Hi, I own a 1979 Ford Pinto wagon with 133,000 miles. I've had it for about 3 years now and put more money into it than I could ever hope to get back by selling it. It is unique and I love it! However, I've been looking to trade it for a larger wagon with more seats (ideally a Roadmaster or Caprice) due to increased need for space by the family. Here are some photos.
Welcome. Those wheels go with that car well. I had a similar set of those on my Mustang II Ghia back in the day. Very cool. Thanks for including pictures.
Nice "mini" Squire, Roger. Those little wagons are a lot of fun. I'm glad to see this survivor in such good shape.
OOOO nice Pony! I found one myself not to far away. 77 2.8v6 auto. Needs a paint real bad, but has aluminum wheels as well as a full set of the stocks with dog dishes. Now to quickly come up with the money to pick it up. Be a great 1st car for my son. He has come over to the dark side and started liking the looks of wagons.
There was a real clean blue Pinto Squire at Carlisle last weekend. It didn't have the Ford wheels like your's, but I have to admit, it was a looker. There was a lot of people checking it out. Unfortunately, I forget what they were asking for it. (It didn't go through the auction; it was over in the "corral".)
Ford, around that time, made a variation on the wagon. It was called a sport wagon or something like that and it was very much like the sedan deliveries of the fifties. It didn't have any windows behind the front door, (except of course the one in the tailgate), except for a blacked out round one in the rear corners. They were painted these bright festive colors and if I'm not mistaken, the entire interior was carpeted, walls and all. Anybody remember these cars?
Yes our neighbor had a silver one. I was like 6 so all I remember liking on it was the round window. Were there even two round windows? I seem to only remember seeing it on one side.
Yup - there's still quite a few of those around. They called it a Crusin' Wagon, I believe. If you recall, full-sized van conversions (beds and shag carpet, etc..) were popular around this time. Ford capitalized on this trend by offering something similar, at much lower cost.
