Hi, my name is Vidar and I'm from the Northern part of Norway, approx 700 Km north of the arctic circle. I just bought a 76' El Camino Classic which had been stoved away in a garage since 2001. It has been modified with a 73' SS grille, and is quite rusty.
http://www.cssbn.com/math/camino.jpg

Back in the 80s I had a 75' El Camino SS with a supercharged Big Block, and I have always regretted that I sold it. This will be a nostalgic project.

http://www.cssbn.com/math/14.jpg

I have started to disassemble the car, and will probably have the chassis of the frame by the end of the week. The chassis had some rust in the floor, but it could have been worse. The frame is rusted pretty bad some places.

http://www.cssbn.com/math/10.jpg

I have some other projects going on as well so it will not be on the road until next year I guess.:smileyb:

Welcome to the site! Glade to see more people overseas with there great vehicals! Greatr luck with your project and I hope all goes well
Thanks

Welcome to the site Vidar.

Welcome to the site and good luck on your project. Thanks for the pictures.

welcome, good luck with the project.

Velkommen til El Camino Central!! Tror det naa er totalt 3 av oss vikinger her paa siden! For everyone else; welcome to the site!

Da-- that looks Cold!!!!! North of the arctic circle???? Man you better work hard just to stay warm:poke:
Welcome to the club.
We'll see what we can do about sending you some Texas heat this summer!!!
Donny:texas:

Welcome from Canada! Lots of great info here.

Norway! I looked it up on the map, it's next to Sweden - how cool is that! I've seen posts from all over, I think the last one I noticed was from Sweden - or maybe it was Switzerland; anyway, welcome to the club, and glad to have you! Looks like you have a good challenge in your project (boy, I know how that is!), and we look forward to more pics.

Welcome to the ECC Vidar, good luck on your project.

welcome, it is nice to see that another 4th gen is going to be given a second chance (instead of turned into one of those dang monster truck things)and all the way in norway? how did it even get over there??? but like i said welcome. you will find all sorts of good reliable info here.:You_Rock:

Welcome aboard Vidar. Good luck with your resto....

(instead of turned into one of those dang monster truck things)and all the way in norway? how did it even get over there???

I'll guarantee that the only monstrous about this car will be under the hood:twisted:
The car came from Sweden in 1979, it was probably sold new in Sweden.

I'll guarantee that the only monstrous about this car will be under the hood:twisted:
The car came from Sweden in 1979, it was probably sold new in Sweden.

awesome to know, and i think a 383 would fit that cars personality well.......

Bulkhead looking good:
http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/018.jpg

Behind the dashboard was also free of rust:
http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/022.jpg

The Corvette lifting straps was a perfect match:
http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/023.jpg
http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/024.jpg
http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/025.jpg

I don't think the Corvette body dolly will fit, so I guess I'll need to build a new one
http://www.vmyrv.com/roadster_body_lift/029.jpg

Should this thread be posted somewhere else on the El Camino Central?

http://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/027.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/028.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/030.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/031.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/032.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/033.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/034.jpghttp://www.vmyrv.com/el_camino/035.jpg

It have to stay on the trailer until I'm finnished with the body.

Love the whole 'lift' thing!! I wish I had something like that... hmmm.... a point to ponder for later.

Thanks for the pics, and man, you are gettin' busy with that ride!

The sidepipes just caught my eye, in the frame-off photos. How cool is that!?! Sidepipes aren't for everyone, but I had a pair on a 73 chevelle back in the day, and I thought they were a lot of noisy fun. They were pointed at a 45 degree to the ground, which was even more fun, 'cause as you were romping it, all kind of debris and dirt and stuff would fly off the road as I howled into the distance... I've even considered putting a pair on my '68, and since I'm not putting headers on my ride, it would be a lot easier to 'get there' than what they had to go through in this pic. Hmmm. Burn's on the calves... it's been awhile since I had one of those! Are you going back with sidepipes?

Are you going back with sidepipes?
I'm not sure if I'm going to use those pipes, last time I had sidepipes it made to much noise. Did you notice the interesting 2 x 90 degree connections from the collector to sidepipe?

i sooooo wish you lived in the states with that elk, in case you decided not to use the side pipes cause i would eat that up! i love the look of side pipes. and since your elk is a 76 it wouldnt be to hard to do.:dontknow:

Yea, the 'collectors' really caught my eye... interesting. I'm sure the air flow was, um, a bit 'restricted', eh? Oh well, whoever did it 'got it done'.

I am 98% set on the dynomax 71" for my 68 project. The rumble of sidepipes is just too attractive for me to pass up, and price wize, I end up about the same place as a full dual setup. I've been shopping them since seeing your pic, I was on the fence about sidepipes before, but I'm off it now. With manifolds, I can make a nice sweep to the sidepipes, keep it simple, and get the rumble I'm looking for, a-la shelby cobra 427.

I had original sidepipes on a 69' Corvette once, they where connected to manifolds (2,5" outlet). The headers is to long to get a practical connection.

The original color on the car is Firethorn, anybody has a picture of a car with that color? I should be dark red I guess.

Could it be the furthest N Elky? I guess Santa upgraded his sleigh to a BB.

Welcome Vidar!
You are going to be doing what I did last year, with a body off (and on-going) project.
The Firethorn red color was on three of my vehicles, and is on my '74 Malibu. My El Camino project is going to be that color also.
I guess you could say that I like that color!!
Good luck with the rust fixing. It's a lot of work.

BILL

I'm from the Northern part of Norway, approx 700 Km north of the arctic circle.





Norway...very beautiful...but No way...was up in the Fjords in the early 90's doing Ops with US Navy Amphibious Forces...brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr froze my butt off. Tears froze, snot froze, mustache froze...-68 degrees. Where do you drive an Elky there? Welcome to ECC Vidar!