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I felt pretty positive about yesterday’s work. I started the day by blowing out and vacuuming more sand from behind the dash. This finished it off and I’m pretty pleased with the outcome. There might be some sand left behind the dash, but very little. ( I’m thinking of naming this car “Sandy”) With ...

With the dash out, are you going to upgrade to new speakers? Kudos to Paul for the good math. That may have been during or shortly fifth grade for us. That's almost enough change for a movie at Loweman's plazza on a Tuesday............. [/quote] Tony… The speakers are super easy to access from the t...

Over the weekend, I had a bit of time to work on the El Camino. Being on vacation this week will afford me some time to work on it at length. Here’s a list of stuff I’ve repaired so far: 1) add hazard button to steering column, test hazards 2) reaffix arm rest pad on driver side door — used screw in...

That thing looks super nice, cant wait to see it in person! I loved the '72 I had in the pre-Tiresmoke era. I remember your El Camino making a run back from Carlisle in the days when the speed limit was 55 mph on the turnpike. We were in a train of cars going 70. I’m pretty sure we were all loaded ...

BTW - I had three hotdogs and a Pepsi for lunch. 45 minutes later, I was pretty sure the Pepsi was a good idea..............


That was an exhausting day! So much mental stimulation coupled with driving 200 miles,
I slept real well that night….. but I didn’t have hot dogs!

GM

OK… From what I know now ( sometime in the future I get more detailed ) the El Camino has the original 350 motor and turbo 350 trans. It has a 12 bolt, non-posi rear axle ( unknown gear ratio, but assumed highway gears based on the mph achieved on the ride home ), power steering, power brakes ( disc...

This weekend, I took to assessing what I have and working on easy and required fixes. The first was the glove box door. It seems like a minimal issue, but you had to slam the glovebox door to get it closed. The latch mechanism was loose on the door. About an hour later the door works. I had to remov...

it took me a couple of days to get this posted up. The transaction and flurry of activity went down on Thursday the ninth. After I had a verbal agreement on the 442 sale, I grounded the car and started my search for another project car. I was thinking convertible, Oldsmobile, C6 Corvette, or maybe a...

58,655 … another routine oil change done. This time around I treated myself to new windshield wipers on both front and rear. The rear blade was the original one that came with the car. It was more of a smearer than a wiper, so I invested in a new one.

GM

Find me an El Camino or a big block Cutlass....

GM

So, about a month ago, I received an instant messenger message from someone who wanted to purchase the 442. After a phone conversation or so, multiple texts and many pics and videos sent, a deal was struck. We decided on today as the day for the car to depart. The purchaser drove 9 hours with truck ...

I saw a post on FB from KMP stating they were done for the year based on
the amount of rain we’ve had this week. FYI

GM

The video progress is super cool! I think you should say how many hours
of labor you have in each phase of the project. I’m guessing that you have
a bit more than 8 hours in it so far!

GM

Thanks, WXO…..

I’m wondering how people feel about the fact that the interior
stinks like mice. It looks like $500 would get a decent carpet
kit, but would that cure the issue completely??

GM

My old neighbor has a 1978 Corvette that was stored for many years. The car reportedly has under 8,000 miles on it. It’s really clean and they’ve had a garage replace all of the hoses, rubber brake lines, etc. and that wasn’t an inexpensive proposition. The only real issue is that mice got into it a...