I was thinking about what to do with my elky... (http://unixninja.net)

It's a 1980. Not completely original by any means.

Dual front headlights (on an 80? WRONG).

So yeah, it was probably smashed.

It had a baby v8 at birth. Today it has a 350.

That aside, I'm wondering if anyone here has experience in stripping the interior out of an elkly and putting in a mild roll cage. Sort of a "mad max" style. :)

Because ultimately, I want to drop a 454 in it, in front of a THM400-R3 torturing some 4.11 gears. And it'll have a roll cage.

So who's stripped the interior of their truck and has comments on how to rebuild?

(as we all know the idea of a roll cage in an elky is to strengthen body and frame to handle the greater torque of larger engines 8-)

Thanks again for your invaluable comments.

All depends on how much of a roll bar you want. 4 point,8 point,ect. Anyone you choose though will require a lot of cutting and fitting as I don't believe the aftermarket makes a unit.

Here's a few pics. of some Elky's with rollbars to give you some ideas.

Custom made cage. (http://www.jeffreyphipps.com/Elcamino%20page.htm)

Sweet looking bed mounted rollbar (http://elcaminocentral.com/articles/dan/images/85_ChooChoo%20IROC-S.jpg)

Elky with rollbar out the back window. (http://www.nuibe.com/elco/interior.html)

I've torn an 80 down to nothing and am rebuilding it to something.

http://elcaminocentral.com/users/elkypete/index.htm

Look at the 80 Pages


Good Luck on the project

I'm a huge Mad Max fan, and I just wanted to say that your Elco looks killer. Need to hook that baby up with a roof & bed spoiler and some MFP decals and you would be set!