Finally Assembled! Pinto baby!
I’m not sure when I started working on this project, but it was at least 4 years ago. I wanted to build a trick intake setup for my Pinto Powered Roadster called Bonnie. Bonnie’s always turned heads, even parked next to MUCH higher dollar rods. I have to admit that I like that. The intake design is from a tech article I read from the Inglese website. It explains why individual runner intakes and weber carbs are the hot setup.
Now, with the new intake finally on, I’m gonna get more people asking, “What engine is that?”
So here’s where I left off… the last thing to do was weld the flange that would hold the throttle cable:
My Friend Aaron welded everything up for me. It came out nice, then I took it to the sand blast cabinet. After, it looked like cast aluminum, but it weighs less than 3 lbs. These are the before and after blasting shots.
Then finally, here’s what it looks like all mounted up. I can’t wait to spend hours trying to tune this thing!
But, I’m gonna wait to fire it up cause I’m also putting a new header on! This thing is gonna be nasty!
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CAn you tell me where you got your car body from. Thank you very much. Darrin @ bcg Streetrod fabrication
Hey Darrin,
From the doors forward, that’s original 27 Touring that’s been sectioned to make it more narrow. It’s a tight fit in there with 2 adults. From the doors back, that was constructed by someone in Minnesota, I think. I’ll have to check again with the guy I bought it from. I get asked that alot. I did modify it some by adding a pie-shaped piece in the back. It leaned the rear panel back just a bit and made it much more comfortable to drive in.
What’s BCG Streetrod Fabrication?
went to the Good Guys today and saw your roadster….very cool…the 26 ford coupe i am building as a nostalgia street rod will have a pinto power plant also….ford ranger auto trans and differential with four wheel disc…..no body mods, full fendered and renning boards…..the project is 4 yrs old with the body on the rolling chassis.