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I own a restoration shop and this is a car I built twelve years ago and I am selling for my customer. When we got the car we had it media blasted. There was not a bit of rust as it has been a California car all its life. My customer is the third owner and has it for 17 years. Overall it is almost as nice as when we built it is 2002. It has 17,600 miles on it since then. We installed all the SS options as the car was a standard Chevrolet El Camino. I will detail the car below.....

Engine.. It is a Chevrolet crate motor. 454 roller with a 1000 cfm fuel injection from Holly. Sanderson coated cast iron headers through a 2 1/2 inch exhaust. HEI ignition and serpentine belt system. The car has lots of power and runs great but the injection system is touchy at idle. I would replace it with a Holly 750 carburetor. I think it would run smoother and have a better idle. It does not smoke or leak and has never been abused. This was a brand new Generation VI 425 horse motor.

Transmission.. It was a pro built 700 R4 with a 1800 rpm stall converter. Built to stand up to 500 horsepower. It has always worked perfectly. Shifts hard and tight.

Rear end is a 3.73 12 bolt positraction. It was completely gone through at the time of the build.

Body.. As I said earlier, it has always been in California so when we stripped it to bare metal there were some minor dents and dings to repair but no rust. It was painted with two stage Dupont. Base coat and clear coat. It still shines great and other than a couple of very minor scratches still looks as good as it did when we built it twelve years ago. The inner fender wells and core support were powder coated.

Interior.. It is showing the usual wear on the seats and the carpeting is a little faded but everything else is real nice. Door panels, headliner, dash are great. It was a factory A/C and we added the tilt wheel, rally gauges and tachometer power windows and soft ray tinted glass along with the SS bucket seats and console.

Overall a real nice, clean driver. With the 3.73 rear end and overdrive transmission the car is fast and still cruises beautifully down the highway. At 75 mph the rpm is about 2100. Nice. The fit and finish of the body is great. No rattles and everything fits well. All the chrome was new when the car was built and still looks great. New tires and the vinyl top were new last year. All the suspension was rebuilt in 2002. Ball joints and control arm bushings, tie rods, everything. It drives great.

If want to see the car I am about 15 miles east of Sacramento off HWY 80. If you have any questions or need more photos, please call Bruce weekdays at 916-652-6852. Thank you.

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