lites on.

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The rear is up so I can start the suspension swap.

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First bolt I go to remove breaks. The rest were fine though.

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The springs are almost ready to remove.

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Parts that are going in the 78

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Now its the 78s turn.

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The shocks are Motorcraft parts.

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Just about ready to go.

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The springs are out.
You can see the Volvo front mount intercooler leaning against the 79 Pinto. More about that later.

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Mock up.
I mocked this up. I was going to use 1"x1" square steel tube as a spacer between the spring mounts.
Note that the spring is upside down.

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I was told that the thing would squeek like crazy without the rubber bushings. I decided to go another route.

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I cut the sides off the 79s top mount and placed the lowering block between that and the 78s top mount.

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I had to cut the rubber bushings flush with the top so the block would fit snug.

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I had to remove some material under the block so it would fit tightly on the mount.

 
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