 Just got home.
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 |  Drivers seat
It adjusts up and down as well as the usual back and forth. This is the first time I have seen this in a Pinto.
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 No Rust
|  Solid floor.
The 8" rear is a big plus.
|  Right in back of the drivers side rear tire.
No rust again.
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 78 and 79 Pintos
The 79 still has the drag lites on.
|  |  The rear is up so I can start the suspension swap.
|  First bolt I go to remove breaks. The rest were fine though.
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 The springs are almost ready to remove.
|  Parts that are going in the 78
|  Now its the 78s turn.
|  The shocks are Motorcraft parts.
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 Just about ready to go.
|  The springs are out.
You can see the Volvo front mount intercooler leaning against the 79 Pinto. More about that later.
|  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.
|  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.
|  I had to cut the rubber bushings flush with the top so the block would fit snug.
|  I had to remove some material under the block so it would fit tightly on the mount.
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 Finished.
I painted the blocks black. I had to get new u-bolts because the bolts I had made for the 79 were too short after adding the rubber bushings.
|  Finished rear suspension swap.
|  Taking off all the new front suspension parts now.
|  I removed both fenders for easy access.
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 |  78s turn again.
|  Cant really tell its lowered two inches.
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