I used to hate the 1973 to 1977 Chevelle’s and El Caminos. I just couldn’t stand the nose on these things. For some reason, as I get older, cars from the mid 70’s have more appeal than ever and now I like these Chevelles and El Caminos. Would I choose one over a 1969 Chevelle? Hell no, but they are still cool and I would absolutely add one to the stable of cars and trucks I already have. I’d slam the thing, make it cruise, and forget about it. And when our friend Scott, aka Rebeldryver’s Garage on YT, sent a text with a picture of this thing on the trailer, I sent back a big thumbs up.
When he later told me what he paid for it, what it was going to need to be a runner, and what he planned to do with it, I was really jealous. This thing needs a few bits of love, but other than a bit of rust behind the rear tires it is in amazingly solid shape. Again, it just needs some love. What is Scott going to do with it?
Video Description:
A friend sold me his 1976 Chevy El Camino. It was running, but needed a lot of help to run right. It kept stalling. And, he didn’t want to work on it anymore, so it sat abandoned in his garage for months.
I hauled a trailer two hours to his place to get it. It was in surprising good shape and with very little rust. And, it was mostly unaltered, with wiring that wasn’t all butchered up.
In this video, I am just trying to get the 350 engine tuned in to run reliably. It looks mostly stock, with the exception of a Holley 600 put on an adapter plate to fit the stock Quadrajet intake.
