So a little over a year ago I decided it was time to do something with my 1982 EL Camino. I've had it since about 1996 as a junior in HS. Its been through a couple makeovers etc. Originally two tone with all the trim, then repainted metallic black and rebuilt the 350. Then later changed the wheels, replaced the 350 with a 383, did some suspension upgrades, repainted it gloss black and had a customer interior done. It was a pretty nice ride and other than the undercarriage, pretty nice all over. I eventually bought a 69 camaro, 66 Nova, 58 Apache and now a 61 Apache. Those took up all my time and space, so the Elco basically got stored away. I wound up selling the 66 Nova and just before getting the 61 Apache I decided to tear into the EL Camino, doing a quick LS swap with a turbo or two.
I pulled and sold the 383/TH350 to a friend and purchased a 6.0 truck engine and got it out to be rebuilt/setup for boost. Then got sidetracked doing a lot of work on a 69 Camaro for my boss but now with that out to a custom shop for finish work, I'm onto the El Camino for good now (so that I can get to the wifes 61 Apache of course ; ).
What was gunna be a quick LS swap and maybe change out the wheels has turned into a frame off rebuild but I'm glad it has. It needed it and I can't wait to get it all together.
Here's a few before I started:
I pulled and sold the 383/TH350 to a friend and purchased a 6.0 truck engine and got it out to be rebuilt/setup for boost. Then got sidetracked doing a lot of work on a 69 Camaro for my boss but now with that out to a custom shop for finish work, I'm onto the El Camino for good now (so that I can get to the wifes 61 Apache of course ; ).
What was gunna be a quick LS swap and maybe change out the wheels has turned into a frame off rebuild but I'm glad it has. It needed it and I can't wait to get it all together.
Here's a few before I started: