My daily driver project 81 ElCamino

[HAFROD]

Got a fiberglass front air dam from ebay that's similar to stock SS. This thing is paper thin and gelcoat must have been applied with air brush cause its thin. Quite a few air bubbles to repair too. Not sure I understand how its supposed to mount because it sure did not come with instructions.

 

[O. D. Showtime]

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

 

[HAFROD]

Since my rear window leaked, I removed it for a reseal. My boss told me it would be real easy to tint it out of the truck so I let them tint it. They trimmed about a half inch around the edge for the urethane. When I got home, I prepped the channel and glass with glass primer and urethaned it. I went to set the glass in and it slipped from my fingers down the back of the cab. It scratched and gouged the tint job. So I had to completely clean everything and strip off the tint. I got it re installed today but without tint.

 

[HAFROD]

My stainless bed and tail gate rails are pretty straight with just a few small dings. The tail gate rail being the worst, I started on it first. I hammered the dings out, filed the area flat, and went through countless grades of sand paper. After about 2 hours and some buffing with stainless rouge, I got an original part restored. Still got the long ones to do but only about 5 dings between the two pieces. Before and after.

 

[HAFROD]

 

[HAFROD]

Picked up my new door and tail gate Super Sport decals this afternoon. Very happy

 

[HAFROD]

My plans for the 11 day thrash have been killed. My wife wants to get away for the 4th of July weekend. I'm not going to fuss because she works 6 days a week and lets me spend money constantly on my projects. I do have a back up plan though. I think I'll make a pretty hard push on finishing my Salon. I don't think I can do a full outside paint job in two tone in 8 days on the El Camino. If I get the Salon finished, I'll have something to drive so I can tear down the El Camino.

 

[Judge Mills]

Yeah, definitely spend time with the fam! It'll all work out in the end.

 

[axisg]

my OCD thinks that's a good plan as well 🙂 Cant wait to see that salon finished !

 

[1evilregal]

lookin foward to seeing the progress as well, on both cars!

and the elky doesn't look that bad, the ones I see around here are usually the complete ends of the spectrum: either look like new, or have spent most of their life in Beirut....