i have a original choo-choo nose and all the brackets,pads,buckets and lights needs media blasted. 1 fixable tear. $650 O.B.O

Don't need one, but great step-by-step resto on the Monte! Man, turned out great! :cool:

just wondering if you still have the front end?? and if so, i had always heard the monte ss front end was 1 1/2 inches off from an elky and couldn't be used; true??

not true it cant be used it is on thousands of elk from choo choo all you have to do is the same thing they did and ajust the drivers side fender
Pete

Elky79...A Monte SS front fascia will not fit on an Elky, it is wider (appox. 1 1/2") and the fenders do not, and will not line up. The front fascias' for Elkys are made by Honest Charleys and Lauren Industries. They run about $1000.

thanks mike for clearing that up, i had always heard it both ways, it will fit/ it won't fit.

actually you can use a monte fascia but you also have to use the fenders and doors from the monte as well and do some serious shim work .
i have seen 2 el caminos with this swap and both trars(half car half truck)
looked like crap . i used the monte nose on my camino but i used my sawsall and cut the ends off removed the excess material and then put the shortened ends back on i used rivets and some sheet metal as backing . i did some fine tuning with bondo and it turned out pretty good .
and it only cost me about $100. as opposed to the $1000. that loren engineering wants for theirs .i'm thinking of taking a fibreglas mold off of mine to make some copies .anyone interested

i wold be if it turned out pretty good