Re: [Chevelle-List] more 69 El Camino questions
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Welcome John! Don't know about the bumbers. If your old manufold was originally a Q-jet then I believe any Q-jet will fit it. I don't think they changed over the years. If it originally was not for a Q-jet it won't fit without an adapter plate. Sounds like you got a STEAL on the Elcy though!!! Looks pretty good from the pic. Good luck on it. Don > Well, since I'm new here and have a new toy to play with, I also have some > questions. As I mentioned earlier, a picture of the car is at > http://johnnasta.com/elcamino/1.jpg > > Does anybody know how many 69 El Caminos were made (or to go one step > further, how many of them came with 350s)? > > Any idea of the values in #1 - #6 condition? > > Also, you can see in the photo that it has vertical bumper guards. I have > heard conflicting stories, some saying that these are very rare and some > saying that they are not. Does anybody know? I'm actually thinking about > going without them because I think it would look better, but if they were a > rare option maybe I should keep them. Any opinions on that? > > Finally, does anybody know what gear ratio would be in the rear? I haven't > had a chance to look into it. > > Thanks, > John Nasta > > p.s. Want to know what I paid for it? Well, I was supposed to pay $300 for > it, but then he sold the transmission so we dropped it to $200. Then when I > came to get it, one of the guys working there backed into my Olds and put a > small dent in the rear bumper. I had just had those bumpers re-chromed about > a month earlier, which ran about $275 each, so we settled on him giving me > the El Camino for fr*e to make up for it. Unfortunately for the guy who hit > my Olds, his boss said it would come out of his pay. It actually was not a > bargain for me either since it will cost me more to get that bumper redone > again than I was supposed to pay for the El Camino. At that point I just > wanted to get the deal over with though. > > > - > To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html > To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Chevelle-List] more 69 El Camino questions
John: I hear ya there. IM about 1/2 through restore on a 65 chevelle. I have over 20k into it and can expect at least another 20k before its done. I see nice ones all done for 20-25k. maybe I should stop? no way this is my baby! Larry
RE: [Chevelle-List] more 69 El Camino questions
Thanks Larry. I was able to find the info about rears and production totals very easily. I know what you're saying about free not being cheap. I would have been better off paying $200 for the car than having a $275 bumper job dented, but you have to roll with these things. I also don't want to start the old argument about how you're better off spending more money for one that's in better condition. It's a hobby. I enjoy it, and I like rescuing solid cars out of the boneyards. Both of my 1968 Oldsmobiles were pretty trashed when I bought them too. Wrenching on them and seeing them come back to life is half the fun. The other half is when people admire it and you know that it only looks and runs so well because of what you did to it. -Original Message- john: welcome aboard. try chevelles.com for most of your questions.some times "FREE" isn't cheap. larry
Re: [Chevelle-List] more 69 El Camino questions
john: welcome aboard. try chevelles.com for most of your questions.some times "FREE" isn't cheap. larry
[Chevelle-List] more 69 El Camino questions
Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Well, since I'm new here and have a new toy to play with, I also have some questions. As I mentioned earlier, a picture of the car is at http://johnnasta.com/elcamino/1.jpg Does anybody know how many 69 El Caminos were made (or to go one step further, how many of them came with 350s)? Any idea of the values in #1 - #6 condition? Also, you can see in the photo that it has vertical bumper guards. I have heard conflicting stories, some saying that these are very rare and some saying that they are not. Does anybody know? I'm actually thinking about going without them because I think it would look better, but if they were a rare option maybe I should keep them. Any opinions on that? Finally, does anybody know what gear ratio would be in the rear? I haven't had a chance to look into it. Thanks, John Nasta p.s. Want to know what I paid for it? Well, I was supposed to pay $300 for it, but then he sold the transmission so we dropped it to $200. Then when I came to get it, one of the guys working there backed into my Olds and put a small dent in the rear bumper. I had just had those bumpers re-chromed about a month earlier, which ran about $275 each, so we settled on him giving me the El Camino for fr*e to make up for it. Unfortunately for the guy who hit my Olds, his boss said it would come out of his pay. It actually was not a bargain for me either since it will cost me more to get that bumper redone again than I was supposed to pay for the El Camino. At that point I just wanted to get the deal over with though. - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
