69 El Camino (ol' grumpy)

[CknightK10]

Well technically this car is not my "other car" actually, it isnt my car at all.. but I dont care. Its really cool anyway and deserves its own thread. So my brother bought this car for $2,000 about a year ago. It had a 500hp+ built 350 in it when he bought it but after putting about 200 miles on the car it dropped a valve in the cylinder and goodbye engine.... so the car has been sitting in our shop for about a year and has finally been revived!!!!! I had bought an 84 stepside donnor truck a while back and I sold him the engine that was in it (an 87 tbi motor) and cleaned and painted it got rid of the TBI setup and threw a few goodies on it and dropped it in! Here is how it sits now. Keep in mind he has about 3k invested in the car including the intial buy.

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Here is the old engine. This engine earned it the Ol' Grumpy name

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New engine in!

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[Manbearpig]

Would sex it

 

[Swims350]

nice looking el camino, I like the edelbrock valve covers and stuff but they needed some love, looks good now, looks like the same valve covers I just ordered for my 88. You remember what brand they are? Looks like the same kinda oil fill cap I was going to use and breather.

 

[greencountry05]

The one body style of El Camino I think looks cool.

 

[CknightK10]

I believe those valve cover are from Mr. Gasket, ya its hard to find nice covers for a decent price for the centerbolt heads.

 

[Swims350]

mine are spectre, only problem so far is the fact they said all 3 holes were 1.25, well 2 are and that's good but the 3rd. for the oil filler was 1-3/8 and uses a screw in oil fill cap like stock. I had already bought a nice gmpp or proform bowtie oil fill cap push in style and breather with the same bowtie. I took them back today, going to order the plane jane chrome ones. That way the oil fill is a screw in and I don't have to try and rig something up in the oversized hole, not to mention it matches the power steering dipstick too.

 

[CknightK10]

mine are spectre, only problem so far is the fact they said all 3 holes were 1.25, well 2 are and that's good but the 3rd. for the oil filler was 1-3/8 and uses a screw in oil fill cap like stock. I had already bought a nice gmpp or proform bowtie oil fill cap push in style and breather with the same bowtie. I took them back today, going to order the plane jane chrome ones. That way the oil fill is a screw in and I don't have to try and rig something up in the oversized hole, not to mention it matches the power steering dipstick too.

Thats a bummer though.....

 

[Swims350]

yea I really like them, but oh well the ones I'm gonna get are alot cheaper. it was $22 for just the oil fill and breather.

 

[Irishman999]

My cousin just scrapped one of a similar body style, he called it the "smellcamino".

Really dig that car!

 

[Old77]

Nice!!!!

 

[82chevy350]

thats real nice

 

[CknightK10]

My cousin just scrapped one of a similar body style, he called it the "smellcamino".

Really dig that car!

Ya man idk what it is about this car that appeals to me.... I mean its only a two seater, and you cant really haul anything worth hauling, so really its kind of pointless....... But god damn its BADASS!

 

[89Suburban]

NIce story and posts CKnight bud.

 

[Old77]

my favorite el camino's are the 1970 one but that's mostly because my favorite car is a 1970 Chevelle and they share the same nose. This 69 is definitely one cool ride!!! I also like the 67's.

 

[CknightK10]

my favorite el camino's are the 1970 one but that's mostly because my favorite car is a 1970 Chevelle and they share the same nose. This 69 is definitely one cool ride!!! I also like the 67's.

You like the pointy nose ehhh??