The 1969 El Camino SS Project Car
Time Line of events:
(latest to earliest)
Last Update -
January 04, 2010 09:45 PM
1-12-08 - DONE - I
picked up my El Camino from Jon Geis @ MuscleCarsRestored.com here are the
pictures he took thru the body shop. Still pleanty of work left to be
done, so I'll keep you updated a progress moves along.
Pictures
of the completely painted El Camino
11-1-07 Back in
action again - the El Camino found it's way to Jon Geis @
www.MuscleCarsRestored.com to have the body
work completed and painted. I will get pictures from Jon upon
completion, but you can visit his website to follow along.
www.MuscleCarsRestored.com
1-2-2004 Fire Wall
smoothing. A friend of mine did this once and told me never to do it.
Well we started and even though it's difficult I think we made the right
decision. Check out our progress
Smooth Bulkhead
1-1-04 Harness time,
we have been considering going with Painless wiring or something of that
nature. But as budget draws tight it's time for other measures. So
here's my version of Painless Wiring, (painless my @$$)
Rear
Tail Harness
12-30-03 - Continue
efforts on our smugglers box. This is a place for us to extend the back
of the cab to hid things...
Smugglers box
12-26-03 Over
Christmas Break I went home and my friend Brent came down from Wisconsin and
helped my Dad and I put the body back on the frame. We were very pleased
with how easily everything went together. If you skip down to
December 2003 you can
read up on how we separated the body from the frame. Doesn't seem like a
year has gone by already. Check out how nice the underside looks.
WOW!!! Just need a few more parts and we will have the underside DONE!
Marriage
is what brings us together...
Undercarriage Pictures
12-24-03 - Finish
bending brake line and fuel lines. Unfortunately didn't take much for
pictures but did get a few of the brake components
Stopping
Power
8-10-03 Rushed the body over the have is primed, last thing we need is rust
setting in.
All
Primed and no place to go...
8-10-03 Just got the body back from the Sandblasters. You sure can see
the dents, dings and rust holes. What have we gotten ourselves into?
Body's Back from Sandblasting
4-15-03 At this
point most of the frame and suspension has been completed. Koni shocks
will be installed once there is some weight on the frame. Don't want to
over extend these shocks. We only have brake lines and fuels lines left
to install.
Completed Frame
3-?-03 Front
Suspension parts arrive from Global West along with BMR Sway Bar and Moog
Progressive rate springs and steering assembly. From there the front
suspension gets pre-assembly to test how everything fits.
Front Suspension Parts Pics
Rear
Suspension Parts Pics
2-?-2003 - Found something out that
most hot rodders would love to know. A rear disc brake assembly off a 1995
Z28 Camaro will bolt on to a 1969 12 bolt. Only one modification is
necessary, relocating the shock mounts from the out side of the lower control
arms to the inners. See the pictures.
Pics of Diff
1-?-2003 - Stripped frame and then had
it sand blasted and powder coated. Turned out beautiful...
Pics of Powder Coated Frame
12-28-2002 - Some time during the
Christmas break we separated the body from the chassis. During this time
we were also in the process of building a homemade rotisserie to hold the body.
It's working great! See me at work making a real hide away receiver.
(Hidden in the bumper behind a flip down license plate.)
Pics of body off frame
Pics of the Chassis
7-10-2002 - Pulled into shop and
started striping the el Camino in order to pull the body off the frame.
Pics in Shop
3-10-2002 - Purchased
1969 el Camino - Pictures of the
el Camino in California where we bought it.
Original Pics
