1976 Ford Pinto Hatchback, ~44K ORIGINAL MILES, great interior, nice driver

Up for auction is a 1976 Ford Pinto in very good condition. A little background on why I chose a Pinto to restore. When I was in high school I used my grandfather’s 1976 Ford Pinto Wagon as my daily driver. I was initially going to restore his wagon, ut it was too far gone to be worth doing anything to it. I decided to pick up another one – I had always liked the smaller hatchback and I used several parts from my grandfather’s car to restore this one. He passed away quite a few years ago, ut I used many of his tools I inherited and parts from his car so it’s a dedication to him in many ways. One neat thing about this car is that it only has 44K original miles. I repainted the car and it is certainly a 10-footer but it is by no means a show quality paint job. It looks best out in the sun, ut there are a few blemishes where runs were sanded out of the clearcoat but left a mark. As noted though it looks quite nice from afar and gets lots of thumbs up, aves, nd interest when I take it out. It has been painted a two tone the way I’ve seen it on other Pintos with a medium green metallic and gray metallic basecoat clearcoat, ith a few small rust areas being fixed in the process. The clearcoat shines nice out in the sun.When the gas tank was removed to be replaced, he whole underside of the car has been painted and undercoated, s was the gas tank itself to prevent rusting. The car has only 44K original miles on it and the interior is in excellent condition. The only problem with the interior was the dash had a crack, ut it has been fitted with a new dash cap dyed to match the color of the interior. You don’t even notice it and it looks natural to the car (see pics). The car comes with the original owner’s manual, ocumentation, nd receipts for work done to it. There is an original warranty card, ome advertising information and what seems to be a page out of a Ford Marketing binder that shows this car came with the Limited Edition Special value package for 1976. The car came with power steering but has manual brakes and no A/C. The car also has lots of new parts, hich include a new radiator and hatch shocks that the previous owner put on, igh amp alternator, YB shocks front and rear, as tank, uel sending unit, arter fuel pump, arpet in both the front and rear section, park plugs and wires, attery, nd an aftermarket radio and speakers in the door a previous owner also installed. With the low miles the car does everything it should - gauges and lights all work. If you know your Pintos, ou’ll notice the bumpers on the car are not original to this year. 1976 was the last year for the heavy chrome bumpers, nd they have been swapped out for the later years much lighter aluminum bumpers. I personally like them better and think they set the car off. Another upgrade that was done is the installation of a two speed and variable speed wiper switch, hich is installed and works and uses a factory switch from later Ford models. Many people with early Mustangs do this mod, nd since it's a Ford factory part it looks original. These cars originally came with a two speed switch only. I would describe all the chrome molding being in very good condition for its age. I have tried to describe this car to the best of my ability. It runs and drives like a car from this era does, ut I would say a carb rebuild would probably make the car run better as it has been sitting quite a bit during its life. I purchased a 1980 Firebird to work on and also found a very low original miles 87 Oldsmobile Cutlass so I have too many projects and not enough space, nd this one is now done. The car needs a good home so I’m hoping it will find one. Also included is an aftermarket rear defroster that I have not installed, ut I have run the wire from the front to the back of the car like factory when the rear panels were taken out to be refinished. Please feel free to ask any questions before bidding.

A NON REFUNDABLE $500 deposit is due within 24 hours and the balance due within 3 days. This means if you can’t pay for the car in full, lease don’t bid. I will ship the car in the U.S., ut buyer is responsible for shipping costs. If you are local you can drive it home.

On Mar-28-16 at 17:09:30 PDT, eller added the following information:

I've had a couple people ask about the underside and engine compartment. If you'd like pics, lease feel free to send me a message and I will attach or if there is anything else you want to see. Someone also asked if the car has any power options and YES, t does have P/S. I currently have a P/B setup I was going to use for this car on ebay, o if you want power brakes for this car, ou can bid on that as well. The power booster and master cylinder are remanufactured and it comes with a power brake pedal.