where in pa is everyone from? im in kenhorst suburb of reading.

We are in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. We usually keep within the Ohio border/West Virginia border / I-80 /Johnstown area but will travel further with a purpose!

Any more PA folks?

I'm in Harrisburg right now, but travel the entire state as I grew up in Western Pa.

I'm in the Camp Hill zip code - 1 mile West of Harrisburg, 18 miles East of Carlisle and 15 miles West of Hershey. Sort of like living in an Classic Car Mecca. Everybody comes here eventually.

Jim

Running out of Columbia (west of Lancaster) My pride and joy is a "69" SS 396 El Camino, presently running a LS6 454 @ M22. Original motor is a L78 396 which I will hopfully reinstall next winter. Car is painted Teal an
d will stay that color because I cannot handle Frost Green.

Toys
"42" Ford 4 door sedan
"93" SE Goldwing


elcaminojgf

I live near Kittanning, northeast of Pittsburgh. My El Camino runs several days weekly, doing light duty hauling while the roads are clean. My sphere of interest runs from Erie/Pittsburgh/Altoona/State College, with an annual pilgrimage to Hershey.

Other toys:

'51 Ford F-1 pickup (restored)
'51 Studebaker Commander (current project-80% done)

I live in Gilbertsville. It's 45 minutes southeast of Reading and 60 minutes northeast of Philadelphia. Pottstown is the closest 'on the map' town to me. I take community college classes down the street from the Eastwood Company (http://www.eastwoodco.com/) . Pottstown has a classic car club (http://www.pottstownclassics.com/) that has shows during the warm months. The main street gets closed down in Pottstown and people park their classic cars up and down the street. I live 20 minutes from Macungie which has two major car shows each year - Das Awkscht Fest (http://www.awkscht.com/) and Wheels of Time (http://www.wheelsoftime.org/). 8 minutes away is Boyertown which has a museum of historic cars (http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/) and a car show each year - Duryea Days (http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/01mai.htm#dd2004)

One of my dad's woodies he restored is actually in the Boyerstown museum. Too bad I don't live in central PA, but South Jersey has good syuff for cars too.

I live in Gilbertsville. It's 45 minutes southeast of Reading and 60 minutes northeast of Philadelphia. Pottstown is the closest 'on the map' town to me. I take community college classes down the street from the Eastwood Company (http://www.eastwoodco.com/) . Pottstown has a classic car club (http://www.pottstownclassics.com/) that has shows during the warm months. The main street gets closed down in Pottstown and people park their classic cars up and down the street. I live 20 minutes from Macungie which has two major car shows each year - Das Awkscht Fest (http://www.awkscht.com/) and Wheels of Time (http://www.wheelsoftime.org/). 8 minutes away is Boyertown which has a museum of historic cars (http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/) and a car show each year - Duryea Days (http://www.boyertownmuseum.org/01mai.htm#dd2004)




i go to the auction every now and then................zerns.

Airville PA, 35 mi South of Lancaster near the Peach Bottom Nuclear power plant.

Hey John, [elcaminojgf] welcome aboard ! I see you just joined this month, This is THE PLACE, Haven't seen or heard from you since you stopped by with that Mean 69 Elky, in June I think.
These guys have all the answers and more,a great place to spend your time when your not playing with the Elky !!
Terry

Altoona, PA. It's between Pittburgh and Harrisburg. State College and Beaver stadium is only 45 min. away.
Altoona has a ton of great cars in town. Street Rods are big as this was a railroad town and there is a lot of skilled mechanics, metal workers....
Some really fine muscle cars can be seen cruising the Boulevard on the weekends in summer. Seems everyne you talk to has or knows someone with something rare in the garage. A cool place to live and enjoy cars.

Mutley
1970 SS 396 El Camino
1965 396 'Vette
1998 BMW M Roadster

Altoona, PA. It's between Pittburgh and Harrisburg. State College and Beaver stadium is only 45 min. away.
Altoona has a ton of great cars in town. Street Rods are big as this was a railroad town and there is a lot of skilled mechanics, metal workers....
Some really fine muscle cars can be seen cruising the Boulevard on the weekends in summer. Seems everyne you talk to has or knows someone with something rare in the garage. A cool place to live and enjoy cars.

Mutley
1970 SS 396 El Camino
1965 396 'Vette
1998 BMW M Roadster

Hi, I am new to the site and thought I should post here. I am from Millersburg [25 miles north of Harrisburg, just follow the river.] Just recently bought a 65 elcamino. Also own a 37 plymouth truck. Looks like there is a lot of great info in this site. TooLow.

Welcome to the site!

Hey grew up in Warren, Pa. livin in Syracuse NY now but the elky is still in warren. (Grrr. that is what is driving me nuts the most) hopefully I'll be down to get it running again in the next few weeks but until then I'm stuck wishing I could work on my ride!

File 5 - Hey, I know Warren. Spent a lot of time up there back in the mid-60s. Good memories. Had a girlfriend up there. Also had an aunt, uncle and cousins there. (I am down in Harrisburg area). I remember getting pulled over by a Warren cop in my '52 Chevy in 1963 for making an illegal left turn but he let me go since I was from "out of state". I guess he only looked at the front of the car and saw a Yukon Territory plate I had there (picked that up on the AlCan Highway 2 years earlier) and he did not take any notice of my real PA plate on the rear. Sometimes stupidity pays!

And for all you Central PA Elkys - the Blue Moon Cruisers cruises at the Soda Jerk in Hummelstown start up on Saturday, April 2nd at 1:00 PM. We had a great turn out last Fall. See you there - if it doesn't snow!

Jim

Hi;

New to the group, 1st time elCamino owner. I live in Etters. About 1/2 way between Harrisburg and York.

Jim Magill

Jim - Welcome to the group. I see we are practically neighbors. I am in the Camp Hill zip code but near Cedar Cliff. If you have not already read some of the older posts check out the Blue Moon Cruiser summer schedule and come on out some Saturday. We just had a cruise on the 7th (which I missed) so no idea if we had a good Elky turnout or not. If not, then the next time.

Jim

I saw that post about the Blue Moon Cruiser cruise. The el Camino is in no shape to be cruise'n right now.

I'm kinda new to this Elky thing but not to fixin up old cars. My first car was a 53 Ford tk and I loved that old thing. I just bought this 81 as a project for my son and I so he can learn how to work on cars. He'll turn 15 in July so we have a year and a half to work on it.

Can you point me to a junk yard in the area that still has stuff for the old ones.

Clarendon, 5 miles South of Warren, PA.

I come from Middletown, PA (20 minutes east of Harrisburg) but go to college at Gettysburg, PA (about 1 hour south of Middletown).

Live in Cooperstown, PA in Venango County

Hour south of Erie
Hour and a half north of pittsburgh

I am north of Lancaster.

Brian

Hi
I'm 30 minutes north of harrisburg on 11 15. It's pretty cool there are so many other el owners so close by. I wonder why I don't see more driving around.... (possibly the same reason mine are sitting in the pasture with tarps over them)
M

Berwyn, PA about 20 miles west of Philly in Chester County.

I'm new here and saw this post so figured I'd tell ya where I'm at, I'm in Waynesboro PA, right over the MD line purdy much.

5 Mins out of philly in a little suburb called Havertown im only in highschool and i go to the local public school hhs. Any one else from delaware county

I live in Newtown and that is in Bucks County. It is about 15-20 mins away from Trenton

So, wow, this summer I'm moving to Oriental. Same area, a little more rural. In Oriental theres already an elky- a really sweet looking '71 or something- I drool with envy when I pass the place. If the owner is here- Congrats!

Also from North Hills area in Pittsburgh.

guess i gotta represent north central PA. here,,nobody else posted yet,,Wellsboro, which is about 1 hour north of Williamsport "LLWS" west of Mansfield,,it's beautiful up here in the sticks,,and yes we even manage to put on a few small car shows in the area during the non-snowy months. come on up to our gorgeous little gaslight town and visit the PA grand canyon, all us bikers love it too,,it's on scenic RT6,,you may have to bring your snowmobile soon,,anybody hauling a snowmobile in the back of the elky lately?

Harrisburg Pa. is where I Park my El Caminos. a Blue '84 and the Wife's Green '79
and a '59 Sleeping in the garage in a Coma. Lived in Carlisle awhile and Grew up in Williamsport

Located just outside of Bowmansville, about 20 miles southwest of Reading.

I'm from New Castle,Pa. almost on the Pa./Ohio border, just east of Youngstown,Oh.

Pottstown, PA right here!

Hello all!
Ive been a member here for over a year, but never scrolled down far enough to see the regional sections. I'm in the South suburbs of Pittsburgh, Upper Saint Clair to be exact.
I'm in the sales department of Colussy Chevrolet in Bridgeville, southwest of Pgh. As the host dealer for the Steeltown Corvette club, we sponsor an annual All-Chevy show on a late July Sunday. Wouldn't mind a few Pittsburgh area Caminos to keep my '87 Conquista from getting lonely.

Bill

Monroeville, PA. just east of pittsburgh

just saw this thread but i am in northeast PA, wilkes-barre scranton area. just a shot up 81 from Harrisburg

BUMP :beer:

Near Butler PA ............home of Parts-A-Rama a Fathers day tradition round here..............

Right outside pittsburgh airport in RIDC park west.

Gina my "hot rod wife" & I live just outside of Bridgeville near St Clair Hospital ...... not far from one of the greatest hot rod & muscle car hubs of the mid '60's to mid '70's PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL DRAGWAY.... Pittsburgh's best drag strip (I was there on opening day) "Those where the days my friend we thought they'd never end.... BUT they DID" :sad2:

bgblockelcamino.... look forward to meeting you and seeing that "El C beast" of yours. :driving: I assume you go to Pittsburgh Raceway Park??? We also go to Quaker City, Thompson & Summit Raceway in Norwalk. (just as spectators for now... our El C has a long way to go - it's streetable but not drag strip-ready)

Gina & I are already talking about what we can do for all nearby El C owners to meet someday soon..... that is if WINTER ever gets outta here!!!!

BTW...... I just happened to notice that this thread was originally started way in 2004!!!!


The current postings for 2011 were started by rtomei83. So thanks for getting the "wheels turning"

Hopefully all of us here in the Western PA. area can get something going so we can meet & share our love for these special cars .... or should I say special truck....!!!! Whatever you call them they are SPECIAL.

Gina & I look forward to doing all we can to make things "happen" this Summer.

Until then ..... get your "snow shovels" ready.....

yeah no kidding this winter is killing me how much more we supposed to get tonight.

Calling all Pittsburgher's....Calling all Pittsburger's..............just gave the old post a BUMP to see if anyone in the western PA area is awakening from the long winter nap..........:smileyb:

We need to set something up before the crusies start......meet and greets are allowed with out our trucks:beer: ing to be done and planning too!!!!!!!!!!!.
Since we are a pretty broad region us westerners need to get together to plan a eastern trip and I would love to head west to Ohio and WV alot closer than NJ/DEL

Matty Man from Ohio has something cooking in Grove City OH near columbus which is a nice straight shot across 70 would be cool to roll in and visit......check region 8 forum.

PA Indian whats going on down near bridgeville????????? we should hook up and get something started after going to Carlisle my wife is into it now too!!!!!.

although Bgblock might have to mortgage the house for fuel this year LOL......we need to get out there and cruise...........more snow tonight great...........just what we need a sight better than last year but winter has kicked my butt again...........rock on..

Enough that I am glad I did NOT put our snow blower away yet. From what I have heard so far 4-6 inches..... or more depending on how the wind blows & where you live. We is your shop? Really looking forward to seeing your El Camino. Is it ever street driven? We are NOT far from each other. We are in Robinson all the time for one thing or another. Is you shop close to where you live? Hopefully this big snow wil be the LAST BLAST OF WINTER for us. Getting back to hanging on EEC FORUMS has got me anxious to get working on my EL C again...... swap meets, cruising & the drags....... oh my!!!!!!

[QUOTE=rtomei83;292991]Calling all Pittsburgher's....Calling all Pittsburger's..............just gave the old post a BUMP to see if anyone in the western PA area is awakening from the long winter nap..........:smileyb:!........ PA Indian whats going on down near bridgeville????????? we should hook up and get something started after going to Carlisle QUOTE ]

I AM SOOOOOOO READY for Spring this year. I have been away from this forum for quite a awhile. Started posting again about 3 weeks ago. My wife (gina) is also a big hot rod/drag race fan and she is also looking to be more active with cruises, drags etc.

I DID NOT know about this section of the website until another member told me to check district 3 forum....... so here I am. Pleasantly surprised to find your "BUMPS" here!!!!!

From the posts we have had so far looks like we are off to a good start & will be able to get some EL CAMINO Owners together some time soon.

CARLISLE would be nice to attend even though family issues would probably prevent us from being there the WHOLE WEEKEND like we usually do. There are so many great shows & cruises in the area that we can also plan to meet at some of them. Possibly regularly. BillyJack mentioned meeting at COLUSSY CHEVROLET for the Chevy show sponsored by the Corvette club...... Starlight Cruise in Wexford on Friday night is a great show and also the biggest. Show day (saturday) at the VINTAGE GRAND PRIX is a fun day..... Good Guys in Columbus,OH....... Blue suede cruise weekend at SummitRaceway Park...... Nostalgia Day at Pittsburgh Raceway Park...... Sunday evening cruise at Caste Village Shopping Center...... just for starters off the top of my head. We can set up some where break to meet soon as the weather breaks that will hopefully be convenient for all.

Enough that I am glad I did NOT put our snow blower away yet. From what I have heard so far 4-6 inches..... or more depending on how the wind blows & where you live. We is your shop? Really looking forward to seeing your El Camino. Is it ever street driven? We are NOT far from each other. We are in Robinson all the time for one thing or another. Is you shop close to where you live? Hopefully this big snow wil be the LAST BLAST OF WINTER for us. Getting back to hanging on EEC FORUMS has got me anxious to get working on my EL C again...... swap meets, cruising & the drags....... oh my!!!!!!
:nanawrench: Pa_Indian.....I am next to Moraine State Park right off of 422.....have you ever been to Parts-A-Rama at the fair grounds?

The elky is always driven....never trailered or towed :yell: (yet) did run out of gas once but it is was date night so it was all good...........I see the Cass village cruise on carcruises.com all the time are they good shows???????? ever been to dave and eds at the canfield fair grounds? thats close by....a car show with a swap meet beats a car show any day in my book....... I will send you a PM and we can exchange contact info...see if we can keep the region 3 post up on top and soon billy jack...t6elky...motorhead and others close by will chime in..........keep it on top,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

:nanawrench: Pa_Indian.....I am next to Moraine State Park right off of 422.....have you ever been to Parts-A-Rama at the fair grounds?

The elky is always driven....never trailered or towed...I see the Caste village cruise on carcruises.com all the time are they good shows???????? ever been to dave and eds at the canfield fair grounds? thats close by....a car show with a swap meet beats a car show any day in my book....


Yes. We have been to Canfield many times. Usually hit all three swap meets they have each year. Especially the first on of the year. Parts-A-Rama held in Butler, PA each June is as big & sometimes BIGGER than the Canfield Swap meets. We love swap meets.

Caste Village is a local cruise held every Sunday. Usually around 200 cars or so.

Same with the Friday night Cruise at Mineral Beach in Finleyville, PA every week. Mineral Beach is really a great place for a cruise. The parking area was developed specifically for cruise nights. Much like Quaker Steak & Lube in Sharon, PA. On the grounds there is an indoor restaurant with home cooked food, plus outdoor grilling of hamburgers, hot dogs, etc.... amber refreshment...and a nite club for other kinds of refreshment. We go there often, eat dinner at the Beach House Restaurant and then walk across the parking to the cars.

But not doubt the biggest cruise and the one that would definitely be worth the ride to Pittsburgh is the StarLight Cruise in Wexford. The cruise is held on Friday starting at 5:30pm. The place gets so packed that people start showing up hours ahead of time. There is no other show that comes close to StarLight. Over 2000 yes.... 2000+ cars can show up on a cruise night. The first cruise of the season is on May 27th. Their full schedule of events has yet to be posted. Check out their website & get on their mailing-list @: http://www.starlitecarcruise.com/

although Bgblock might have to mortgage the house for fuel this year LOL......we need to get out there and cruise...........more snow tonight great...........just what we need a sight better than last year but winter has kicked my butt again...........rock on..

lol well hauling my car to brandenton next week for NMCA season opener so there iwll be about 7-800 in gas for 4 days lol. i work in my backyard i have a shop behind my house i work out of so gas money i spend is typically for fun anyways.

and i still drive it a bit still put about 4k on it last year with the 513 gears but i run a tall tire and overdirve so 70mph is only 2500-2800 better than my old big block with 3spd. fuel injexction is badass when done right.

even with a full cage in my car i still use it. in fact i like it better now. i had to take my mother bottle for nitrous refill station back. so i strapped it to cage and went to exchange th e bottle. not too amused lol. with slicks on it i wen tto loading dock to get a transmission for a customer's car loaded into back of it lol. so i do drive it a bit local.

another event we did last year was a pizza power tour. 8 pizza places in one day. we started squirrel hill to oakland to east mckeesport then mckees rocks to north hills so yes drove car all day.

I'm from Lebanon, half way between Reading and Harrisburg
80 Elky and a bunch of 53 and 54 chevys

even with a full cage in my car i still use it. in fact i like it better now......

I like it MUCH better too ...... I haven't even seen it yet and "I LOVE it :inlove:"

Our El Camino is like a "rat rod" compared to ALL of the Pittsburgh area EL C's I have seen so far.

For now our in faded black primer with "some rust" thrown in for some contrasting color. Interior is "gutted" with two distressed SS Monty bucket seats.

Under the hood is a different story..... there is a 358ci roller cammed 4 bolt main SBC with a 5 speed manual with all the good stuff hooked to it.... CenterForce Clutch, blowproof bellhousing and of course a Hurst Shifter.

Still have LOTS to do and enough plans to keep me busy for a Loooooong time.

Now if I could just figure out how to use that new Miller MIG welder I could......... :nanawrench:

More later.

I'm from Lebanon, half way between Reading and Harrisburg
80 Elky and a bunch of 53 and 54 chevys

Welcome to our "busy little chat" going on here in District #3.

Too bad you do not live in MT. Lebanon which is only 4 blocks from where I live..... Instead of Lebanon which is about 4 hours.

One good thing for you is that you are not far from Carlisle where the best car show & swap meets take place every Summer.

Maybe we'll see you there for the "All Chevy Weekend" when many members of the ECC bring their cars there and meet with other EL C owners.

Good morning to ALL!!! Just look past the freezing rain, slush & snow that is already here. Hopefully this Winter weather will be over soon. Possibly turning the clocks "back" on Sunday will speed up our much awaited "Spring weather".

This morning I started a NEW THREAD ..... (http://www.elcaminocentral.com/showthread.php?p=293192#post293192) calling out to all Pittsburgh and Western PA EL C'ers. Hopefully this new thread will draw the attention of more local Elky owners.

Plus it will eliminate us from having to "page thru" all of the "older posts" on the "pa location?" thread to see what is currently going on here in the Pittsburgh/Western PA area of Region #3.

Thanks to ALL of you :You_Rock: that have connected with each other so far. Gina & I look forward to working with you to make 2011 a really FUN "EL CAMINO SUMMER".

I will PM all of you my contact info soon. John & Gina

Now if I could just figure out how to use that new Miller MIG welder I could......... :nanawrench:

More later.


let me know i weld a good bit. i have both Mig and Tig welder at the shop. so i do a lot of odd ball work here. so if you have questions just fire away. there isn't much i haven't done with cars. i work on all cars. Been on the show Pinks a few years ago with a nissan 240 with ls1. Doing a 61 ford falcon 2 dr wagon i will be turning into a gasser for a guy. another bmw with ls1 swap. couple turbo setups on my plate coming up this summer on late model GTOs.

I am interested in joining an El Camino Club in the Philly area. Are there any?

I'm sure Brad needs all the help he can find. I see this is your first post here so WELCOME to the BEST El Camino site, club you will ever find. Michael in Virginia

Thanks Mike.

I just pick up a 1970 over the weekend. Needs work but it's all there.

Greetings Pa fellow Elkys

I am in Berwick Pa, about 1 hour from The Poconos

Hopefully I will be on the road by early summer and hitting some car shows

City of Champions.... Pittsburgh, PA

Philadelphia area

Shaler twp. Pittsburgh...

northeast philadelphia

Lemoyne, PA! Thank god I live up on a hill! El Caminos don't float!