Here is my G-body / 1980 Elcamino

[Z48LT1]

Nice job, all around!

 

[Michael Watts]

What a nice clean Elky .I have a 1981 Camino SS. Now have fun with it.

 

[Wraith]

Love the updates but ditch those 2.46 gears and you will smile every time you drive.

 

[NicolaS W]

Thanks guys for your likes and comments...
I also want to thank SSN696 member for the help he brought me in 2015, sending me few parts impossible to find here in France... Quinn, if you read this line, feel free to comment

Wraith, you're right.. Get rid of the 2.46 ratio is the next step, but I have to calculate the best ratio for here in France (50mph max on trunk roads and 80mph on toll roads, and gaz price is about 7.5$ per US gallon )..I'm hesitating between 3.23 / 3.42 and 3.73

 

[ssn696]

I am glad there is work for your left foot now. Besides the parking brake!

Do you know the top gear in your T56? 0.63 or 0.50? If 0.63, go with either of the two 'taller' gears. If 0.50, go with the 3.73s.

How is your US plate collection coming along?

 

[NicolaS W]

My T56 comes from a 2004 pontiac GTO.... so the 6th gear ratio should be 0.57... anyway it need to be rebuild because it's still whinning on 2nd, 3rd gear...

US plate collection is complete now...but i'm still buying when i see one that i like

 

[ssn696]

When you have time, please post more photos of the upgrades. Tell us in particular the details of the interior upgrades. Very nice work! Especially given how much it costs to ship parts over to France!

 

[CaliWagon83]

What a transformation on the interior! Looks fantastic!

 

[airboatgreg]

This automn is time for me to work on the interior of the car....
dashpad cover, new carpeting, rope style camaro steering wheel, new seats and a center console ..

before and after
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and now with the center console...
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Is the dash pad the shell type that goes over the original?

 

[airboatgreg]

I like the stripe also. Nice job. I just put a 370 gear in to match up with my Muncie 4 speed. Different car with my whopping 4.4 liter power horse