Poison Pinto

[TooOld]

I picked up this builder a couple of years ago , it was in nice condition and missing only a few small parts . Missing was the steering tie-rod and those bumper "darts" which were both easily fabricated , one headlight and the gas cap which I cast using parts from a Pinto Street Rod kit , and an alternator and license plate that were scrounged from the parts box .

I used the clear glass from the Pinto Street Rod kit and tinted it green using Testors Candy Green spray paint .  The bright green plastic was polished and cleared and I printed my own "Poison Pinto" decals and stripe decals . Also added were tire decals from Gofer Racing . It's otherwise stock except I narrowed the front track to get the tires inside the fender flares . A quick and fun rebuild , hope you like it !

I swapped out the kit carbs for a couple of Holley 1850's from the AMT '69 Torino , added a MAD distributor & coil , and printed Boss 429 Decals for the valve covers .

[Zippi]

Nice looking Ford Pinto drag car Bob.  Great job on the rebuild.

[TooOld]

23 hours ago, Zippi said:

Nice looking Ford Pinto drag car Bob.  Great job on the rebuild.

Thanks much Bob !

[slusher]

Fantastic looking pinto, Bob, I sure hope Alantis guests theirs out, I want one!

[shoopdog]

Sharp! I like it!

[carrucha]

Cool build!

[Mr. Metallic]

Clean build as always from your bench. I've always overlooked that kit in the past but you have given me a new appreciation for it.

[ybsluos]

Bob, this is a fantastic build! Very nice work – Mark

[PappyD340]

Cool Pinto!

[89AKurt]

I built one as a teen, when it was a new kit.  Please don't tell me what eBay prices are now.  That's cool how you are taking modern techniques to resurrect a model, very impressed.  Mine got demo derbied, some parts made into other hack jobs. ?

[TooOld]

On 11/11/2024 at 10:06 AM, slusher said:

Fantastic looking pinto, Bob, I sure hope Alantis guests theirs out, I want one!

Thanks Carl !  Fingers crossed Atlantis will have it ready next year !

On 11/11/2024 at 2:17 PM, shoopdog said:

Sharp! I like it!

Thanks Keith !

On 11/11/2024 at 3:35 PM, carrucha said:

Cool build!

Thanks Hector !

On 11/11/2024 at 4:50 PM, Mr. Metallic said:

Clean build as always from your bench. I've always overlooked that kit in the past but you have given me a new appreciation for it.

Thanks much Craig !  I never had much interest in this either (or the Rat Vega) but after digging this out and looking it over again I changed my mind .

[TooOld]

On 11/11/2024 at 5:36 PM, ybsluos said:

Bob, this is a fantastic build! Very nice work – Mark

Thanks very much Mark !

[TooOld]

On 11/11/2024 at 7:08 PM, PappyD340 said:

Cool Pinto!

Thanks Larry !

On 11/11/2024 at 7:19 PM, 89AKurt said:

I built one as a teen, when it was a new kit.  Please don't tell me what eBay prices are now.  That's cool how you are taking modern techniques to resurrect a model, very impressed.  Mine got demo derbied, some parts made into other hack jobs. ?

Thanks much Kurt !  I found this one when prices were still reasonable , now they're way out of reach !