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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Dec 2005
      Location
      Tustin, CA
      Posts
      11

      Just wanted to say Hello!

      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.



    2. #2
      Join Date
      May 2005
      Location
      St. Augustine, FL
      Posts
      1,529
      Welcome. And yes pictures would be great.
      Andrew Petty

    3. #3
      Join Date
      Jul 2002
      Location
      Mesquite, TX
      Posts
      4,941
      Country Flag: United States
      Hi Doc, welcome to the site.

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

    4. #4
      Join Date
      Jun 2002
      Location
      Long Island, NY
      Posts
      11,320
      Country Flag: United States
      Welcome to the site, Doc.

    5. #5
      Join Date
      Dec 2005
      Location
      Tustin, CA
      Posts
      11
      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...

      This is just before it went to the paint shop...



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



      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...
      Almost original owner of '72 El Camino SS - 415cu Motown, Stealth Ram EFI, AFR 210's, Hyd. Roller;
      Baer 13" discs front/rear, Hotchkis & Global West stuff, 17" x45ZR tired "Grocery Getter"
      -- also an '87 German Corvair (Carrera Targa - "The Heartbeat of Germany")




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