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68 El Camino conversion to GTO - should I do it?
Has anyone tried to do this? I saw an article a year or two ago about a 65 that was done. I wonder how the fenders would fit?
Thoughts? |
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Yeah, do it.You'll be doing the world two favors: One more "GTO" on the road and one less Elky. BTW, I'm in White Bear, so I'll expect to see it next year at Car Craft.
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I'd check fender fit. I know on a newer ElCamino, (71), they didn't take standard Chevelle fenders, the ElCamino, and Chevelle wagon were different from a 2 door.
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Might have to use a Lemans wagon fender. Maybe even the door and weld the Elcamino door frame to the Lemans door.
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Here is an X-Camino. Go for it!!!
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John R. Zerucha 1968 GTO RA II Convertible Sorry..The race car is Buick Powered 70 Skylark @2800 lbs 8.78 @ 153 mph 535 Stage 4 2850 lbs 8.97 @ 149 mph 523 Stage 4 9.36 @ 143 mph 464 Stage 2 9.77 @ 135 mph 464 Stage 1 88 Hawk @2355 lbs 8.06 @ 167 mph 535 Stage 4 7.90 @ 171 mph 572 Stage 4 |
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L.O. - you have time for this? Hey, I need to come up soon to visit my parts and inventory.
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The Pontiac fenders won't have the correct outer contours to line up with the El Camino doors, but they should bolt up to the cab. Using Pontiac door skins and rear quarter skins skillfully grafted on should get you the right look. |
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The wagon/Elcamino fenders are not the same as a Chevelle from 70-72.The 68/69 fenders are all the same.
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Never would have guessed that they would have made a specific fender for wagons and El Camino bodies, my bad.
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The difference was that the wagon and el camino fenders were flat to match the slab sided look of the existing body shell from 68 and 69. They did not have the muscle bulges like the chevelle in 70-72.
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I agree, the wagon/ElCamino fenders from 70-72 have more of a curve on the side, than the 2 door fenders. I wasn't sure if Pontiac was the same.
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El Camino / wagon doors & fenders were different, other years too. Fenders have been repoed so you can look that up easily.
If you like the look as I do go for it. |
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the headlight bezels on the wagons/elcaminos are different also
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Yes!
It gets my vote, IF, and ONLY IF, it has a Pontiac motor. That will be just a little bit of revenge for all the old goats and birds that have been disgraced by replacing their Pontiac motor with a Chevy motor.
Hey, I realize that opinions differ--that's mine! |
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I could almost swear that someone posted a photo of an '68/'69 el Camino with a '68 GTO front clip a month or two ago. Wherever I saw it, it looked great.
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Just ask...
Actually a Le Mans ( or is it an El Mans) but you get the idea. I used to have scans from a magazine article, but no more.
Having owned a couple of Elky's, I always wanted to do this myself. I always figured wagon parts would be the way to go for door skins. http://www.chevelles.com/elcamino/ec_lemans.htm
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Sometime ago ..... somebody posted pics of a 69 El GTO JudgeCamino .
Orange with Hideaway headlights looked pretty darn spiffy too same thread had one or two 442Caminos also |
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I saw one about a week ago in Hockessin, DE. Might be the same one in the photos posted earlier. It was light yellow with a black roof. It was following a black Chevelle SS vert. I was just crossing thru an intersection and it was on the cross street so I couldn't get up close. Looked nice.
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the el judgeamino It needs a 68-69 gto rear wheel housing to look right.
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