My 67 El Camino
 

I just rented a shop to build my El Camino in, about 2000 sq ft with 12' ceiling. It's been vacant for the 3 years I've had my shop across the parking lot; my landlord is letting me use it for $300 a month plus utilities. If he gets a 'real' tenant I'll have to vacate, but in the meantime I have my project in out of the weather. I'll post some picture once I take some - just made the deal Wednesday and moved the car and trailer in on Thursday.

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Well, here are some pics of the shop.

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You're really living it up there, Marty!

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Good luck Marty -- $ 300 a month is like almost free ................

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Bet the heat bill won't be "free".....good luck with the build; always liked the El Camino...isn't Paz out on the west coast about the only one running one in SS?

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I don`t think he has raced it in a few years, but I`m sure Mark Faul still has his Super Stock 66 El Camino. Like his cool blue 51(?) Chevy fastback, I think its a "Keeper."

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Think his Dad use to run it some, but think you're right that it's been a while. Did see there is a later model running in U/SA in D5 but 65-67's are by far my favorite. Hope it makes it to the track, really like the variety of the lower class cars.

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No, but I'll only have the heat on when I'm there working. My 'day job' is just across the parking lot, so I can turn the heat up mid-afternoon and have it warm when I'm ready to go to work.

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You're right Rory, it's not going anywhere. Blew up the 283 at a combo race 3 years ago, and it's been sitting ever since, because I'm out of bullets :-(
Hoping to finish my good SS engine for this year and put the spare in if Dad wants to run it. Or if someone would buy the Chevelle, I'd make the ElCamino a Stocker.

Good luck with your project Marty!

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Thank you, Mark. I must say I'm glad I found this forum. Billy Nees is helping me with advice on building the 230, and I bought the trailer from Mike Carr.

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Having my own business with one full time employee, being partner in another business, and two grandkids at home doesn't leave much time for cars.Having put in a whopping 5 hours over the winter on my El Camino, I made a deal for Josh Stewart of Stewart Auto Fab (right across the parking lot) to just scuff and shoot it. I'd really like to have it on the track this year - my goal is to run at the Div 3 meet at Stanton. I'll concentrate on being legal to start - going fast will have to come later.

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Photographic evidence - work is finally being done.

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Off to the Blaster! We loaded the El Camino on the trailer today, then I took it to Multi-Blast in Montrose to have the roof and the other bad spots media blasted and primed.

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It's WHITE! As in snow blindness white.

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I finally found some money to spend on my El Camino. I bought the sheet metal hump to cover the shifter and a set of Lakewood lift bars. I'm going to swap the power steering box for a manual box a friend gave me before I put the motor in. I'm going to start out with a stone stock 68 230 with @ 80,000 miles just to get the car up and running.

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That's a really cool El C. Always loved those things. Had a cousin that raced one when I was a kid in the mid 60's. She and her husband won a ton of trophy's with that car.

I dig the refridgerator white. Seems everyone goes for "screaming colors", I prefer plain and simple. I like your approach as well. Put a simple drivetrain together to sort the car out. Gives you the opportunity to relearn the ropes.

To me there's a good lesson here that younger racers often miss. Build the car first, learn what it does. Then start to concentrate on the drivetrain.

Good luck with this build. Hope to see it at the track someday.

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Finally did some more work on my El Camino. We took the power steering box off and put on a manual one that a friend gave me. I figured it was easier to change out before I put the motor in.

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I decided I was going to work on the El Camino this weekend. I have had a 68 230 out of a Nova and thought I would put it in so I can get to the track before it closes for the winter. I put on a Hays 30 lb. flywheel, a new Ram clutch and a stock bellhousing. Billy Nees has loaned me a Doug Nash 4 speed, but I decided to put the motor in without the trans for now. My next door neighbor has a lift and a transmission jack so we will put the trans in from underneath.

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It was a frustrating weekend for me - I got the trans in to find the bolt holes in the mount miss the slots in the crossmember. Then when I tried the headers they hit the motor mount. I have 4 different sets of headers, and they ALL hit! I'm going to make my own mounts to move everything back about 5/8" and that will clear the headers.

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Don't give up on this one...I would love to see it go down the track. I sure do miss my '65.

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Me? Give up? Ain't gonna happen. Just been busy trying to make some money.
Besides, I wouldn't want to listen to Billy Nees if I never finished it.

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Any new progress?? I like the SUPERMAX mill in the background. YCM made a good import in the 80's What year is it, around 1982?? I think I have some 3.73 for a 12-bolt if needed. -Mark

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I've been playing with the motor mounts. I had some truck mounts I tried mating with small block urethane pads to the small block frame mounts. Motor was too far forward. I bought a set of stock 6 cylinder mounts, motor was too far back and hit the firewall. I guess I'm going to have to make my own mounts. On the positive side, I did order a headliner from OPG at their holiday sale price.

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Back in November I bought a set of Torq Thrust wheels, 2 14 x6 and 2 14 x 7. I had tires put on the 14 x 6 for the front, stopped at Summit a couple of weeks ago and picked up the correct lug nuts.

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I still have it, just haven't had much time or any money to spend on it. I'll get back to it this spring.

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Some pictures from today, of the El Camino sitting in the snow outside my shop.