another el camino question....

so i have gotten tired of these ugly looking things



but what i have been thinking about is the ones off of a '59 or '60 el camino like these pictures




or i have thought about just fabricating up some small round pieces of steel together and attach it to the inside of the bed and smooth the outside......


any tips?

id just get rid of them completely. i always thought they were ugly

haha yeah thats what i might end up doing
idk i just want to put something on the inside so i can tie stuff down if im carrying a heavy load

an eye bolt in each corner of the floor should do it

kk thx

Look at all the differant new trucks on the market and you will find all kinds of gadgets on the inside of the bed that fold flat and are recessed. Check out the differant ones. I am sure you will find something to suit your taste. JB

yeah alright thx
and i saw on one truck there was a plug in like for the house plug in and you can bring stuff when you go camping that would be a pretty cool thing for me to install

I agree with the eye bolt idea. I've done that in the past with my trucks so I could use cargo nets.

BTW, I thought you were selling the El Camino & focusing on the Malibu? Heed my warning, one car at a time!

Rago wrote:I agree with the eye bolt idea. I've done that in the past with my trucks so I could use cargo nets.

BTW, I thought you were selling the El Camino & focusing on the Malibu? Heed my warning, one car at a time!

lol i am but i am eventually going to have both of them fixed up and painted before i even think about selling it, and its my daily driver i kinda want it to look nice you know? gotta attract the ladies and i think it would look cleaner by taking the side trim things off

and the malibu has at least 6 months of work left let alone i havent even got an engine/trans or driveshaft for it, the hard part is finding the driveshaft

Driveshaft is easy. Once you get your motor/trans in, measure the length between the two & start looking through junkyards. Don't worry about U joint size since there are conversion joints for almost any size. Just make sure to get something that has the correct input shaft for the transmission. If nothing else, get one that's close & have a driveshaft shop cut to fit.

Remove the side rails & primer the car all black. As long as the interior is decent & smells nice, plus you gotta have a shiny set of wheels, chicks will dig it.

haha ok about the driveshaft and my car is already primer black and i just took all the side trim off around the wheels and on the bottoms of the door and i have the shiny rally caps with silver wheels, and black interior that just smells like an old car

Chicks don't like flat black cars, they go for shiny stuff, unless its paper and green in color. JB

JB2wheeler wrote:Chicks don't like flat black cars, they go for shiny stuff, unless its paper and green in color. JB

x2.... They also like guys with jobs... Kind of goes hand in hand with the paper, green in color.

thats where the wheels come in.....

yeah im jobless, so that doesnt help much there lol other than a mowing job

Black primer was my color of choice back in high school. I never had any problems picking up quality tail. The trick is to have a clean interior, semi-loud exhaust, & polished aluminum wheels. Sorry but stock rallies won't cut the cake on a black primer car. Even without my prejudice towards them, they just don't have that effect. Now if you roll up with a set of 17-19" wheels or a BnL set of Draglites, chicks do dig it. My first 76 was an awesome example. I did paint/primer it a few different colors (even tried red primer once ), but I always got compliments with the black primer & D-Slots. It had a stinkbug stance & glasspacks to boot.

Can't argue with the job part. The car will open the door, but you gotta have a closer. At least stretch the truth & make your job sound cool if you have to.