1979 El Camino Build

[L.A.X-RATED]

I was waiting for you to spill the frijoles Luke!!! Lol,I think I'm gonna trailer my el out your way when I visit some of my peeps in Maryland,You my friend are making some SERIOUS progress on YOUR ratrod!!!shoot me drawing of how you gonna layout the bed,I have the same want to put the tank on mine in the same place :wink😀AMN I NEED TO FOCUS ON ONE GBODY AT A TIME!!! I picked up the SS that I mentioned the other day,and now I'm working on a Malibu that i have a t-roof I'll be "modding in" 8) I'm gonna text you my lil Sis husband # so he can go over how he had the bag brackets set-up,I was rapping to him about it today.FOLLOWING YOUR LEAD LUKE!!! Looking "mint" homie!!! :wink:

 

[Dave V]

Very nice work....

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Thats bad *ss!! That bag set up is tha sh*t!!! Good job

 

[GBoDYon4s]

Lookin Good

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

MAn! There's so much eye candy in here! Bruh I see a LOT of stuff Im gonna hafta "swag jack" lol! Sweet build! Loving all your customizing. Makes my lil "arts n crafts" stuff look like childs play. Keep the "wicked mint" work up bruh :wink:

Elco Warren 8)

 

[Chongo]

Hey man big upz on the build, I really like how little fear you have chopping up anything and everything on the whip, that where I am headed. I had a quick question, when you upgraded the header panel, was it a fiberglass panel? I bought a fiberglass one in which the add said it would be steel edp coated, and I am relunctant to switch steel out for fiberglass on my whippa

 

[boatshoes]

OK, a little FYI time. If you are only running 2 switches for your bags you will have some problems. If you are running the front airlines together to a valve and the rear airlines together to a valve, it will be a mess on the road. If you are sharing air between both front bags with a t-fitting, when you go around a corner air will transfer from one bag to the other. Same goes for the rear.
Also, if one side of the car is heavier air will transfer. etc...
Each airbag should have it's own valve, and also if you only have 2 switches how do you level the car out if one bag becomes more full?
You might think the fancy controller is overkill, but if you run 8 valves like I do it is neccesary. 4 to fill and 4 to dump air.
My 7 switch contoller has one switch for each bag, one switch for both front bags together, one switch for both rear bags together, and one switch for all 4 bags together.
I hope this helps you in some way, as always text me if you need more info.

 

[jlcustomz]

I didn't catch that before where you said you were using only front & rear switching. Ride handling would be the opposite effect of what swaybars would do. Also you way want a slightly different pressure on each wheel for variences such as vehicle loading weight, engine torque.etc

The cheapest way to have 4 cornor lift & lower is airlift manual valves, which each valve lifts & lowers. 4 valves @ $13.79 each at gauge store. Biggest downside is having to run all lines into cab. I'll probably go with these for cost & simplicity.

 

[SmoknMali]

Keep up the work buddy...Car looks awesome.I like the work you did with the bead roller and brake.

 

[1979ratrod]

just wanted to say thanks guys for all the kind words and advice it really keeps me motivated with it. and any other advice or sugestions anyone has id love to hear because most of this im doing for the first time and learning as i go. but on to some more progress... air bags are on hold till i can buy more valves, im waiting to get a nice double din touch screen that im going to hook up a NES to from 1985 (thought it would be a cool touch) anf then still need to put the gauges in and do a ton of body work. but yesterdat i finished one kick panel, cost me $15 to make both of them with a ton of stuff left over

still needed another few staples. and then i decided that since i have so many un-finished projects that i should start another one so i shaved my tailgate

so many more things i need to finish. i finished the new headlights and turn signals but still need to come up with tail lights that are bright enouph. if anyone has any ideas for anything at all id love to hear them haha. thanks for looking