Re: [Chevelle-list] How to own an El Camino in 3, 000 easy lessons / EC's in the rain?

[Rick Schaefer]

John

  I did something similar in the back window area.  Welded  tubes in the rear window channel.  The tubes are hidden by the  window trim and run  thru the back of the cab & out thru the floor.  Keeps water from accumulating in the window channel & so far (knock on wood) no return of the rust that was in the channel.  Should absolutely work in the bed.

 

 

 

On 8/24/05, John Nasta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Yeah, I think I am going to tell the guy who installs the new floor pans to drill holes in the front corners of the bed and pass tubes through grommets in the floorboards so that the bed can drain naturally. Has nobody ever thought about this? Were those beds guaranteed to be watertight when these things were new, or did people just not care?

 

John Nasta

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clint Hooper
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 5:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] How to own an El Camino in 3,000 easy lessons / EC's in the rain?

 

I don't see why one couldn't drill drain holes on either side of the front of the bed. Was going to do that,myself,but now that my Elky has Air Ride,all I have to do is dump all the air out of my rear bags; instant drain. Cool,huh.

Clint Hooper
H&H Custom,owner
1969 El Camino ProTourer
2001 H-D FLHR custom bagger
http://dalesplace.com/misc/friends/clint/clint_hooper.htm

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John Nasta

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Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 3:38 PM

Subject: [Chevelle-list] How to own an El Camino in 3,000 easy lessons / EC's in the rain?

 

In the spirit of something having to be broken all the time, today my driver's window handle seemed to strip out. It's fine if I push in while I turn. They are cheap so I'll probably just replace it. Maybe it's better not to put the spring behind it.

 

How do you guys with El Caminos deal with the bed filling up with rain? Am I the only guy who parks mine outside w/o a cover? Are there supposed to be drain holes in the floor pans in case the bed leaks? I ask because I think I am going to have my floor pans replaced soon, and my bed does leak a little in the front corners. Right now it's not a big problem because it leaks out of the holes in the floor pans that weren't patched correctly :) I have to start fixing all the things the first body guy didn't do right. I want to get this done before the bad winter weather starts to hit.

 

Thanks,

John Nasta

 

 

 

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Rick Schaefer
72 TPI El Camino