100eStoo Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Ok, im having a dilemma!! I've got my 100e sitting in the garage and a Pinto sitting beside, problem is, with new house and two young kids im certainly not gonna get it running soon myself and im really missing having a running old ford that i can drive. Now im thinking about selling my 100e and trying to get hold of one that i can have as a running project, but i was also wondering how much i might have to throw at it for someone to get it running with pinto power. Obviously i know thats not that straight forward to do, but if all new metal work was just primered and it was done to a 'it may not look pretty but it works' standard, how much do you reckon i may be looking at? And i'd be bang up for second hand bits!
100eStoo Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Posted March 27, 2008 Also, i dunno weather i'd be better off getting my pinto looked at and running and put in it, although im not sure how much work that might involve at the mo, OR, getting an ok pinto plopped in it and then getting a real nice job done on the engine i've got to then put in at a later date?!?! AH!!
john_3.0s Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 you can always rplace your pinto for peanuts if when you have fitted it it turns out to be a bad'un. I would guess the most expensive bits would be the metal work and front cross member. engine, box, exhaust etc all reasonably cheap but what ever figure you cal;culte add 30% as these things are never as easy or straghtforward as ppl say they are! (just my bitter experience)
100eStoo Posted March 28, 2008 Author Report Posted March 28, 2008 Cheers for the advice mate, and you're dead right, things are never simple!!
Guest MK1gaz Posted March 29, 2008 Report Posted March 29, 2008 Try ringing Wayne + Kev at W.P.E. in Croydon . They do oldskoolford conversions like your after
Savvi Posted March 29, 2008 Report Posted March 29, 2008 There's a unfinished project pinto on ebay at the moment ....... looks like all the hard work has been done ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-100E-2-LITRE ... dZViewItem I did a similar thing recently bought a shell which needed quite a lot of work then ended up buying a pinto converted runner that took me a day's work to get through the Mot. Once that one had a mot i sold the shell so i now have a "running restro", and it has worked out cheaper then doing the 1st car.
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