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Old 11-11-2015, 03:55 PM
hubleyman hubleyman is offline
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Default Re: 1966 Chevrolet El Camino 396/325 A/T - $35K

Thanks again for the positive comments... Sounds like you've owned some pretty neat cars along the way. Wouldn't my car look lovely parked in your garage?????

Pondered quite a bit about converting to power front discs. Even though the performance would be much better, I finally decided I didn't want the underhood view to stand out as incorrect (with the dual master, prop valve, extra brake lines, etc.). Just a personal taste choice. Besides, the original drum brake parts were all in excellent condition and cleaned up nicely.

The trans was pretty much a simple bolt-in conversion, and would be easier to undo if it ever came to that. Besides, the original Powerglide was fairly toasted and I didn't care for the two speed drive-ability. FYI - the original P/G now resides in a superb ' SS 396 convertible, so it went to a good home.

As far as the dash clock goes... it's in nice shape but doesn't physically work, so it would need to be rebuilt. The main reason it's not on there right now is I just can't get myself to punch a hole in the new dash pad. Might be silly not to do it for that reason but the next person could always install it if they choose to do so.

The only significant docs I have are the original POP and booklet as shown, a couple of oil change stickers that show the mileage way back then, along with a handful of old registrations. The original owner told me he would look for some old pics and maybe some docs, but I'm not holding my breath on that effort. I had the original bench seat cover replaced with black back in the 90's (since I intended on changing the whole interior to black back then), but didn't find any paperwork in it at the time. Doubt if there anything under the seat foam, but you never know?

Charlie
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