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Postby mjslonergan » Thu May 10, 2012 7:53 am

You know sometimes, you see something that you don't really need, but at a price that you just can't leave it there, hence I just bought this...
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Engine and box are from a 1974 2.0l Cortina...
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Thu May 10, 2012 1:15 pm

Have you got a boat missing its anchor? :wtf:
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Postby owelly » Thu May 10, 2012 2:20 pm

I sold a 2ltr Pinto with 4 speed box for £75 a couple of months ago, which was about scrap price. I was fed up of tripping over it!
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Postby OilyFingers » Thu May 10, 2012 4:01 pm

Before making this purchase had you chanced the block of stilton that's been in the back of the fridge that you can't remember buying?
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Postby mjslonergan » Thu May 10, 2012 5:56 pm

I have a sick love of the poor old pinto, and if a few things come together, I might be able to get a home for it... nowhere near a jetty...
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Postby OilyFingers » Thu May 10, 2012 7:45 pm

mjslonergan wrote:I have a sick love of the poor old pinto, and if a few things come together, I might be able to get a home for it... nowhere near a jetty...


Thats an awful big door you need to keep open then! :lol:
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Postby mjslonergan » Thu May 10, 2012 8:19 pm

I am going to have to form a Pinto appreciation club, where all us weirdos can gather and appreciate the unrecognised greatness of the engine...
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Thu May 10, 2012 8:26 pm

I think you may be a few lobes short of a (knocking) camshaft :lol:
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Postby mjslonergan » Thu May 10, 2012 9:39 pm

Pintos with a good spraybar never knock... I blame it on being exposed to club rallying at a young age and growing up around tuned Pintos... childhood scarring :roll:
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Postby mjslonergan » Fri May 11, 2012 7:37 pm

My poor Fester was sitting very low when I collected the engine and box, as I also had two friends with me for the spin... one even helped lift it in...
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