Heres my little project 1980 chevy el camino ...ck out my thread to see how far she has come..thanks
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ok well ive never entered one of these but whatever here it goes. 1979 el camino with a crate 350 swap and lots of new suspension and parts, custom interior and such. check out my build thread on my signature.
check out my build thread there is way more stuff there
Things done to my car:
Suspension: FRONT: beltech 2” drop spindles jounce bars, 1.25 sway bar with polyurethane end links and greasable polyurethane bushings, grand prix cross bar, cutlass core support X braces, kyb gas adjust front shocks, upgraded jeep steering shaft, cutlass fender to core support braces, custom core support to firewall braces. REAR: F41 rear sway bar, heavy duty springs, air shocks, hotchkis LCA to UCA brace, edelbrock adjustable upper control arms, SSM boxed lower control arms.
Body: custom front lip, monte ss rims with custom paint, sport mirrors, 480 LEDunderglow kit, replaced passenger side door, fabricated 3 floor pans, goodmark 2" cowl induction hood, projector headlights with red 18 LEDs, 6000k HID headlights.
Engine: GM goodwrench 350 crate engine, edelbrock performer rpm intake, holley 650 carb, Mickey Thompson valve covers, spectre chrome water neck, tuff stuff 100 amp alternator, hooker competition headers, custom dual exhaust with stainless steel chrome plated magnaflow mufflers, MSD street fire plug wires, MSD cap and rotor, edelbrock air cleaner drop base, spectre red cotton air cleaner with high flow lid, 3 core radiator, new water pump, all new belts and hoses, aluminum alternator pulley, braided heater hose, braided overflow, billet radiator cap, billet ps cap, braided vacume line.
Interior: subaru sti seats, new black cut pile carpet, tnt race shop aluminum door panels, custom chrome window cranks, .223 bullet door locks, real frag grenade shifter handle, grant steering wheel, custom aluminum center console cover, custom aluminum glove box cover, sunpro tach, led 3rd brake light, moon floor mats, Jensen single din 7 inch flip out touch screen deck, custom covered Chevy logo headliner, custom covered sun visors, led dome light, led floor lights, sunpro super tach.
Brakes: New powder coated black calipers in the front with riveted pads, new master cylinder, new shoes and springs in the rear, new rear hoses and brake lines.
check out my build thread there is way more stuff there
Things done to my car:
Suspension: FRONT: beltech 2” drop spindles jounce bars, 1.25 sway bar with polyurethane end links and greasable polyurethane bushings, grand prix cross bar, cutlass core support X braces, kyb gas adjust front shocks, upgraded jeep steering shaft, cutlass fender to core support braces, custom core support to firewall braces. REAR: F41 rear sway bar, heavy duty springs, air shocks, hotchkis LCA to UCA brace, edelbrock adjustable upper control arms, SSM boxed lower control arms.
Body: custom front lip, monte ss rims with custom paint, sport mirrors, 480 LEDunderglow kit, replaced passenger side door, fabricated 3 floor pans, goodmark 2" cowl induction hood, projector headlights with red 18 LEDs, 6000k HID headlights.
Engine: GM goodwrench 350 crate engine, edelbrock performer rpm intake, holley 650 carb, Mickey Thompson valve covers, spectre chrome water neck, tuff stuff 100 amp alternator, hooker competition headers, custom dual exhaust with stainless steel chrome plated magnaflow mufflers, MSD street fire plug wires, MSD cap and rotor, edelbrock air cleaner drop base, spectre red cotton air cleaner with high flow lid, 3 core radiator, new water pump, all new belts and hoses, aluminum alternator pulley, braided heater hose, braided overflow, billet radiator cap, billet ps cap, braided vacume line.
Interior: subaru sti seats, new black cut pile carpet, tnt race shop aluminum door panels, custom chrome window cranks, .223 bullet door locks, real frag grenade shifter handle, grant steering wheel, custom aluminum center console cover, custom aluminum glove box cover, sunpro tach, led 3rd brake light, moon floor mats, Jensen single din 7 inch flip out touch screen deck, custom covered Chevy logo headliner, custom covered sun visors, led dome light, led floor lights, sunpro super tach.
Brakes: New powder coated black calipers in the front with riveted pads, new master cylinder, new shoes and springs in the rear, new rear hoses and brake lines.
thanks man! i really liked how it came out85Supreme said:
i love that pic, makes your ride look real badass
I shouldn't because I don't own it anymore, but I'll share a some pics of my old Camino.
This was the car I really learned the ropes on... and had a LOT of fun in...
I could talk about it all day, so I'll keep it brief.
'84 El Camino Conquista, 305/th-350, blue vinyl bench interior, color was originally two-tone blue but was given an amature paint job in just the darker color a couple years before I bought it.
After 2 years and 40k miles it was showing it's age when I got rid of it... :lol:
I bought it the summer before my junior year of hs in july 2000, and sold it the day I graduated in june '02.
These pics are from october '00 in front of the service station I worked at thru h.s. and college.
I sure miss it! I wonder if it's still on the road...???
Fixing that dent and the rust in front of the rear tire were my first experiences with body work...
Then in oct. '04 I brought a p.o.s. '81 home that looked EXACTLY like this...
Drove it thru the winter and parted it out in april '05.
This was the car I really learned the ropes on... and had a LOT of fun in...
I could talk about it all day, so I'll keep it brief.
'84 El Camino Conquista, 305/th-350, blue vinyl bench interior, color was originally two-tone blue but was given an amature paint job in just the darker color a couple years before I bought it.
After 2 years and 40k miles it was showing it's age when I got rid of it... :lol:
I bought it the summer before my junior year of hs in july 2000, and sold it the day I graduated in june '02.
These pics are from october '00 in front of the service station I worked at thru h.s. and college.
I sure miss it! I wonder if it's still on the road...???
Fixing that dent and the rust in front of the rear tire were my first experiences with body work...
Then in oct. '04 I brought a p.o.s. '81 home that looked EXACTLY like this...
Drove it thru the winter and parted it out in april '05.
ok well why not figure ill enter
White Lightning
Owner: David M. Vianu
City: Rancho Cucamonga, Ca
Year: 1984
Make: Chevrolet
Model: El Camino
Engine: 1991 Throttle Body Fuel Inject 350 (All Smog Legal)
Trans: 700R-4 Overdrive Transmission
Rear Diff: 3.73 Gears & Eaton Posi
Modifications:
Exterior:
Custom Mixed Pearl White Paint, Steel Cowl Induction Hood, Custom Made Steel Front Bumper, Painted Stock Grill and Headlight Bezels, Custom Rear Roll pan W/ License Plate Box, Custom 3” Exhaust Routed Thru Rear Roll Pan W/ Dynomax Muffler, Billet Bowtie Plate Frame, Custom Gas Filler In Bed, 91 Chevy Silverado Door Handles, ANZO Silverado LED Taillights, Street Scene 91 Silverado Mirrors, Plasma Glow Led Under Car Kit and Under Hood Lights
Interior:
Custom Tweed Interior, Billet Steering Wheel W/Polished Billet Hub, Billet Shifter, Billet Hazard Button, Billet Cruise Control Stick Cover, Billet Bowtie Door Lock Stems, Alpine Cd Player W/ I pod Interface and 10 Disc Cd Changer, 300 Watt Amplifier W/ Bazooka 10” Sub Woofer
Underhood and Suspension:
Goodyear Hi Mile Life Time Silicone Blue Hoses, Silicone Blue Vacuum Hoses, Edelbrock Elite Center Bolt Valve Covers, Edelbrock Elite Triangle Air Cleaner K&N Filter, Billet Water Neck, Edelbrock Permastar Water Pump, Billet Master Cylinder Cover, Billet Evap Canister Cover, Polished A/C Compressor Cover, Jet Stage 2 Performance Chip, MSD Coil, MSD Cap and Rotor, MSD Blue Spark Plug Wires, NGK Iridium Spark Plugs, Blue Vacuum Hoses Hotchkis TVS Suspension setup with Lowering springs Bilsten Shocks, Hotchkis Sway Bars Front and Rear, Air Lift Air bags in Rear Springs
White Lightning
Owner: David M. Vianu
City: Rancho Cucamonga, Ca
Year: 1984
Make: Chevrolet
Model: El Camino
Engine: 1991 Throttle Body Fuel Inject 350 (All Smog Legal)
Trans: 700R-4 Overdrive Transmission
Rear Diff: 3.73 Gears & Eaton Posi
Modifications:
Exterior:
Custom Mixed Pearl White Paint, Steel Cowl Induction Hood, Custom Made Steel Front Bumper, Painted Stock Grill and Headlight Bezels, Custom Rear Roll pan W/ License Plate Box, Custom 3” Exhaust Routed Thru Rear Roll Pan W/ Dynomax Muffler, Billet Bowtie Plate Frame, Custom Gas Filler In Bed, 91 Chevy Silverado Door Handles, ANZO Silverado LED Taillights, Street Scene 91 Silverado Mirrors, Plasma Glow Led Under Car Kit and Under Hood Lights
Interior:
Custom Tweed Interior, Billet Steering Wheel W/Polished Billet Hub, Billet Shifter, Billet Hazard Button, Billet Cruise Control Stick Cover, Billet Bowtie Door Lock Stems, Alpine Cd Player W/ I pod Interface and 10 Disc Cd Changer, 300 Watt Amplifier W/ Bazooka 10” Sub Woofer
Underhood and Suspension:
Goodyear Hi Mile Life Time Silicone Blue Hoses, Silicone Blue Vacuum Hoses, Edelbrock Elite Center Bolt Valve Covers, Edelbrock Elite Triangle Air Cleaner K&N Filter, Billet Water Neck, Edelbrock Permastar Water Pump, Billet Master Cylinder Cover, Billet Evap Canister Cover, Polished A/C Compressor Cover, Jet Stage 2 Performance Chip, MSD Coil, MSD Cap and Rotor, MSD Blue Spark Plug Wires, NGK Iridium Spark Plugs, Blue Vacuum Hoses Hotchkis TVS Suspension setup with Lowering springs Bilsten Shocks, Hotchkis Sway Bars Front and Rear, Air Lift Air bags in Rear Springs
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Some nice El Caminos guys, I’ll throw my 83 in the mix. It started out as a parts car for the El Camino I built the wife.
I decided to it would make a good home for the 500 CI Cadillac engine I’d been saving for a project. The project kind of ballooned, when I decided to change the front end and doors for a set from a 78 Monte Carlo.
In the process I built a 9” rear end for it, installed a TH400 and added a Monte Carlo SS interior and gauges. The majority of work was done in my garage. I pretty much documented the build in these threads.
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=25429
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25458
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=25389
It’s been my daily driver since I finished in January, I use it to pick up parts, haul things and generally use it like a truck when I need one. I even drove it from AZ to IL and back a few months ago. The 507 Cadillac makes it a ball to drive (this thing would easily outrun the 68 BB 4 spd El Camino I just sold).
I decided to it would make a good home for the 500 CI Cadillac engine I’d been saving for a project. The project kind of ballooned, when I decided to change the front end and doors for a set from a 78 Monte Carlo.
In the process I built a 9” rear end for it, installed a TH400 and added a Monte Carlo SS interior and gauges. The majority of work was done in my garage. I pretty much documented the build in these threads.
viewtopic.php?f=41&t=25429
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=25458
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=25389
It’s been my daily driver since I finished in January, I use it to pick up parts, haul things and generally use it like a truck when I need one. I even drove it from AZ to IL and back a few months ago. The 507 Cadillac makes it a ball to drive (this thing would easily outrun the 68 BB 4 spd El Camino I just sold).
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