The "66 El Camino that I finally own" Thread
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Koosh-m said:
i did use the canteen, you dont happen to be Mr Horn do you? spotted the chevy a couple times now! awesome big thing!
yep, you got me but the only people to call me Mr are the police LOL. Jim's the name but it's Wilma's Chevy anyway.....until it needs petrol or work done. She's owned that car since May 1993! I do most of the ethanol deliveries and have intimate knowledge of that crazy fecked up system, as it's usually me who diagnoses a problem and lets them who should know more than me know what's wrong with it. LOL
v8.jimmy said:
yep, you got me but the only people to call me Mr are the police LOL. Jim's the name but it's Wilma's Chevy anyway.....until it needs petrol or work done. She's owned that car since May 1993!
I do most of the ethanol deliveries and have intimate knowledge of that crazy fecked up system, as it's usually me who diagnoses a problem and lets them who should know more than me know what's wrong with it. LOL
haha good effort! she never mentioned the bel air in all the time i ever went in and spoke to her! i used to pick up and bring Dan home after nights out and such as she was a friend of my last female companion at the time. always remember talking to dan about your collection and i remember seeing a few at bo'ness hill climb a few years ago too!I do most of the ethanol deliveries and have intimate knowledge of that crazy fecked up system, as it's usually me who diagnoses a problem and lets them who should know more than me know what's wrong with it. LOL
as for the ethanol skid in its entirety, lets just not go into that!
cant wait till tomorrow to see a picture of this el camino unloaded!
did i miss what else was in the container with it?
Koosh-m said:
haha good effort! she never mentioned the bel air in all the time i ever went in and spoke to her! i used to pick up and bring Dan home after nights out and such as she was a friend of my last female companion at the time. always remember talking to dan about your collection and i remember seeing a few at bo'ness hill climb a few years ago too!
as for the ethanol skid in its entirety, lets just not go into that!
cant wait till tomorrow to see a picture of this el camino unloaded!
did i miss what else was in the container with it?
Steven, I found that out last night as I mentioned you to Wilma and she told me you have often been Dani's taxi. In the box are a less glamorous Dodge maintenance truck and a '59 Chevy Apache stepside pickup. Just heading off to unload now, after all this build up, I'm sas for the ethanol skid in its entirety, lets just not go into that!
cant wait till tomorrow to see a picture of this el camino unloaded!
did i miss what else was in the container with it?
tting it LOL
99t, what an amazing story, you're right the before does make up a wonderful chapter. I can empathize with how you're feeling having gone through almost the same when I imported my Skyline from Japan. That wait is excruciating! I found the bit in the UK the worst as I knew the car was only a train ride away... Echo the previous posters, we definitely need pics 
Jim, do you get many ro-ro's coming out of the USA to Europe? I'm quite interested in the reason not to use them as the importers of my car from Japan never uses containers due to the costs involved compared to the ro-ro's.
Although I can understand if it's security, when I find the munchkin in Soton who robbed my gearknob *shakes fist*
Jim, do you get many ro-ro's coming out of the USA to Europe? I'm quite interested in the reason not to use them as the importers of my car from Japan never uses containers due to the costs involved compared to the ro-ro's.
Although I can understand if it's security, when I find the munchkin in Soton who robbed my gearknob *shakes fist*
Ok quick update, just had a long chat with Jim as he did a walk around the Elk describing all the bits and pieces in detail.
In a nutshell it is as described, completely solid in all the key areas, starts, runs, steers and stops well. He has spotted one bed support that has some rust and would be an MOT fail as it is close to a body mount, so he is going to sort that prior to collection. Other than that he is really happy with it.
Unfortunately that means I can't collect tomorrow which is a shame, but overall it sounds as though it is worth waiting a few more days for
Pics to follow soon!!!
In a nutshell it is as described, completely solid in all the key areas, starts, runs, steers and stops well. He has spotted one bed support that has some rust and would be an MOT fail as it is close to a body mount, so he is going to sort that prior to collection. Other than that he is really happy with it.
Unfortunately that means I can't collect tomorrow which is a shame, but overall it sounds as though it is worth waiting a few more days for
Pics to follow soon!!!
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