Ford introduced the Pinto in 1971, its first U.S. subcompact offering. The little car was in production for 10 years and sold more than 3 million units. Three body styles were available, including a 2-door station wagon. The seller has amassed a collection of six wagons, all living in the woods and apparently in complete disarray. If you can dig them out of the brush in Williston, Florida, you can have all six for $1,500 OBO here on Facebook Marketplace. An interesting tip brought to us by Barn Finder Rex Kahrs.
Most Pintos came with inline-4 engines and a 4-speed manual transmission. But a bunch of V6 cars with automatics were also in the mix. The Pinto had its best sales year in 1974, with more than half a million units sold, due to buyers seeking gas-consumption savings after the OPEC oil embargo. The Pinto was popular enough to spawn the Mercury Bobcat, which accounted for production of another quarter of a million autos.
The seller no doubt has an affinity for Ford Pintos and particularly station wagons. We’re told that there are six of them buried in the pictured field, but I can count three at best. I can’t imagine that any of them is restorable, though you might try to merge two or three into one.
Perhaps the best way to look at this Mother Lode is to consider it a possible bonanza of spare parts, though most pieces may be rusty. Your biggest challenge, besides transport, may be digging them all out. We’re told there are more vintage cars and motorcycles out there in similar conditions. Road trip, anyone?
So if I understand it right, he’ll pay you $1500 to get them off his property, right?
Da, that is correct.
Should be posted on “Bring a Machete”.
Now that’s funny stuff right there, Todd.
youre not funny.
Best place for any pinto, covered with mother nature out in the woods.
You might be a little more forgiving, if you had ever owned one. Many of us had positive experiences with our Pintos.
Proud to say i have never wasted any money on a Ford Pinto.
He dislikes anything with a blue oval on it. Can’t help himself.
i had a very good one 1978 wagon 4cly 4 speed stick never had a problem with it blazed of 78 in Boston North shore got me home 30 miles no problem little wagon was going past all the stuck big cars great car
This is most definitely not the “Field of Dreams”
You gotta extract them , as the ad says. Originally $1800. Now only $1500.
Is April fools day twice this year ?
The field right next door has 10, 74-78 mustang’s. They will be available next week for $1,250.
A simple call to the scrap hauler may get them all the money or a little more. Unless you also need a tree service.
This ad needs a biohazard warning.
Sitting flat on the ground, in a field, in Florida. I’m fairly certain that there will not be one speck of the floor pans or frame rails left intact. What could go wrong?
Let Mother Nature keep the Mother Lode !
Well they are to far away and likely to far apart on price but it’s worth a shot and see if someone bites best I can do is $50 each with a title or $25 without being would be testing the engine guessing there is one if it ran pull it for resale or a different project then scrap what I don’t need for other project.
Sounds like the crowd had their bowls of Giggle-Os this AM. I’ll add my bit with, “DO NOT TOUCH.”
Oh, and mb, that’s more properly, “Mother LOAD”!
Pintos were little tanks.. ugly cars for sure. We did lots of partying in them.
My wagon held my bass rig, hauling it to gigs for years, paying for itself. When it wasn’t doing that, it hauled kegs and yes, at times made for an effective, small private party venue. Oh yeah.
I need to get those. I want to build a wagon hot rod. I have the motor here in pieces and in boxed to build a good one. I also have a new granny for it.
What happened to your old granny.
So, a truck transmission?
So, $1,500 to pull this out of its deep hibernation. Leave it.
you pay him 1500.00. leave them there to rot.
Sorry my SNAKE bite shots are out of date . Maybe get a flamenwoofer and roost them out.
usually I go out to get something like this running for the owner. Of course it’s on site, but never this ensconced lol. I enjoy getting ‘parked when ran’ to do so again.
Often they get towed back to the shop & ‘gone over’ just enuff to pass a rigid (not “Cali-tough” tho) state inspection here’n B a daily for some kid or ol man (the women R too smart). I’d take this job for the parts & income.
Big Box auto supply houses have most what’s needed. Got mig here for the metal. For pinto I really like the lima and webber (oem H/W 5200) progressive carb (or a new fit tech update?) and only the wagons (OK, might stretch fora hatch but definitely not the sedan).
I like ‘em (most sm fords, some big) but believe they made the car too heavy for what it is (sm econo vehicle).