foamypirate
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- Joined
- Jul 30, 2010
- Posts
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- Location
- Central TX
- First Name
- Jake (Mr. Wilson)
- Truck Year
- 1980
- Truck Model
- El Camino, baby!
- Engine Size
- 5.3L/4L60E
Hey guys,
Long time, no see! Figured I would drop in and show off my latest project.
I picked up this 1980 El Camino from my high school friend up in Utah. He rescued it from a field back in 05' or so, swapped a SBC 350 in place of the Buick 3.8L V6, and drove it all through high school. Once college kicked in around 08', the car got abandoned back to another field. Sometime between then and now, the passenger window got broken out by a weed eater (which is ironic, since when he pulled it out of the field in 05', it had a broken passenger window). I've now rescued the car from a field, for its 2nd time. Because of that, I named the car Deja Vu.
I flew to Utah on January 8th, we prepped everything, and then left 10:30am on January 11th, cannon-balling 26 hours back home to Texas, over 1,350 miles. Ran into a little snow at 10pm Friday night outside of Albuquerque, but otherwise it was smooth sailing!
The car is a 1980 SS Royal Knight. There was definitely nothing "SS" about this SS, though! The original engine made 115 HP. The interior is pretty rough from baking in the sun for the last 10 years or so, but the paint really isn't bad. It's a floor shifter auto car (with a weird linkage to the column for the shift indicator and steering wheel lock). Other than a bashed passenger rocker, the body is in incredibly good shape for a 39 year old car. The frame just has mild surface rust.
Surprisingly enough, the 350 fired right up after we threw on an Edelbrock carb, and the car drove off the trailer and into the garage under it's own power.
My first goal is to tackle the interior. I need to get the seats re-installed, and start procuring good condition trim parts for it. Pretty much every plastic piece just crumbles into dust, at this point.
Anyway, on to pictures!
Long time, no see! Figured I would drop in and show off my latest project.
I picked up this 1980 El Camino from my high school friend up in Utah. He rescued it from a field back in 05' or so, swapped a SBC 350 in place of the Buick 3.8L V6, and drove it all through high school. Once college kicked in around 08', the car got abandoned back to another field. Sometime between then and now, the passenger window got broken out by a weed eater (which is ironic, since when he pulled it out of the field in 05', it had a broken passenger window). I've now rescued the car from a field, for its 2nd time. Because of that, I named the car Deja Vu.
I flew to Utah on January 8th, we prepped everything, and then left 10:30am on January 11th, cannon-balling 26 hours back home to Texas, over 1,350 miles. Ran into a little snow at 10pm Friday night outside of Albuquerque, but otherwise it was smooth sailing!
The car is a 1980 SS Royal Knight. There was definitely nothing "SS" about this SS, though! The original engine made 115 HP. The interior is pretty rough from baking in the sun for the last 10 years or so, but the paint really isn't bad. It's a floor shifter auto car (with a weird linkage to the column for the shift indicator and steering wheel lock). Other than a bashed passenger rocker, the body is in incredibly good shape for a 39 year old car. The frame just has mild surface rust.
Surprisingly enough, the 350 fired right up after we threw on an Edelbrock carb, and the car drove off the trailer and into the garage under it's own power.
My first goal is to tackle the interior. I need to get the seats re-installed, and start procuring good condition trim parts for it. Pretty much every plastic piece just crumbles into dust, at this point.
Anyway, on to pictures!
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