87 El Camino Daily Driver/Weekend Cruiser

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Looking good family...Where can I get that SEM paint?

I got mine at SJ Discount Tools .com just google it. They have a full line of SEM

THANKS I WILL DO SO RIGHT KNOW...

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

THANKS I WILL DO SO RIGHT KNOW...

That will be another cool weekend project bruh. Im cleaning the tilt coloumn and plastic part now. I'll have em painted up before work. Making a vid right now also. Imma get one more can of the Blue Mist and spray the whole interior. Take the door panels out, clean em up and hit the striping with some silver and then the blue. Just to freshin things up. I'll wait til Saturday to install the column. Me and the homies Kuruption and Melman will get it crackin and have a cool lil vid....

Elco Warren 8)

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

THANKS I WILL DO SO RIGHT KNOW...

That will be another cool weekend project bruh. Im cleaning the tilt coloumn and plastic part now. I'll have em painted up before work. Making a vid right now also. Imma get one more can of the Blue Mist and spray the whole interior. Take the door panels out, clean em up and hit the striping with some silver and then the blue. Just to freshin things up. I'll wait til Saturday to install the column. Me and the homies Kuruption and Melman will get it crackin and have a cool lil vid....

Elco Warren 8)

Nice!!!!! Have fun this weekend..

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

This shade is a tad bit lighter than the factory color. Im gonna respray the whole interior. 3 cans should do it. OPG here I come for a fresh carpet kit!!!

Cleaned with a soft sponge, hot water and dawn.

Let air dry

Wiped down with a clean microfiber town and some denatured alcohol

Sprayed some SEM adhesion promoter and let "flash" for 5 minutes

Layed a light coat and waited 5 minutes. Layed 2nd coat and let hang dry...

Time for work. I'll spray the tilt column tomorrow. If I can get monday off, I'll snatch the interior out, tape everything up and spray the dash and parts up right quick. Will make for a nice video :wink:

Elco Warren 8)

 

[longie13]

Those look cool bruh. Pretty much the standard chrome 22" iroc. I probably wont be able to find another set like mine tho. But those are clean and no 22jj....

OK gettin my suspension parts together for the Elco. These are the stock parts that came off my SS. I took the upper and lower control arms to work and pressed the old bushing out. Ordered some energy bushings, new ball joints and now Im about ready to get started. Here's what I got so far...

Stock SS upper and lower front control arms with new energy bushings pressed in

New Moog stock front replacement springs

New Wheel bearings

New brake pads and rotors-non x-drilled

Stock Monte SS front and rear sway bar-Cleaning it up-New bushings and endlinks for the front swaybar

Complete front end rebuild kit. Ebay special. Center link, tierods ect....

New rear springs

Airlift 1000 coil spring airbag kit

And some other stuff. To finish off the rear im gonna get a upper/lower trailing arm kit to help with any hopping. Saving for a 383 stroker. I also picked up some rear end gear oil and new gasket. Might as well get er all done up. until I can find a Gnat posi rear :wink:

Pics of the goodies....Lil sandin', primer and semigloss hi temp black will clean em up nicely

New Moog stock front springs and the front and rear sway bar from my SS. Cleanin em up and a fresh coat

Bout to get the old girl sittin right again..

Elco Warren 8)

Elco Warren where can i grab some of those moog springs, i need some for my elco. My elco is og stock and it sits low. What size of moog springs did u get,and did u get some for the rear as well, what size? Im planning do do my suspension as well. i hope it sits higher so i can slap on those 22 irocs im going to get!! Im might go with pst suspension kit.I wants my irocs to tuck nicely.I know u mention some kind of drop spindles on all four corners correct me if im wrong.

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

Elco Warren where can i grab some of those moog springs, i need some for my elco. My elco is og stock and it sits low. What size of moog springs did u get,and did u get some for the rear as well, what size? Im planning do do my suspension as well. i hope it sits higher so i can slap on those 22 irocs im going to get!! Im might go with pst suspension kit.I wants my irocs to tuck nicely.I know u mention some kind of drop spindles on all four corners correct me if im wrong.

I just picked up some stock height Moog front springs and stock replacement rears from summitracing.com. Drop spindles are for the fronts. I think a 2" drop might be a lil low for deuces tho. You would have to modify the wheel wells a lot and maybe pull the fenders. Maybe 1" drop springs up front and out back. I just want mine back to oem spec. Mine is tuckin the rea in those pics cuz the air shocks were worn out. LOL! Looked sweet tho.

Got the column painted/dyed and polished up the handle...

Gettin it done a lil bit at a time. Carpet kit coming up...

Elco Warren 8)

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Nice Warren!! Keep up the good work. I think im going to be painting mine this week end...or trying to get my sounds for the elko...i will see whats up...wifey 6mth preg so i need to get as much done know so when little one comes i will be done...Keep up good work!!!

Big Saint

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

Thanks bruh! Congrats on the new lil one comin! I can tell you will be a great dad... 😀

Got the column sprayed. Paint layed ok. Should have waited till it warmed up. I kinda cheated. I used my heat gun and warmed the column and let the paint sit in some warm water for a lil bit. Needs to be like 70 deg for the best results. Came out cool. Mocked up some of the parts I had polished and some chromed.

No wheel no steal from Grant. Got this 6 years ago. Had it chrome 2-3 years back. Just been sittin it plastic. I gave the base plate to a friend of mine and need to get the onther one chromed. All I need now is my steadfast column lock and its a wrap..

Part on the right (base plate) is polished. Sending it out to be chromed...

Need a new turn sig stalk. Chrome peeled off...

Done with that. The SEM laid nice. It wasnt a perfect match to my factory color but I like it. It flows with the lighter blue on my two tone paint job.

headed to work. I'll be sprayin the control arms tomorrow..

Elco Warren 8)

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Hey Warren, Where did you get that Lever to put the car in Park/Drive/Reverse etc, the Chrome Parking Lever...that looking clean, I would love to put one on my elko...Hook me up with the info...looking clean!!!!!

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

That was on the column already but ebay has em all day long..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... &viewitem=

Elco Warren 8)