L89 El Camino

[Charley Lillard]

It arrived and the build sheet is still in the fender..... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2017/01/full-23-56810-img_1884.jpg
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[Postsedan]

You really Suck!

Shor should have never sold it to you! My all time FAVORITE Pick Up!

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Dan

[1969grb]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You really Suck!

Shor should have never sold it to you! My all time FAVORITE Pick Up!

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Dan </div></div>

I could not agree more !!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif


Grady

[Postsedan]

Charley,

That would be the Broadcast Sheet.

Dan

[luzl78]

What's this one have, 24 miles?

[Postsedan]

Notice - no front fender antenna.....Charley show everyone where the antenna is located <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

Dan

[Charley Lillard]

Look closely and you can see it in the pic.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

I got to spend a weekend with her and still miss her:-)

Ryan

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969grb</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">You really Suck!

Shor should have never sold it to you! My all time FAVORITE Pick Up!

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Dan </div></div>

I could not agree more !!! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif


Grady

OK, I am piling on too..... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif Seen this one often, great snag.
Mike

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[olredalert]

----There is some dealer paperwork that purports the car as having (I think) some sort of clock radio. This is absolutely false. I bought the car from the original owner in 1975 and that car was ordered without a radio and had none while on my watch. I believe that Joe Hrudka of Mr.Gasket fame, the third owner or his son had the radio installed, but I'm not absolutely sure. I'm glad Charley has the car and sorry I ever sold it, but bills had to be paid back then the same as today.
----Straighten out the seat belts, Charley! Then go out and take it for a spin. I think you will like it even more then......Bill S

[x77-69z28]

Ahh, now you are just showin off! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/CharleySucks.gif
Buddy

[jl8z28]

How many l 89 Elcaminos were made

[Mr70]

400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

The 400 L89 engines as mr70 explained were spread across five body styles.

Hard top
Convertible
El Camino
300 Deluxe Hard Top
300 Deluxe Post Sedan

This truck is a low mile survivor:-)

Ryan

[bigjake]

I remember seeing Jan drive around Hinsdale in that ElCamino!

[napa68]

WOW! L89.............with a 4 speed................in black......................and its original?

I think I am going to blackout!

[olredalert]

----I don't think so, Jake, as I sold it just before I moved up from Florida. You are remembering the white 69 we dropped the 454 with tri-power in to. We went to the Car Craft nationals with you and Birdie in the 409.

----Guy,,,Only two have ever been confirmed and one of them will never be seen again. There is supposedly a third but it is very suspect .....Bill S

[mockingbird812]

Dang! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The 400 L89 engines as mr70 explained were spread across five body styles.

Hard top
Convertible
El Camino
300 Deluxe Hard Top
300 Deluxe Post Sedan

This truck is a low mile survivor:-)

Ryan </div></div>

There are at least two of each body style with the L89. Did Oldsmobile build L89's?

Ryan

[m22mike]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

Rick
Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

Mike

[bigjake]

Bill: You are so right! Those were good times!
Do you remember the night we were coming home from Dukes? We ran off the cars on Rt. 83. Stretch and Emo in his LS6 Corvette, you and Marty in the fuely '63, and I was in the 409.

[Mr70]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

Rick
Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

Mike </div></div>

Tonawanda records.

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cuzineddy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bill: You are so right! Those were good times!
Do you remember the night we were coming home from Dukes? We ran off the cars on Rt. 83. Stretch and Emo in his LS6 Corvette, you and Marty in the fuely '63, and I was in the 409. </div></div>


Hooligans!!!!!!!

[Postsedan]

The good ole days <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

Dan

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

Rick
Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

Mike </div></div>

Tonawanda records.
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Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
Verne

[mssl72]

Nice one Charley!!

[olredalert]

----Painfully I must admit that I do remember that night as both of you whipped my sorry butt! I attribute that to all that extra weight Marty added to the equation!!!!.......Bill S

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: m22mike</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr70</div><div class="ubbcode-body">400 Chevelle L-89 equipped Coupes,Convertibles &amp; Elcaminos were assembled in 1969. </div></div>

Rick
Just curious, where does that 400 # come from ?

Mike </div></div>

Tonawanda records.
</div></div>

Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
Verne </div></div>

I have to dig for this, I remember the document showing units for installation and the number of service order engines.

Ryan

[bigjake]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Painfully I must admit that I do remember that night as both of you whipped my sorry butt! I attribute that to all that extra weight Marty added to the equation!!!!.......Bill S </div></div>
Yea...the race was really between me and Stretch. I thought for sure he would have beat the 409 with that nasty LS6 Corvette, but.....the old girl was really hauling ass that night and all he saw was my six taillights!

[Charley Lillard]

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[Hawkeye]

I would pay an uber fare for a ride in that Elky!!

Marty

[jl8z28]

Bill that's what I thought that they didn't make very many

[Charley Lillard]

Here is a Hemmings ad for it in 2001 when another one of my idiot friends almost bought it. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2017/01/full-23-56983-fullsizerenderttt.jpg

[Mr70]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Verne_Frantz</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick, I believe the Tonawanda records show units &quot;shipped&quot;, and not necessarily to assembly plants for production installation. Example. Tonawanda records show over 15,000 '62 409s shipped but only a little over 8,000 were installed in cars.

You would need to find Chevrolet records showing how many RPO L89 options were installed in '69 models.
Verne </div></div>

Chevrolet reports,of the 412 L-89 optioned Chevelle engines received from Tonawanda in 1969:
333 were coded KG for M/T
12 more were coded CKG for M/T 402cid.

66 were coded KH for TH400
1 more was coded CKH for TH400 402cid.
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412 Total L-89 engines received
400 Total L-89 Chevelles assembled
12 extra engines were left for Service

97% of this Tonawanda engine production went into Chevrolet vehicles.

[olredalert]

----Charley,,, That &quot;Joe&quot; would be Joe Hrudkas kid. Right around this timeframe he bought a chain of Dairy Queens in the greater Phoenix area, hence the address at the bottom of the add. I had a chance to buy it back then as well but didn't have the scratch. The original tires were long gone by then as the original owner installed bigger &quot;Sonic&quot; tires almost immediately after he picked it up at the dealer. I might have put the Goodyears on (memory here is bad) but I'm betting that Bill Lipay, Joes buyer and an old friend of mine from Barberton OH took the Sonics off and found some original style Goodyears......Bill S

[68l30]

I sold those Goodyears a few years back. They were genuine, but carried a later 70's date...not born with to the truck.

BIG

[olredalert]

----That would make perfect sense, Big. Thanks!.....Bill S

[68l30]

No problem Bill. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif


That truck drives out NICE, one of the best running Big Blocks I've ever driven. Take care of her!

BIG

[olredalert]

----Tell Charlie that as he ended up with it. I do at least like knowing its in safe hands.....Bill S

[Xplantdad]

There was a Dairy Queen here in the Phoenix area that always had an Indy Pace 69 Camaro parked in front of it....same guy?

[Mr70]

I remembering seeing this L-89 Elco @ the NCOA,(National Chevelle Owners Assc.) Showdown here in Schaumburg Il.1994 I believe,if not,than it was 1997-98.
&quot;Big John&quot; &amp; I took it for a gentle cruise on Frontage Rd. off I-90.. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif

[shor]

congrats!!

[Charley Lillard]

Now loan me some money.....

[Zman1969]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: luzl78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What's this one have, 24 miles? </div></div>
LMAO!

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[GM-26]

Congrats on the purchase! Beautiful car.

[RST]

Amazing ............ wow!

[DW31S]

Speaking of loaning money, where does the line form, and what are the rates? Only kidding about that, but all kidding aside, that is one special El Camino. A question I must ask involves the other L89 El that &quot;will never be seen again&quot;. Totaled? Out of USA? Please elaborate as inquiring minds want to know.

[Charley Lillard]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 68l30</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I sold those Goodyears a few years back. They were genuine, but carried a later 70's date...not born with to the truck.

BIG </div></div>

To my idiot friend from Iowa who still has them.

[olredalert]

----Dave,,,It was brought up on this sight by Tony (scunsio). He owned it at that time, but it really needed everything. He put it up for sale here with no takers. Eventually he sold it to some guy without the only important pieces that were left, the aluminum heads. The guy just didnt seem to care about the most important part. Tony is almost positive that the car is beyond help at this point. Hopefully, Tony will come on here and correct me if any of this is wrong........Bill S

[ryanbowtie]

I sold the 2 DQ franchises in the Palm Spring, CA area to Joe Hrudka the son of the father who started Mr Gasket back around 2005. I seen this car among many others in his warehouse, amazing collection mostly 57 Chevy stuff. Joe remains a great car friend today.

[ryanbowtie]

Darn getting old, seen the collection back in 1997. Joe opened his first DQ in Palm Springs in 1998.

[DW31S]

Thanks for the update Bill. I vaguely remember that car being for sale and told myself it was indeed a rare bird. Too bad it is not to be given a second life.

[scuncio]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----Dave,,,It was brought up on this sight by Tony (scunsio). He owned it at that time, but it really needed everything. He put it up for sale here with no takers. Eventually he sold it to some guy without the only important pieces that were left, the aluminum heads. The guy just didnt seem to care about the most important part. Tony is almost positive that the car is beyond help at this point. Hopefully, Tony will come on here and correct me if any of this is wrong........Bill S </div></div>

Thanks Bill...I have since heard the car was flipped to a guy on the east coast. He may take more of an interest in restoring it than the previous owner did. It would have made a neat bookend with Charley's black L89!

[scott s]

I know of a orange one been under resto for the last 30 yrs,has a buildsheet and pop sold locally.

[olredalert]

----Wow, Scott! If you can, tell us more.....Bill S

[olredalert]

----Charley,,,Have you talked to Duane Dunham yet??? He is a bit rough around the edges but he is the original owner.......Bill S

[Charley Lillard]

Not yet....

[Mr. Chevy]

I know that car... Very Cool Car!!

Rich

[Charley Lillard]

Also a great hauler for recliners....

[mssl72]

So is this the point where you punch it and the chair ends up-right on it's feet? Lets see it on video!

[flyingn]

stop that Charley. The only thing that El Camino hauls is ass. :)

[Mr70]

Now that's a La-Z-Boy.. :burnout:

[Steve Shauger]

I'll take the recliner!

[TimG]

I forgot all about this car and it was like the first time reading all the threads again. Isn't getting old wonderful.......

[Jonesy]

I see an electrical cord on that chair, must be a massage chair??

[Kurt S]

Probably one of those that helps you stand up when you get out of it. :)

[Charley Lillard]

Almost all new recliners have power controls and usb charge port for phones etc. If I drill a small hole in the bed of the Elky I can power it with 12 volts from the Elky and have someone drive me around while reclined.

[olredalert]

----You are killing me here, Charley! Why not a camper top???......Bill S

[PeteLeathersac]

'

Sounds like Granny Clampett's new ride, you plannin' a move to Beverly?
:beers:
~ Pete

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[Tenney]

Now she'll hook!

[L78M22Rag]

Now she'll hook!

Especially with Charley sitting in that recliner... no offense Charley!

Hey, we haven't seen a video of the elkie doing a burnout down your driveway??

[Charley Lillard]

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[Charley Lillard]

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[L78M22Rag]

You're the BEST Charley!!!! Made my day...

[Crush]

That is awesome!

[Bill Rose]

After reading thru this entire thread, I gotta get my Elky out for spin... Mine is an L-78 iron head, but it's got the same power. Not sure I'd put any furniture in the bed after spending 2 months doing body work on it, yikes!

[markinnaples]

Saw the magazine feature on your el Camino Bill and that thing is unbelievable. Do you ever drive it? Just a beautiful car.

[GrumpyJeff]

There are a lot of really cool cars on this site ! But this El Camino has got to be my favorite !!! everything about it , This thing rules

[flyingn]

damn nice vids Charley!

[Bill Rose]

Mark, It has been on the road locally a few times, but it's limited. Mostly trailered to car show. I have other cars to beat on when I have that urge...lol

[x77-69z28]

Almost all new recliners have power controls and usb charge port for phones etc. If I drill a small hole in the bed of the Elky I can power it with 12 volts from the Elky and have someone drive me around while reclined.

I'm an excellent driver!