Re: T.W. Bouska's 74 El Camino/My Daily Driver (UPDATED 12/19/10)

by knightfan26917 Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:15 pm

Rago wrote:The car is for sale too!
http://countryclassiccars.com/spcars_332.htm

That one is about 4.5 hours south of where I am. I've visited that place a couple of times and drove by it during my Route 66 trip this past September.

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by The Dude Mon Dec 28, 2009 1:00 pm

I'm really starting to consider Burnt Orange for the 76 after seeing that Laguna. It's not too far off from the original gold/brown. Thanks for posting that, Rago! LMAO

by dragons_lair59 Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:54 am

some wanna set me straight i always thought that 75 was the last year for round head lights and 76-77 had square (chevelles and montes)

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:46 am

your correct man, 73-75 has round, 76-77 has the stacked

by Roadcaptain S3 Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:52 am

the base model 76 77 malibus had single round headlights, like browneye,not many of them around and the 76 Laguna had the same front end as 75. No laguna in 77.

by The Dude Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:44 am

Roadcaptain is correct. I owned a round headlight 76 in highschool & searched for 8 years trying to find another in decent shape. Also, base models still had large quarter windows. The 77 base model with round headlights & large quarters is an even rarer beast. I've only seen one.

I believe I started that argument when I first posted here with pics of my first 76. I've now owned enough proof for that debate to end, lol.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:03 pm

well thanks for knowledge guys...finally getting ready to put my 73 laguna nose on the el camino here in the next month or so, anyone (or do you know anyone) who is looking for a solid 74 front end?

by The Dude Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:05 pm

Maybe the headlight buckets & trim?

If you want, post everything in the for sale section with prices & pics. I'm sure someone will want to buy or horse trade with you.

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:13 pm

solid ill take some pics when i get it of the car then and post it in there.

by JB2wheeler Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:04 pm

I'd like to have it, when can you drop it off? JB

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:44 pm

JB, im hoping it will be off the car and ready to ship in about a month, but i work full time and ive got 17 units at school this semester so its been pretty hard to find time to work on my car, so thats no guarantee, im gonna try to tackle getting the laguna nose prepped and ready for paint this weekend, painted next weekend, and then hopefully on my car the following week, but as you may understand, time may not allow for it to happen quite that fast, would you be satisfied if i keep you updated?

by Roadcaptain S3 Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:11 pm

JB2wheeler wrote:I'd like to have it, when can you drop it off? JB

I could be wrong, but i think he was just pulling your chain, especially the part about dropping it off in KY from Cali.

by JB2wheeler Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:14 pm

Roadcaptain S3 wrote:
JB2wheeler wrote:I'd like to have it, when can you drop it off? JB

I could be wrong, but i think he was just pulling your chain, especially the part about dropping it off in KY from Cali.

Yeah, I was. I would take it except for getting it here. If I had it, it would be to keep as a spare in case something happened to mine. JB

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:23 am

oh i figured you meant you wanted to have it shipped freight,

by Limey SE Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:26 am

TWBouska wrote:oh i figured you meant you wanted to have it shipped freight,

NOPE greyhound express will get it to JB cheaper than any other shipper out there

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:27 am

thanks for the heads up ive never shipped anything that big so my next goal was to get some advice on the shipping

by Limey SE Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:31 am

no prob and where the pic of the steerin wheel I sent ya

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:22 pm

i havent even put it on or actually had the time to pay much attention to it yet to be honest, i got 17 units at school and workin 40 hours a week so i havent had time for much of anything unfortunately...plus im thinking im gonna need a new transmission here pretty soon so im probably gonna have to tackle that before i can start addressing the interior.

by Limey SE Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:25 pm

dang always something aint it

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:30 pm

haha yeah man its unfortunate, im planning on building a 700r4 for it anyways, but the timing isnt what i hoped it would be, like i didnt wanna be under any pressure as to when i had to get it done you know?

by JB2wheeler Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:34 pm

TWBouska, Are you close to Spectre Performance? Did you see my post about the free cold air intake? JB

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:28 am

yeah i believe their in irvine which is about 10 minutes away, wish i would have seen that post i JUST bought one of their cold air intakes about a month ago.

by JB2wheeler Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:10 pm

How do you like it? I suppose you bought the generic model instead of one made for a specific model, right? JB

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:54 am

i actually havent even gotten around to installing it yet, but i know there isnt anywhere for me to put the hoses without some mods, i didnt know they made a specific one, i thought it was pretty much universal. is there still an offer for the free one?

by Limey SE Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:27 pm

I would contact them and let them use yours as the test mule free free is free you can always sell yours you got OR take it back where you bought it

FREE IS FREE

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