Nice looking elco.
I have a 66 but it is a far cry from the shape yours is in.
Not sure what its plans are yet.
I have a 66 but it is a far cry from the shape yours is in.
Not sure what its plans are yet.
'59 el camino gets a new lease on life...
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I have owned this car for going on 12 years, with no plans myself...dunno why this was the car I pulled out of the barn but I sure am glad I did...I was just gonna do a interior clean up and rod out the nasty gas tank...it's come a long way since I bought it...now it's the only one on the floor of my shop so it'll get a lot of attention...once the rear is done I'll pull the motor and get serious about how the engine compartment...nothing is more important to me than a finely tuned and clean underhood...I'm rather anal about what I drive...my buddies are calling this car Christine after the red fury movie...they're a bit off like myself
I've got a question that's been bugging me since I first began to play with the elky...the steel pulley system that routs the emergency brake cable from the pedal back parallel to the floor to the rear cables on my car is dangling from the intact cable...all components of the emergency brake system are new so I'm assuming when the drivers floor pan was replaced it was welded to the original floor and is now dangling...can anyone tell me or post a pic as to where and how it's fastened from the factory...
Does that front cable hook to a lever that pulls on the rear cables?
Is it going thru a plastic wheel. 
Yes it is on the frame.
I was under the car last night and my frame mounted roller that has been removed with a 3 pound hammer and a chisel is pretty gnarly and beat up...I'm gonna make a new bracket and either weld or rivet it on the frame when ready...just curious, can anyone tell me what that rod welded on the frame just forward of the roller bracket is, it has a detent or groove cut in it and I can't see what purpose it serves...thanks for the pic scott...
That is for the shift linkage.
guess that's why I didn't know...you don't see many column shifted cars nowadays except for the classic restored car...finally got my master bearing set, gears, and posi unit in today...looks like I'll be busy tearing out the old one and setting up the new parts...I'm gonna try stripping the anodized headlight bezel and polishing them , they just look dingy against the rest of the chrome...that accessory bullet bumper imparts a big chrome presence on this car...
That sounds like fun.
Wish I was closer I would come watch and hand beer and tools.
So you should have this going in time for Bowling Green.
Wish I was closer I would come watch and hand beer and tools.
So you should have this going in time for Bowling Green.
I sure could use a hand, c'mon down to the sunshine state...it's gonna be tight...I spend the summers in the mountains of north carolina and don't know how this is gonna work out...jack says at least 2 months before I can expect the motor back, then I have to install and get it all set up to haul to the cabin...I'd have to leave out of there for bowling green because driving home to get it and then up to the track would be a bit much...I've had 4 major surgeries in the last 4 years, my body doesn't like it when I drive all day...my belly has more lines than a roadmap...
Well going to the Sunshine state sure sounds like fun.
Not much of a fan of cold weather anymore.
You need to stay away from the doctors....you know they are just practicing.
Not much of a fan of cold weather anymore.
You need to stay away from the doctors....you know they are just practicing.
spoke to jack gibbs today, the engine is coming along nicely...he's using 340 hp 409 heads with larger valves and cleaning up the ports for me...rear 3.55 gears and posi have arrived so today the rear end has been takes apart to have the bearings pressed for reinstallation...I've decided to use 2.5" truck exhaust manifolds vs. headers, I just like the stock look...cam had a nice lope to it but nothing radical...
Hope you can pull it off and make it to Bowling Green.Where are you at in Florida I may be down for bike week