1979 El Camino Build

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1979ratrod

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ive wanted to do one of these for a while so i guess ill start now. i bought a 1979 chevy el camino when i was 15, 3 years back for $750. i just started working on it about a year or 2 ago. it had a 267 in it but i put a nice 350 crate engine, 650 holley, edelbrock high rise intake, tuff stuff 100 amp alternator, micket tompson valve covers and some other stuff.
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1979ratrod

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the interior.
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just put my new grant steering wheel in the other day
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also put these in last week. i was at the amherst car show and the guy only wanted $50 for the pair! they are almost brand new and there out of a subaru sti i think.
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1979ratrod

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i just made this 2 days ago with an old piece of aluminum angle iron, ive wanted to make it for a while but never had the time, i thought it came out decent. its 1.25''
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kinda hard to see cuz of the bumper
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and the last thing i did was sand paint and put on the grand prix cross bar
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so now its all up to date. for suspension i have the 2'' beltech drop spindles, new rear springs, air shocks, f41 front and rear sway bars, jounce bars, cutlass fender to core support braces, radiator X braces and i think thats it. ill post more pics tomarrow. thanks for looking
 

1979ratrod

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ohioelcamino said:
lovin the seats and not just for the price but they look dam good
thanks! i offered the guy $40 and he took it so i couldent pass that up. but it took a little modification to make em fit in the stock mounting spots.
 

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I like your air dam. I've been thinking about making something like that myself. I think I found some window crank handles that would look good in there. They are black with a brushed aluminum insert(fake I assume). They are stock s10 cranks if I remember right. If you're interested, i'll try to get part numbers tomorow.
 
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