Just wanted to say Hello!

[docaudio]

Just joined and wanted to say "Hi". I've been working on the El Camino about 5 years now... replacing nearly all suspension componets, building engine, building custom dash, replacing all wiring and a boatload of other things. Right now it's in paint and should be done end of Jan. I'll post some pics later.

[69Nova]

Welcome. And yes pictures would be great.

[derekf]

Hi Doc, welcome to the site.

What year Elky and what's your name? (and we'd love to see pics)

[Ralph LoGrasso]

Welcome to the site, Doc.

[docaudio]

Hello to you, guys! My name is Bill and I wandered over here from Team Chevelle...
(I had trouble getting my signature to show up.. hopefully it works in this post.)
I have a '72 SS that I bought from my Mom in '75. I had always had hope of owning a Porsche and bought my first one in 1982.... a '78 Black Targa. At that point, I went on a quest of trying to get the El Camino to handle better. I did KYB shocks, bigger sway bars, cut down Big Block springs (it had a 350) and 50 series tires. Some stuff worked better than others, but overall, it made a big improvement.
I'm now in the process of taking it up several more notches to a pretty nice ride. I'm now on my second Porsche - another Black Targa - and have been pulling lots of ideas off of it as I work.

Here are a few pictures...
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This is just before it went to the paint shop...


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Here is the business end of things before sheet metal...


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Here's a shot of the dash I built and the B&M shifter mounted in the console...

And this is a Photoshop rendering of what I'm thinking I'm going end up with...
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