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lilbug — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:37 GMT

HI im nicole, i have loved elky's ever since i was old enuf to know what cars were. My husband just bought me my first one about 4mo. ago. I am so excited, its a 86 with a 4.3, but being a machanicthat is not good enough so he is putting in a 6.0 out of a 04 chevy. We are keeping it stock for now, but anything will run better then what it was.

The G8 ST will be very nice if it is anything like the G8. We thought about trading my 06 malibu for one but we are going to wait for the ST and trade the 02 trailblazer

This site needs a into page. Just a thought

RE: introduction

Warren — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:50:54 GMT

Welcome Nicole. We just recently added a header, and that I can't even see for some unknown reason. I hope to upgrade the site a little more as more information about the G8 ST comes out. Right now it is just kind of sitting here with very little traffic. Hopefully that will change.

Pontiac G8 ST (or whatever they are going to call it)

Warren — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:10:46 GMT

Try the link http://www.pontiac.com/newcars/ Hard to find the page anymore. And it may change again.

RE: holden ute pics

Warren — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:22:13 GMT

[quote]Olly (4/4/2008)

This HSV link will answer more. I have no clue on a Pontiac colours listing yet but I would think most of the G8 colours will carry over.

http://www.hsv.com.au/cars/ESeries/maloor8/maloor8.asp[/quote]

So the 6.2 Liter LS3 for the Maloo, so we are probably stuck with the 6.0 LS2 (not that I am complaining). I hope that they revisit their colors for the Pontiacs, there really isn't any G8 color that really jumps out at me. I want either a yellow Ute, or if I can't get that, I want a Green.

holden ute pics

Olly — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 06:03:39 GMT

From time to time i will add some ute pics from oz when i can...but i am pro holden, so the ford ones will be few and far between.

The first is an adverstising brochure pic of an the 2nd model ute released, the FJ, produced between 1956-60

The 2nd pic is a Holden HJ Sandman ute 1974-1976. I wonder what GM product those wheels and stripes came off? But who am I to JUDGE.

RE: holden ute pics

Olly — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:39:44 GMT

This HSV link will answer more. I have no clue on a Pontiac colours listing yet but I would think most of the G8 colours will carry over.

http://www.hsv.com.au/cars/ESeries/maloor8/maloor8.asp

RE: Engines available on 66 El Camino

Warren — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:46:44 GMT

Well, I did site wikipedia, so I stand corrected now. Thanks.

Engines available on 66 El Camino

jpm9000 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:09:40 GMT

Does anyone out there know if the 283 engine was available for the 1966 El Camino?

RE: Engines available on 66 El Camino

jydawg64 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:51:14 GMT

Yes . A 6 cylinder was also available which were the same motors available in 65. The 327 and 396 were added to the options in 66

RE: holden ute pics

Warren — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:04:29 GMT

Does the VE Maloo have the LS2, or is it equipped with the LS7?

You don't have any insider information on what colors are going to be offered with Pontiac's version of the ute do you?

RE: holden ute pics

Olly — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:51:45 GMT

Yep....thats the VE Maloo........how many do you want?

I think its a bit over the top in person but thats my opinion. I prefer the SSV ute with the

20inch rims . 20x10 on the rear and 20x9 on the front bolt straight on......no rubbing/no mods

RE: holden ute pics

Warren — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:06:59 GMT

Olly (4/1/2008)

Warren...........where the hell have you been bud?

I have been around, but not on the sites lately. I totally missed the announcement that the Ute was coming over by 3 weeks.... PJ finally e-mailed me and asked if I knew. Man, I wish this website would have been the one to announce it.

Things on this site are going to have to change. Is this the new 2008 HSV version of the Maloo?

RE: holden ute pics

Olly — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:46:59 GMT

Suppose I had better post some more pics....though the ute pics are all over the net. Regardless....I took these pics at my work.

Warren...........where the hell have you been bud?

RE: Engines available on 66 El Camino

Warren — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:57:39 GMT

According to Wikipedia, the only engines availible from '64 to '67 were the 327 Small Block and the 396 Big Block

RE: Is there an area on this site to sell parts

Warren — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:47:21 GMT

Ghosty's posts have been eliminated.

Pam, if you need a place to sell parts, Ill create one.

Is there an area on this site to sell parts

girlfriday237 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:50:38 GMT

Is there an area on this site to sell parts ? I just bought another Elcamino an 86 and I wanted to part out my 82 If anyone knows let me know ....

Thanks again,

Pam

RE: Is there an area on this site to sell parts

Hemi57 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:13:36 GMT

GHOSTY, what are you doing here if your fantasy is a mitsubitsi (intentionally spelt incorrectly)???

hope someone can help me I need advice about my elcamino

girlfriday237 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:46:01 GMT

I Love my Elcamino however ..... every Elcamino I have ever owned ..... The gas gauge has never worked . I have change the fuel pump and it still doesn't work Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Thanks

Pam

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Hemi57 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:30:11 GMT

Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah the ol' boy is pretty solid, original and complete. I got a permit and have driven it a couple of times, first to get the suspension checked out (needs a freshen up of course) and to the panel beater for the floor section to be replaced, new weatherstripping installed and a little cosmetic touch up.

The rear quarters do have rust bubbles but not too bad. It does look a little better in the photo than in the metal but overall and very sound Elky.

Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Hemi57 — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:09:15 GMT

Hey I joined up here over a week ago and it seems that no-one else has visited since I joined.

Seems like a worthy forum so why no activity?

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Warren — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:24:41 GMT

4th Generation elCaminos warm my heart. I had (well, still have) a '76 growing up. Your rear quarter panels look pretty rust-free. Mine were big chunks of rust on both sides. I did have a lot of trouble with the electrical at one time, had to have it pretty much completely re-wired. It used to flash both brake lights when the turn signal was on and you pushed in the brake, but if the brake was off, the regular turn signal would work. I had to get an expert to figure it out.

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Olly — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:52:05 GMT

She looks in pretty good nick.......warren was telling me about the rust problems with them. The one we say on the central coast was restorable but had been around the block a few times. Yours looks good.......i bet you get quite a few looks.

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Hemi57 — Wed, 30 May 2007 19:33:44 GMT

Well it seems I have not made any other informative posts about my '75 Elky so I will give an update here.

I have the lighting system worked out (white front parking lights, amber rear indicators) and mostly working. Flexible brake and fuel hoses replaced, new wheels and tyres and the interior stripped to get the rusted out floor section replaced. Still a lot to do but getting close to getting a permit to be able to drive it to have the work done (panel beater for the floor, Tranny expert to get the fluids flushed and renewed, etc.).

Here is a pic:

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Hemi57 — Wed, 30 May 2007 18:58:22 GMT

Olly, mate I came back. Good to see another Aussie here.

I will look around at the other posts I have made here and provide an update on my 75 Elky rebirthing.

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Olly — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:26:03 GMT

Hey Hemi..welcome from another aussie. You would have a rare beast here owning that el camino. I met up with warren early last year on the Central Coast in N.S.W.....we stumbled on a car show at The Entrance and wouldnt ya know it....there's an El Camino...lol. Anyhooz......nice seeing someone else come aboard.....come back soon

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Hemi57 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:51:33 GMT

Warren (3/4/2007)

I wish I knew. I need to get some new skins to the site, and we need news on the Ute coming over. I am kind of guilty of not coming around very often, and I run the site!

You are one of the only people that have joined and actually started a thread, so you are one of my hero's! Welcome!

Warren

Warren mate, thanks for the warm welcome. I don't think I deserve "hero" recognition . Thanks for your PM too.

I am well experienced in Auto forums and I am a Moderator of the Aussie section on 300CForums myself. I fully understand it is the members who make a forum what it needs to be.

It seems clear the direction this forum is taking is to focus on the "potential" new generation El Camino (Holden Ute), which is great. I feel confident I can contribute Aussie knowledge to the interested members. My personal El Camino interest is on the older models as I have just bought a 75 which needs a bit of TLC to get mobile.

I will visit regularly and contribute where I can. I did notice I had a lot of difficulty access the site this morning with Application errors being returned, but I persevered.

Cheers
John

RE: Welcome to elCaminoforum.com

Warren — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:18:59 GMT

Hemi57 (2/19/2007)

G'day from OZ. Noob here from Melbourne Australia.

I bought a 75 El Camino at the weekend and take delivery on Thursday evening. The ol' boy has been in OZ for about 10 years ex California and never been on the road. Pretty solid overall but has rusted out RH rear floor which seems to have been caused by leaking heat core.

I hope to contibute and get lots of useful information in my journey to get the ride on the road and improved.

You are going to LOVE the '75. My high school ride was a '76, and to this day my favorite generation is the 4th generation elCamino. Unfortunately, the rust is nothing new when it comes to elCamino's. My '76 has both rear quarter panels almost completely gone, along with rust along the "smugglers" panel in the floor of the pickup bed. That elCamino died on my 10 years ago, but it is now sitting in a barn, waiting for me to get the cash together to get it restored. Unfortunately, for some reason, the 4th generation has virtually no aftermarket quarter panels to buy, so restoring them is very, very expensive.

Welcome to elCaminoforum.com

Warren — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:56:04 GMT

Welcome and thanks for visiting. The purpose of this forum is for information on elCaminos. The site is going to be geared toward providing information on the possible return of the elCamino. I am hoping that Chevrolet takes a page from Pontiac's book and imports Holden's Ute as the elCamino same as they did for the new GTO. Stay tuned for more forum topics and discussions.

Again, Welcome and thanks for visiting.

Warren

RE: Conversion begins...

Warren — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:11:46 GMT

Actually, it is centered perfectly. The lisence plate holder isn't. I measured over and over, and decided to go with perfectly in the middle of the tailgate instead of in the middle of the lisence plate holder.

Conversion begins...

Warren — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:45:42 GMT

Chevy emblems on Utes in Australia? Why not Holden emblems on an elCamino in the USA.

RE: Does anybody ever visit this forum????

Warren — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:02:14 GMT

I wish I knew. I need to get some new skins to the site, and we need news on the Ute coming over. I am kind of guilty of not coming around very often, and I run the site!

You are one of the only people that have joined and actually started a thread, so you are one of my hero's! Welcome!

Warren

RE: Conversion begins...

Hemi57 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:25:26 GMT

Pity the Holden badge isn't centred.

On another Forum I frequent we had the debate with the NA members why would anybody put Chev badges on a Holden? It was decided quite quickly that it is just to be different. I reckon there will be a good market in the US for Holden bits to convert their Pontiac G8s and the Utes when they get there.

RE: Welcome to elCaminoforum.com

Hemi57 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:28:47 GMT

RE: holden ute pics

Olly — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:34:58 GMT

here are a couple of ute pics from last weekends muscle car meet.........one oz and one american...too bad ford had a hand here

RE: Holden Utes spotted in the USA

Warren — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:17:15 GMT

Olly (8/22/2006)

wow........ i suppose you are more than happy to see those there warren. They look very good...as usual. Time for a trip to find them in person huh?

They said that one of them was actually from Canada. If I knew ahead of time of someplace where I knew where these vehicles were going to be, I would try very hard to make it. I think the HSV was actually GM's. At least I hope that it is GM's.

Holden Utes spotted in the USA

Warren — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:24:22 GMT

Two Utes were spotted by friends of mine in Detroit on Woodward Ave. I won't steal their pics, but all of the information can be found here:

http://www.ls1gto.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1661281#post1661281

You don't know how much this excites me. One is RHD, one was LHD.

RE: Holden Utes spotted in the USA

Olly — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:15:31 GMT

wow........ i suppose you are more than happy to see those there warren. They look very good...as usual. Time for a trip to find them in person huh?

RE: holden ute pics

Warren — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:09:20 GMT

It's kind of hard to know the data, since I am not an el Camino historian. I did a few searches on www.elcaminocentral.com and found this:

a73elkyss

the '69 SS was a 396 only. There were four versions of the 396 offered that year.

The '69 SS was a Custom El Camino with the Z25 option (called SS 396 option). It included blacked out grill. The center and middle of the tailgate had SS 396 badges. The engine call-outs on the front side marker lamp housings said "Turbo-Jet 396". Also included was a special power dome hood, G70x14 red stripe tires, black out style lower body feature lines, special wheels, suspension upgrades, power disk brakes, wheel openings moldings, and SS tailgate molding previously mentioned. The 396 325hp with chrome accents was standard. The other 396 engines were available for more money.

Now that is just for the SS, of course it was also offered in regular trim as well, with varying engine sizes.

RE: holden ute pics

Olly — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:07:46 GMT

The 69 looks great. It actually looks like it has some muscle about it. What engines/transmissions were available for the el camino from the factory?

RE: holden ute pics

Warren — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 11:00:09 GMT

I wouldn't mind having one of these either, the '59

Funny thing about the '59. When I was in High School, there was an old lady that had one sitting in her back yard. I went and asked her about it, and she was really proud of it. REALLY proud. She said that it was her Husband's car, and it had quit running about 20 years previously. The body was in great shape, but the interior and engine were junk. She wanted $6000 for it. Of course there was no way I could afford that, then getting the thing fixed up. She told me some guy came and wanted to buy it for $2000 and she told the guy "Ill sell that thing to a car crusher before I ever take $2000 for that car".