Pinto Consolette Installed

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  1. rthomas771

    rthomas771 Member

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    Three or four months ago Bkelley and I got a Pinto consolette at the junkyard. Today he surprised me with a Christmas present. He filled the face with metal that he got from an old VCR cover, patched the cut-out on the passenger's side where the heat duct use to be and painted the consolette black. The Maverick dash emblem really made things look like it could have came that way from the factory. He even installed the consolette while I was inside Melvin's Classic Ford shopping. It was a big surprise when I got in the car ready to come back home. Here's a before and after pic of the consolette.

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  2. MSmithPDX

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    That is SUPER sharp looking.

    Very nice. Bkelley, how long before Melvin's is selling those?
     
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  3. BKelley

    BKelley Comet Enthusiast

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    Send me the cores to clean up that nice and I'm pretty sure I could convince Melvins to add them to their catalog. :rofl2:
     
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    That looks very nice!:thumbs2:
     
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    Looks good! 2 questions

    How did he patch the side?

    Does anyone have one of these to sell at a reasonable price?
     
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    That is very sharp!
     
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    mav1970 Bob Hatcher

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    Real nice -I remember my Dad's 1973 Pinto had one of those and he used to keep his gloves in it (y)
     
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    Looks Great!!! Nice Christmas present!!!


    Jim
     
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    RMiller My name is Rick

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    Turned out very nice!
     
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    blugene Senior member Supporting Member

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    I'll send you mine and you can make me a Comet one :tiphat:
     
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    looking good...:thumbs2:
     
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    Very nice install.
     
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    Very cool! (y)
     
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    I had one of those in a Bobcat I used to own back in college. Where it was cut out....I mounted an equalizer.
     
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    NICK DOMINICK MCCI Virginia State rep.

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    Looks great!! How did you mount it?
     
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