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Old 08-12-2014, 03:55 AM
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Default Re: Mander chevrolet L78 68 elcamino in long storage

got these from the second owner today, they are pre-1981 when he sold it





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Old 08-15-2014, 03:29 AM
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Glen (the second owner) has a detail company and is waxing the paint and cleaning the interior

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Old 08-18-2014, 11:34 PM
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cargo area waxed....hardly



a scratch in the orig paint
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Old 08-18-2014, 11:36 PM
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close fit on the tow tabs done in 1969
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after thrashing for weeks, the car was on the road and at the 2014 luxury and Supercar Concour's event. it's like driving a brand new car, tight and quick!
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put a few miles on in the country yesterday in the fall sunshine, what a pleasure to row her through the gears!
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LOVE your ElCo, really, great car. I had a 68 SS Chevelle that was originally red. Your ElCo is just amazing, congrats.
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Alyn Edwards wrote a story about my 68 El Camino in today's Driving section of the Vancouver Sun newspaper . [img][/img] [img]https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...un_el_full.jpg[/img]

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