LilDrunkenSmurf
04-09-2008, 12:54 AM
Well I finally got a new (read: old) car.
It's almost in better condition than my civic.
I inherited it from my grandma. It has 114xxx km's on it. A little surface rust, and one rust hole in the hatch. No plans for it yet. Except maybe reinforce the rear bumper haha.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4212.jpg
The interior is fantastic considering the age. It has the original... well everything. AM radio, lighter socket. The lights all work. The ONLY thing that needs work in order to pass an OOP is getting the rear-defroster to work (The wires have been detached). Car runs great. Been maintained. Currently registered/insured under BC plates til '09.
It's a 1978 Pinto. Automatic transmission, 2dr, RWD, 2.3L engine.
Picked it up this weekend from Vancouver... Very hellish.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4208.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4210.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4211.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4213.jpg
Plan was to tow it back to Calgary on a uhaul trailer.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4217.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4220.jpg
Getting her ready to go up.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4221.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4222.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4226.jpg
And we're good.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4227.jpg
Alas... I forgot how to get out...
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4230.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4234.jpg
And then... I squeeze back in to close the window..
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4235.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4239.jpg
Strapping it down.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4240.jpg
Ready to go.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4244.jpg
Taking up 5 spots at Superstore.
Now here's where it gets interesting. I'm in the passenger seat asleep, when I get woken up by us stopping... 20km out of hope... going up the coquihalla. Turns out we were billowing big clouds of white smoke. Dropping oil everywhere, been leaving a trail for a while... Yea, that's right, I blew the tranny of a 97 1/2 ton Chevy towing a pinto up the coquihalla.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4298.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4299.jpg
$200 tow ride back to Hope. Left the truck at a shop to get fixed (it's still there) they're going to rebuild the transmission. Truck had 220XXX km's on it, a towing package, but no aftermarket transmission cooler. My dumb mistake.
We decided that with someone following us home, we would drive the pinto back to Calgary... So after staking out the night, and most of the next day, waiting for backup, we chilled out.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4322.jpg
Getting ready to head out in Hope, BC.
Pinto got us all the way home with no problems... Didn't take the coquihalla, as I didn't want to get stuck on it again. Only problem was the lack of music. Took 14 hours from Hope, long ass drive. Pinto took a dirt road uphill with snow/ice like a champ.
I'm the white guy with the toque and the asian guy is gp36912. Pictures were taken by Hybridtheory. Couldn't of made it through the weekend without them.
It's almost in better condition than my civic.
I inherited it from my grandma. It has 114xxx km's on it. A little surface rust, and one rust hole in the hatch. No plans for it yet. Except maybe reinforce the rear bumper haha.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4212.jpg
The interior is fantastic considering the age. It has the original... well everything. AM radio, lighter socket. The lights all work. The ONLY thing that needs work in order to pass an OOP is getting the rear-defroster to work (The wires have been detached). Car runs great. Been maintained. Currently registered/insured under BC plates til '09.
It's a 1978 Pinto. Automatic transmission, 2dr, RWD, 2.3L engine.
Picked it up this weekend from Vancouver... Very hellish.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4208.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4210.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4211.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4213.jpg
Plan was to tow it back to Calgary on a uhaul trailer.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4217.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4220.jpg
Getting her ready to go up.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4221.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4222.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4226.jpg
And we're good.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4227.jpg
Alas... I forgot how to get out...
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4230.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4234.jpg
And then... I squeeze back in to close the window..
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4235.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4239.jpg
Strapping it down.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4240.jpg
Ready to go.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4244.jpg
Taking up 5 spots at Superstore.
Now here's where it gets interesting. I'm in the passenger seat asleep, when I get woken up by us stopping... 20km out of hope... going up the coquihalla. Turns out we were billowing big clouds of white smoke. Dropping oil everywhere, been leaving a trail for a while... Yea, that's right, I blew the tranny of a 97 1/2 ton Chevy towing a pinto up the coquihalla.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4298.jpg
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4299.jpg
$200 tow ride back to Hope. Left the truck at a shop to get fixed (it's still there) they're going to rebuild the transmission. Truck had 220XXX km's on it, a towing package, but no aftermarket transmission cooler. My dumb mistake.
We decided that with someone following us home, we would drive the pinto back to Calgary... So after staking out the night, and most of the next day, waiting for backup, we chilled out.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/Vetrius/IMG_4322.jpg
Getting ready to head out in Hope, BC.
Pinto got us all the way home with no problems... Didn't take the coquihalla, as I didn't want to get stuck on it again. Only problem was the lack of music. Took 14 hours from Hope, long ass drive. Pinto took a dirt road uphill with snow/ice like a champ.
I'm the white guy with the toque and the asian guy is gp36912. Pictures were taken by Hybridtheory. Couldn't of made it through the weekend without them.