1981 El Camino
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:17 pm
Looks like I'll be starting a new project. A friend of a friend looked it over, test drove it, and verified the description today. Its for sale in Saratoga Springs, NY. Seller and I agreed on a deal.
There are still a few things that could queer the deal but I think it's going to work out. Seller is willing to deliver it to the Binghamton, NY area and a friend, Barry, will store it there till a road trip can be arranged to get it. WXO and another friend, Jim, offered to help get it although WXO has a complication that we'll have to work out. When everyone's schedule and weather allow, we'll drive up to Binghamton, stay overnight, and drive it home.
It started life as a 6 cyl but now has a 350. Here's the description the seller posted on the El Camino forum.
Not sure what I'll do with it. Probably just enjoy it as is for a while.
There are still a few things that could queer the deal but I think it's going to work out. Seller is willing to deliver it to the Binghamton, NY area and a friend, Barry, will store it there till a road trip can be arranged to get it. WXO and another friend, Jim, offered to help get it although WXO has a complication that we'll have to work out. When everyone's schedule and weather allow, we'll drive up to Binghamton, stay overnight, and drive it home.
It started life as a 6 cyl but now has a 350. Here's the description the seller posted on the El Camino forum.
Not sure what I'll do with it. Probably just enjoy it as is for a while.
Sadly I must sell my '81 El Camino, health and other reasons force the sale. It's located Upstate NY, between Albany and Saratoga and has been babied all its life although I've only enjoyed it since 2009. It's a show winner including one at the Chevelle/El Camino show in MA a few years back. CARFAX is clean, it was sold new in Riverside CA and made its way East at some point since then. Originally a blue V6 it's now painted Mitsubishi Glacier White Pearl that looks white or silver depending on the sun and its powered by a rebuilt (by the prior owner) 350 engine with a Edelbrock manifold and 4bbl with Hedman headers and true dual exhausts through chambered mufflers, many F-41 suspension parts as well. Factory a/c is ice cold, new heater core makes for a toasty warm fall weather ride. Water pump is a year old, grille is new aftermarket, I saved the original one. New aftermarket rear bumper, Craftec bed cover, aftermarket XM radio/CD player with appropriate speakers, Monte Carlo steering wheel, no power windows, new carpeted pass through cover too. It rides on 15" Corvette rally wheels with excellent tires as shown in the photos. Frame is solid, always garaged, car cover is included. Photos will show the good and the bad, the bad being some surface rust areas but no rust through problems. The good is everything else you can see.