El Camino Project

[Stanley_9875]

So recently I've finally got myself a car I've always wanted... specifically a 1971 Chevy El Camino. I'm as much a fan of old muscle cars as I am certain imports, and I've got myself the project car I've always wanted





Now both my babies =^-^=



But with old cars you dont really know how long how many people had it, is where the problems come in. Upon further inspection after I bought the car that exterior looked really good for the year, same with the interior, I took a closer look at what I love to do... mechanical and electrical. Mechanically this thing "seemed" okay; she had a bit of an oil/trans/power steering (all or some) leak, the engine started and ran well, and the tach wasnt working (i thought to myself it just probably wasnt connected yet, since it had the super sport gauges, even though the car wasnt an SS). But looking around some more, turns out the engine is from a junkyard, seeing by the yellow writing on the heads of the 350 5.7L V8 motor... not a big deal... but there was an EGR (smog sh*t... thanks california) on it which a good friend of mine and a long time mechanic said it was probably a '75-'76 year motor... an engine mount bolt was missing, the water temperature gauge wasnt working, the oil leak was bigger than I thought, ect. So after finding the rear seal on the intake manifold blown out



Which was the cause of the oil leak, and some wires werent just disconnected, they were cut miles (over exaggerated) from their destination





(The one on the right is supposed to be connected to the water temperature sensor xP), ect ect., my dad and I just said we should pull out the motor and ill rebuild the whole thing (with his help of course, figured it could give me and my dad and my lover something to bond over and we could teach each other stuff [more me teaching and them learning though xD]... plus i cant pull out that motor by myself)