1979 El Camino Build

[1979ratrod]

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.

[1979ratrod]

made 3 of the floor pans with a metal brake and bead roller

beltech 2'' drop spindles

the engine swap

[1979ratrod]

the interior.



just put my new grant steering wheel in the other day

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.

[1979ratrod]

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''

kinda hard to see cuz of the bumper

and the last thing i did was sand paint and put on the grand prix cross bar


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

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

oooweee! Lookin sweet bruh!!

Elco Warren
80zBabiezCC

[1979ratrod]

oooweee! Lookin sweet bruh!!

Elco Warren
80zBabiezCC

haha thanks man

[ohioelcamino]

lovin the seats and not just for the price but they look dam good

[1979ratrod]

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.

[ElCaminoGRAN/SPORT]

Cool car man,that engine looks sweet what headers do you have on there and how was the fit?

[jrm81bu]

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.

[1979ratrod]

Cool car man,that engine looks sweet what headers do you have on there and how was the fit?

thanks man, the headers are just the cheap hooker headers from summit http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HOK-2451HKR/ they took a little modification to make them fit and a few smacks with a hammer. if you do get them i would suggest fitting them and re painting them because the paint that they come with isnt that great.

[1979ratrod]

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.

it was really easy to make, took about 30 minutes to do everything. i was shitting on my dad because he was putting a stock air dam on his malibu wagon and i was able to make one up and install it before he could even put one on. and i bought a set of window cranks off of smmit but they really suck and are kinda small so yeah a part # would be great!

[-83MONTESS-]

Noice man! Looks like a solid project!

[1979ratrod]

Noice man! Looks like a solid project!

thanks dude! it needs a little body work and paint but im up for it

[-83MONTESS-]

Noice man! Looks like a solid project!

thanks dude! it needs a little body work and paint but im up for it

Hell they all need a little body work when they get this old, like women!