‘66 Olds El Camino, Olds El Cutlassino , hmmmmm

[butter]

Looks good. Dash gauges and paint detail are well done. 

[Steve H]

On 1/25/2021 at 8:31 AM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Great work Steve, the dash looks awesome!   Nice color on the engine block too, is there a sound box between the seats?   If so, I'm sure the driver won't hear any noise or crackle from the cabin while listening to Sammy Hagar's "can't drive 55", do you know the tune? ?

Hello Francis! I know the tune well, takes me back a few years. There is a fairly large area behind the seats, it needed something, why not a couple of sub woofers... I think once everything is flocked, it will just blend in. Nice to hear from you, I haven’t checked your progress lately, I will do that tonight.

Cheers, Steve

[Steve H]

On 1/25/2021 at 6:05 PM, butter said:

Looks good. Dash gauges and paint detail are well done. 

Hi Ron, thanks for the kind words. 
 

Steve

[Steve H]

On 1/11/2021 at 6:38 AM, NOBLNG said:

Ol’mino?

Hi Greg, hmmmm, close. I had a friend, and fellow modeller suggest “El-Coldsmino” ,  right now I’m leaning towards “Ol-Camino”. 
Keep the ideas coming! Thanks for the input.

Cheers, Steve

[Steve H]

Had a bit more desk time, nothing earth shattering in the visual progress. However, I was able to do a full trial run on the order of final assembly. I believe that my plan will work, and if all goes well it will just slide together.... let’s hope all goes well. A bunch more sanding, cutting, grinding. I now have the inner front fenders fitting, track width of the Pegasus wheels/tires done, firewall cut to size, and I believe the ride height is set. I am planning on keeping the motor under the cowl hood, during mock up the motor would not allow hood to close... not even close. So, cut down the motor mounts, shaved some meat out of the front cross member, to allow motor to sit lower. Then cut the underside if the hood out to the edge of the cowl hood scoop. Looks like it will work now, although I still need to finish motor to double check, as the carbs are quite substantial. 
Most of the “heavy lifting” is now down, so time to get going on paint and assembly! 

As always, thanks for looking, input and comments always welcome.

Cheers, Steve

[NOBLNG]

2 hours ago, Steve H said:

Hi Greg, hmmmm, close. I had a friend, and fellow modeller suggest “El-Coldsmino” ,  right now I’m leaning towards “Ol-Camino”. 
Keep the ideas coming! Thanks for the input.

Cheers, Steve

A couple of close variations... “El-Comino” or “Ol-Comino”?

[1972coronet]

2 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

A couple of close variations... “El-Comino” or “Ol-Comino”?

How about Vista del Camino ? A combination of Oldsmobile Vista and the obvious El Camino ---- "View of the Highway" or "View from the Highway" .

[Sam I Am]

4 hours ago, Steve H said:

Had a bit more desk time, nothing earth shattering in the visual progress. However, I was able to do a full trial run on the order of final assembly. I believe that my plan will work, and if all goes well it will just slide together.... let’s hope all goes well. A bunch more sanding, cutting, grinding. I now have the inner front fenders fitting, track width of the Pegasus wheels/tires done, firewall cut to size, and I believe the ride height is set. I am planning on keeping the motor under the cowl hood, during mock up the motor would not allow hood to close... not even close. So, cut down the motor mounts, shaved some meat out of the front cross member, to allow motor to sit lower. Then cut the underside if the hood out to the edge of the cowl hood scoop. Looks like it will work now, although I still need to finish motor to double check, as the carbs are quite substantial. 
Most of the “heavy lifting” is now down, so time to get going on paint and assembly! 

As always, thanks for looking, input and comments always welcome.

Cheers, Steve

That looks freaking awesome! ?

[Steve H]

10 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

A couple of close variations... “El-Comino” or “Ol-Comino”?

Ohhhhh... you might have something there. Ol-Comino...... I like that. That one might stick.

Thanks Greg! 
 

8 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

How about Vista del Camino ? A combination of Oldsmobile Vista and the obvious El Camino ---- "View of the Highway" or "View from the Highway" .

Hi John, thanks for chiming in. Vista del Camino, very creative, I like that too. Do I need to raise the roof ? Thank you for the input, much appreciated!

Cheers, Steve

 

[Steve H]

8 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

That looks freaking awesome! ?

Hi Sam, thank you for the compliment. I am still quite happy with the overall look of the car/truck, whatever these things are. Hoping to get going on chassis assembly over the next week, and try to get the tailgate area done and then get it ready for paint. Still a little finessing to do on the body. Thanks for having a look.

Cheers, Steve

[Steve H]

Hi guys,  managed some desk time over the weekend and got a fair bit accomplished. It may not look like much, especially to some of you overachievers !! The good news for me is that the body and box are now one piece, it took some patience to get it to fit nice, but it’s done and looks good. Part of the day was spent modifying the tailgate to fit. I got most of the chassis bits cleaned up and painted, still have detail painting to do on those. The frame is not in the photo but it is painted gloss black now, and the modified front inner fenders are semi gloss black. Firewall will get more detail painting later. 

I think the body is now in final primer! I will give it a closer inspection tomorrow. The only thing I might still add is a CHMSL at top of the rear window. The hood still needs a bit more work to blend in the cowl scoop.

Thanks for looking

[AmericanMuscleFan]

WOW!  The body looks perfect Steve,  looks like it was molded that way!  It promises!!! ?

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Steve!

Wow, very "OEM" as they say. Even more so because flat primer has a tendency to accentuate any flaw, and... They are nowhere to be found. Bravo!

CT 

[Belugawrx]

Really nice body work there Steve.

.the only thing I see is ..need to sharpen (square) the back edge (sail panel) of the roof a bit.

.seems the only round portion of the body work.. glad you left those hips 

Beautiful lines on those 442s

Cheers

[NOBLNG]

That has some really nice lines Steve!

[Steve H]

On 2/2/2021 at 5:37 PM, AmericanMuscleFan said:

WOW!  The body looks perfect Steve,  looks like it was molded that way!  It promises!!! ?

 

On 2/2/2021 at 5:58 PM, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Steve!

Wow, very "OEM" as they say. Even more so because flat primer has a tendency to accentuate any flaw, and... They are nowhere to be found. Bravo!

CT 

Hi Francis and Claude, always nice to hear from my friends in Quebec! I appreciate the kind words guys, it’s coming together pretty well.

Steve

[Steve H]

On 2/2/2021 at 6:52 PM, Belugawrx said:

Really nice body work there Steve.

.the only thing I see is ..need to sharpen (square) the back edge (sail panel) of the roof a bit.

.seems the only round portion of the body work.. glad you left those hips 

Beautiful lines on those 442s

Cheers

Hi Bruce, nice to hear from you sir. I see your point with the curved sail panel. When I did the mock up with the bumpers on, it looks pretty sweet. Between the curved “hips”, and the curved bumpers, it doesn’t look as out of place. Thank you for the comments, much appreciated!

Cheers, Steve

[Steve H]

21 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

That has some really nice lines Steve!

Thanks Greg! I really like the shape too. I’m hoping to get it in paint over the next week or 2, hoping my colour choice will show the lines well.

By the way, I think Ol-Colmino might stick!  Thanks again for checking in.

Steve

[NOBLNG]

12 minutes ago, Steve H said:

Thanks Greg! I really like the shape too. I’m hoping to get it in paint over the next week or 2, hoping my colour choice will show the lines well.

By the way, I think Ol-Colmino might stick!  Thanks again for checking in.

Steve

My pleasure Steve. You’ve got an extra “L” in there now?

[89AKurt]

Love the concept.  I had an El Camino kit but sold it, too many ideas to distract from all the other ideas I wish to build.  Very nice job so far.

[Steve H]

4 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

My pleasure Steve. You’ve got an extra “L” in there now?

Haha, oops, that was a miss type!

[Steve H]

Hi guys, 

Time for an update. I spent some time getting the chassis “adjusted” and assembled, I will do a bit more touch up  painting at final assembly. I may also add a fuel line.

I also spent a fair bit of time on the motor. The carbs were modified a bit. Removed the intake trumpets, and added partial throttle linkage and fuel lines.

 

I got the carbs mounted, and installed aluminum intake trumpets...

The fuel rail is a piece of aluminum tubing, I will add a line to the fuel pump later. Oh, and ignition wires with looms and “boots”. I don’t plan on doing all the carb linkage on this one, I feel like it would be a bit too busy. As I had hoped, the body colour on the motor is now mostly disguised under all the parts, but still adds a splash of colour. Hoping to get the base coat on the body this week, colour coat next weekend. Still waiting for a couple of “bits” to arrive for the interior. 

Now that the motor is assembled, I need to mock up to see if it all fits under the hood!! Fingers crossed ? 

Thanks for looking

 

[Bills72sj]

Excellent progress. Thanks for sharing.

[NOBLNG]

That engine is a beauty!?

[AmericanMuscleFan]

WOW, that's some seriously good work Steve!   The chassis is superb and the engine is certainly one of your brest effort so far although I have not seen all that you have accomplished to date.  We can not say that it promises because you have already delivered a lot and it is only getting better!!! ?