Rust conversion and undercoating on my 76 Pinto

 This is still back in 2012. Thw car is complete well mostly complete.

After pressure washing, scrubbing, and treating the underneath of the car, I used Barrier Bond and coated it all. 

The Barrier Bond converted any rust and I painted the entire underneath with black Rustoleum. Then I used a brush and 2 quarts of undercoating from Rustoleum also. 

Getting started with undercoating there is a big "EB" between the uni-body rail and the transmission tunnel I still don't have a clue what it's for.

I went to town on the undercoating. I made sure that every corner and bracket was done.

Power Washing the underneath of the Pinto

 After I got it up on its side, I removed everything that wasn't already gone. All the lines mounts and brackets that came off did. I then washed it several times with a detergent soak in-between.

As you can see there was very little rust on the floor. Some surface  rust that I was bale to treat and has never come back. I used rust mort it worked great .

You can see one spot here where I had to weld in a patch at the back bolt on the drivers side. I used a small piece of angle iron that I flattened a bit then just burned it in.

I did remove the clutch cable and heater hosers when it came back down I'm not sure why I left them before I put it up.

Now I can start on the protection coats and the repair of the battery tray area.

I cant believe that is has been 10 years since I did the Pinto

 I found these pictures recently. They are of the fist time the Pinto came out of the garage on my "Redneck Rotisserie" . 

This is the first time it comes out after being stripped of all its parts. I stopped because I was afraid it would roll away from me .

Of course it rained the first day I had to work on it.

Its up! I had four people over to help ... Cost? Beer and pizza. As it turns out it took one person to lift it.

Just stared at it for a few minutes before i started work

Ford Pinto V6 2800cc engine cleaning pictures

 

Yamaha Air Box Pictures

 

Black Out the Tail Light Trim on my 76 Ford Pinto

I set about blacking out the tail light trim. First  I disassembled the taillights, they have 6-8 tabs on the back with a Phillips screw holding them. Once you have the screws out you can separate the trim from the lenses and gaskets. There are some pictures of the finished taillights but I lost the in-progress ones. The last picture is how they look on the car after paint.

The finished item on the car

I got this steering wheel several years ago and redid to for my Pinto. This wheel came from a Pinto ( I think ) since it has the tabs for the horn. Some steering wheels like this come from mustangs and they don't have the tabs for the horn since the horn was on the steering column like a blinker arm. Anyway feel free to comment and let me know if I'm right or wrong or just call me names.

This is about how it looked when I got it. I don't know if it was chrome that got repainted or black that was wearing off.

I sanded the wheel mostly by hand and scrubbed it down with rubbing alcohol to get it ready for primer.

I found a good use for the hood of my corvette, it is the perfect surface for a Ford Pinto Steering wheel.

Tape and primer nothing really exciting here.

Tape and primer nothing really exciting here.

Tape and primer nothing really exciting here.

It came out great I think. 

here it is in the car. I thought I took some better pictures. Ill add them in if I find them.

Thanks