Start to finish- 1970 El Camino project- HD 1080p

My first car restoration job- probably 1000 hrs of work condensed into an 8 minute clip. This was my lady's grandfather's car he bought new in 1970. It sat for years not running, rusting away, unattended until I got the OK to work on it. Almost a frame off restoration, this car got all new wiring, suspension, engine and transmission, brakes, carpeting....So rewarding to bring new life to this classic.

[@steelcitycaprice.899]

Nice post. I've been sitting on a 72 elcomino for 3 years and it's time!! I wanna drive mine daily and get to some shows. Very inspiring. 👍🏽😎🏁🏁🏁

[@mikec4834]

Thank you for bringing this Camino back to life !

[@EasyPeazy-wf4ck]

This is so nice, I just bought my first 1979 El Camino..this was very encouraging , makes me feel like , it's going to be a great build, not a lot of El Camino Love .. these days

[@E-Dog707]

Thanks man- It's a passion! Good to hear your Elco will get a renovation. Keep plugging away at it, every bit you do brings it that much closer.

[@jarm7726]

Beautiful

[@das-vt9jz]

Beautyful

[@mnewton3578]

Great work I have a 70 elco in Australia

[@E-Dog707]

Thanks! I imagine would be much more difficult to find these cars in Australia- How did you ever come across one? My grandfather-in-law, who was the original owner of my Elco had another car, a 1925 Roadster. It was sold and shipped to Australia a few years back. Don Brusseau's T-bucket. It is the holy grail of all hot-rod cars, it went to some big collector out there in the Outback.

[@ScottCo98]

I would have kept that cool topper

[@E-Dog707]

I did keep it, and did my best at cleaning it up. It was old aircraft aluminum, but polished up pretty nicely. Grandpa may have made it- he was a WW2 master fabricator- known as the father of hot-rodding Don Brusseau.

[@FrankStein1]

Nice job ... but why not put a/c back on it? Did you use original engine? Did you make it a 383 stroker. Very popular back in the day for that car.

[@E-Dog707]

Unfortunately the original engine and transmission were long gone when I got ahold of it. I chose a crate GM350 for simplicity and cost effectiveness. The A/C was a mess, and I wanted as much room in the engine bay as possible so I put the delete plate in it's place. I still have it in storage. I'm looking at adding HP to it now, so stroking it out is not off the table.