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Well.. I knew you weren't at the Beasley Fish Market! For sure!! LOL

I've been to Winslow Az. a few times on that highway! Great restaurant in Historic hotel there called La Posada.

Originally Posted by stovens

I've been to Winslow Az. a few times on that highway! Great restaurant in Historic hotel there called La Posada.

We were there today…joe

i`m here every day but did not realize it had been a year since i posted .. i need help .. i have wanted a 5 speed in my pinto for years and have finally found one and began the process .. i was told the trans was from a 4,3 camaro .. the trans is indeed a camaro 5 speed but the flywheel that came with the purchase will not fit my 4.3 chevy motor ..the bellhousing will fit but not over a 168 tooth flywheel .. i need a 153 tooth flywheel for the 4.3 engine but can not locate one and dont know for sure if it is even available .. i made some clutch pedals from other parts and plan on using a cable even with the hydraulic stlye clutch arm .. i can work around that ..there are flywheels on ebay that are 153 tooth but not real clear on what they will fit .. it seems i dont know how to load a picture anymore ..

Have you called one of the big parts warehouses? Jegs or Summit I'm sure could offer you some direction. I tried some basic searches but the 153 tooth flywheel didn't come up.. I'd say a phone call to Tech services is in order. FWIW...

https://laposada.org/

Nice, love the salute to Jackson Brown and his song, better known by the Eagles playing it! Personally like the original by Jackson Brown.

Cadillac Ranch and a souvenir I found on the ground

there is no such thing as used parts for a pinto so i had to create some .. i searched ebay for a similar clutch pedal setup and found a mid 90`s ford ranger to be the closest thing i could work with .. i did a bit of grinding/ bending and welding to get as near a pinto setup as i could .

My wife and I stopped there on the way back from picking up my 71 Camaro ( which Ryan owns now ). I remember slamming on the the brakes and whipping in there. It was a pretty cool thing to see. The layers of paint is incredible!

Originally Posted by 53 Chevy5

My wife and I stopped there on the way back from picking up my 71 Camaro ( which Ryan owns now ). I remember slamming on the the brakes and whipping in there. It was a pretty cool thing to see. The layers of paint is incredible!

We basically did the same thing, when I seen what it was, Renee hit the brakes and off the exit we went. It was a once in a lifetime chance to visit it

I hope it runs as good as it looks. Tore it down and everything looked fine inside, so I just put new gaskets in it. You could still see the cross hatch marks inside the cylinder walls. But then it did have a rebuild tag on it so hopefully it’ll run fine. So some time in the past it was rebuilt. Now I need to finish the fine sanding on the valve cover before I polish it. Just one more piece of the puzzle down, at least I hope…..joe

price and ease of modifying had as much to do with it as anything .. there is a set of pinto pedals on ebay now for 275 $ plus 50 $ shipping ,, i did not give that much for the whole car 25 years ago .. i offered him 100 $ and he shot it down .. mustang pedals are 175 $ or so and looked very much different than the pinto set .. i was looking at the ebay set when i made the ranger set work .. the ranger set was 39 $ .. i now need to find out where to drill a new hole for the clutch throw out arm to pivot from ..i`m using a 5.0 mustang T5 arm and it rides on the opposite side .. and the chevy throw out bearing will not fit the ford arm very well so can i use a ford bearing on the chevy T5 .. ford has a T5 as well .. figuring out things is what makes it interesting .. i just dont want to do something very wrong ..

Looking good! What's it going into, Joe?

Originally Posted by rspears

Looking good! What's it going into, Joe?

Times 2! LOL