@Raider L
In short, elco was advertised as solid driving thing that needed seatbelts and seat mounted. Was very far from description. Some price came down due to floors as that was obvious and the rest is surprise. It was priced around $4700 if i remember correctly, asking was $8k. I actually had someone else pick it up for me, so was not a very throughout inspection. It does have a factory 12 bolt, factory AC(leaks) and someone put in a 4 bolt main 350 in it. It is 1971. I prefer the 69 look a lot more and will gladly trade for one. 72 has a better look as well, but not a 73+
Actually I feel the thing has been very slow to get anything done as there are three or four other vehicles in between.
On the power steering pump, was just a reassembly. No damage inside, but everything was black from fluid never being changed. Cleaned it and back together with new seals. Blue stuff is assembly grease.
On the valve seals, i used FEL-PRO SS 72527 for intake and FEL-PRO SS 72526 for exhaust
I have been very lazy in regards to drive train cleaning on this vehicle, so only required things were cleaned on engine and trans. Engine block and trans case are still very well coated with oil crud, but at least no new oil is leaking.
On any body sealing, i use epoxy primer followed by seam sealer. was thinking of adding drains to the bed, but ran out of time. It definitely holds water now if parked the wrong direction on a hill.
Generally been happy about the quadrajet. I did the full set up and rebuild with electric choke and if fuel has not evaporated it starts almost instantly. Had to replace the vacuum thing on the distributor as old one had a failed diaphragm and had no vacuum advance.
I have a bad habit of finding the cheapest vehicles of some type that has potential and buying it sight unseen almost. (couple of c10s, suburbans, corvettes, elco, turbo stealth, probably others i am forgetting)
