how do you flip the handle on a elky to the inside of tailgate

Rago wrote:1. Ask Carlos how he done it.
2. Have him help you.
3. Get him to sign up here & post pictures......

Asking someone in person, especially a buddy that can help you through the process, is better than forum chatting sometimes. Then again, someone might have access to pictures on here & that can always be helpful. Probably the best way to go about this is buy a relocator kit from one of the various suppliers. If you can weld, this shouldn't be hard to do at all.

In my very first response.

The kits are sold by several companies on several online sites. I'm sure there's one for El Caminos. Or you could pick up one for another application & make it work as cheap as they are.

http://www.stylinsolutions.com/ec/search.aspx?CatID=159&TCatID=151
http://www.streetperformance.com/m/cats/3530-towing-hauling-and-storage/5001-tailgate-handle-relocation-kit.html
http://www.sfxperformance.com/parts/BEL8650.htm
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SSE-950-61120/
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.aspx?partfamilyid=595

If nothing else, do what JB said.

awesome that looks like it would look pretty good
thx rago once again im giving you street cred hopefully it works lol

you also may want to youtube the overhaulin episode "surfer kid" i believe they did that on the 77 they overhauled.

kk i just youtubed it im watching it now hopefully i can find it maybe overhaulin will give me some ideas for mine thanks!

no problem man, i gotta admit, overall i was disappointed with the car but they were a couple cool things they they did, the bed cover and switching over the tail gate were two of them.

yeah true they are way to heavy once i get my malibu running i will end up selling the elky lol
and it doesnt show anything about how they switched the tailgate over

ill probably always keep mine for a daily driver or at worst to have as a truck cause its been really handy but its not my hot rod.

thats actually what mine is right now its my daily driver just affording gas for it is killing me.
its easy to take stuff to the scrapper with this though i can make extra money =]

Actually, the weight is low in an Elky and it corners better than some other models like the 4 door and the station wagon and everybody knows pickups are light on the back end, so where does the extra weight come from? Sure, it has a 4 inch longer wheelbase than the colonade and it has a boxed frame, so they should break down to about even. JB

haha yeah it does corner pretty well ill admit that but i thought the 4 door or the station wagon would have the same frame as an elky?

I can't remember if the 4 door was boxed or not, but the wagon is. All three had the long wheelbase. My memory is dropping like a rock. Boxed frames are good to have, but water and salt does get trapped in them sometimes, especially if you live somewhere like Chicago. JB