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Thanks man, I appreciate it. I am talking to a guy in Kennewick, WA who, along with his business partner, have a car business and they pretty much are El Camino doctors. I sent him a pile of pics and he is helping me work through them. Interesting nugget - he said there is a gap in GM G body...

Ha!! Yeah, I am still planning on doing a junk yard search, but I don't want to get into the habit of doing that because I am going to end up with a whole other car here, but it'll be scrap, money I could be spending on new parts!!

Great, so I have two different door handles for two different other GM vehicles? lol......sweet!!!!!

My first successful project on the 1985 El Camino - to be fair I have only tore into this and the door handles so far lol..... Yesterday I spent about three hours swapping a gauge cluster I found in another car. Obviously it will have to all come back apart for paint and the new dash when I...

Oh, forgot to add this too. Pic of the passenger side handle, the one that fits in the door. The rod doe NOT fit through the hole. Can I drill this out a little bit to get it through, or is that a bad idea? and clearly I figured out the pics thing lol...I'll edit the above post....

Ok, some pics of what I have here....... The two door handles were ordered by an old friend, and they mismatch. the passenger side fits, the driver's side does not. I can make it fit, but I'd have to cut a small piece of the door off so that the arm will clear for installation. Not excited...

Awesome, that's the info I needed - there's supposed to be nuts that hold the thing on. I was thinking nylocks, but not sure if I need to use nuts that have shoulders. Do you remember what you used for nuts Mike T? Both of you, thank you for your responses, and the test door is a GREAT idea. I...

Hi all, Brand new to the world of G bodies. I bought a 1985 El Camino a while back and am just now getting started on some of the stuff I need to do to make it safe on the road. The car was purchased with no exterior door handles or locks, and one of the interior handles was broken. A old...