BUILD THREAD Durty’s 83 El Camino SS - Sucio83

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DurtyBreed

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Over The Years, I’ve Had Many Project Cars But I’ve Never Owned A Good Parts Hauler. I’m Always Finding Myself Borrowing Someone’s Truck To Go Grab Junkyard Treasures. After A Couple Months Searching, I Found A Barn Find. The El Camino Was Out Of The System, And Hadn’t Been Fired Up In Years. So We Threw A New Battery In It, And Started Tinkering With The Motor. Within A Few Hours She Started Up And I Bought Myself Another G-Body…

1983 Chevrolet El Camino SS
305 V8 48k OG Miles
Original Paint- Chevy Light Slate Grey
Interior- Medium Dark Blue
 

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airboatgreg

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Good, I was talking to a guy at the recent poker run and he was telling me El c's are starting to get a bump in value.
 
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mclellan83

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I'm partial to both the interior and exterior, just dont know if they go together hahaha
 
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DurtyBreed

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I'm partial to both the interior and exterior, just dont know if they go together hahaha
i know it, it bugs the sh*t out of me, who paints a beautiful car to look like a taxi cab… I’m going to repaint the car and change the interior eventually, but for now it’s black and yellow…
 
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DurtyBreed

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Spent some time getting to know the elco, started tearing into it and making a parts list. The Elco seems to be very close to my ole’ 78 Regal so this should be pretty familiar territory, can’t wait to start cranking away…
 

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DurtyBreed

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Dismantled the front end so I could start cleaning it up. At this point I decided to acid bath and wire wheel the whole front end and give it some fresh paint while I fixed the cracks in my header panel…
 

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Started Tearing Into The Engine Bay, While The Front Was Off And I Had Easy Access. Needed To Fix The Cracked Coolant Tank And Put A Battery Tray In The Car, I Also Started Cleaning Up Any Rust & Dust For Repaint…
 

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DurtyBreed

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Did Some Light Body Work On The Crack In The Header Panel And Then Sanded & Resprayed It. I Cleaned Up The Headlight Marker Lens Too. I Used A Old Headlight Restore Kit I Had For My Beamer And Surprisingly Was Able To Get All The Yellow Overspray Off Them…
 

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liquidh8

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Gettin at it, I agree, yellow is tough.
 
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