Can I get my '78 ready for All Ford Nats (6/3/11)?

[ADaughen]

I guess I need to start a build thread. I've been sitting on this pile for a while and finally got the room to tear into it. The 40th anniversary of the Pinto is 2011 and FordPinto.com is throwing a big get together at All Ford Nationals.

I have a complete 302, motor mounts, wiring harness, CPU, T5, bell housing, flywheel, 8.8 rear, 5-lug axles, rear brakes, front brakes, new seats...

I need a clutch pack, radiator, hoses, fuel cell... and then everything put IN the car.


Looks like I need to weld in some floor pans at a minimum. Driver's side was bad when I parked it. I can yaba daba doo it right now. :( I am surprised the passenger didn't fall through when they sat down. Someone ghetto rigged some aluminum plate in the rear foot well and one of the four passenger seat mount points was GONE. :eek:

I am hoping to get it stripped down tomorrow and on a roll jig by next weekend. So I can start welding.

For floor pans, is 16ga steel sheet metal adequate? For some reason no one seems to make pans for this car. :lol:

Anyone have a bead roller I could borrow?

Anyone up for helping me eat pizza and drink beer?

[inferno50]

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[mustangrfast88]

i would hope you could have it done by then sounds like yuo got a good start

[ADaughen]

i would hope you could have it done by then sounds like yuo got a good start

9 months sounds like a long time, but I don't have a lot of the small stuff. I guestimated I need another $1500 worth of odds 'n ends.

The wheels I picked up won't fit on the front rotor hats (hub bore is too small on the wheel) and I have never welded before. So there are still some growing pains to go through.

My options right now are to ground down the rotors ~2mm or find another set of rims.


Inferno50, I'll try to snap some photos when I am out there today. It looks quite a bit different from this photo from back in '99:

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3623/841/21555420001_large.jpg

[ADaughen]

So I finally pulled out the caliper and measured the Granada hubs, they are 2.733" (69.418mm).
The '08 Mustang wheels bore size is: 2.245" (57.277mm).

Royally sucks. My two options are trying to find a brake kit with a smaller hub or find new wheels.

Anyone want a good deal on some 16" wheels?
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/2/3623/841/21555420077_large.jpg

I found some Rotas(P45R) that would fit and change the stance up, but I don't think I want 17" on the Pinto. I was already looking at 205/45R16.

165-13 == P165/75R13 or P175/70R13