New year and new thoughts

 Okay, I haven't really been active in my search for my next El Camino, but there are decisions that I might turn over. As I look at the listings, what is available for sale and what is the price, I am becoming hesitant with my 1969 decision. 

I mean there are really great ones available, but are they the right one for me?

Some are there for quite a while and some aren't. There was this 1969 El Camino that had a camper shell with it too, and I thought about it for awhile, but the price was just a bit out of my range.

And then you find this:

Not a bad price at all. And it's the dream car, 1970 El Camino. 

Sometimes I wish there would be for sale in Finland a 1970 model, that is in the same condition as this one, because then the price wouldn't be that high. 

But as the year changes to a new one, we are heading for the spring, which means that the price of the available cars are going to rise.

So, should I pass buying one for now, till next the autumn?

Regardless how I ponder about this, I will keep you posted in development and I wish you Great New Year"

EV Camino?

 I had this thought of making an electric El Camino and now that I am in the hunt for my next El Camino, I have toyed an all electric El Camino. I have skimmed a bit of this and that websites about making your own electric or converting your gasoline burner into a green machine. 

Now in this years Sema show Ford has unveiled all-electric f-100 Eluminator concept with new EV Crate motor for customers to buy.

Oh, that would be awesome! And it's reasonable priced $3,900! But... it's a Ford. I can't make that kind of sacrilegious mistake. But then again, GM hasn't yet announced anything similar, and there will be something similar, I can guarantee it. As people are getting more into Electric Vehicles it's just a matter of time, when Big Auto Companies will follow Ford's path and sell all electric engines that you can install in your beloved Vintage car!

Now, of course you're gonna need battery pack too to go with that and all sorts of contro,l electronics and such, but it's the next level in custom building your own car.

I am kind of excited about this. And that vintage car culture can keep busy living.

And just as I was done with this post, I searched for battery packs and found out this:

Carscoops.com: Chevrolet Debuts Concept Aftermarket EV Battery Pack

Autobala.com: Chevrolet debuts concept aftermarket EV battery pack

Arstechnica.com: Electric conversions are this year’s hot trend at SEMA

Okay, now this is getting too good. I mean, when I started writing this post I had just found out that Ford has unveiled all-electric F-100 Eluminator concept with new EV Crate motor for gearheads to buy and install it in their Vintage car and just as I was about to post this I learned that Chevrolet debuts concept aftermarket EV battery pack. I mean what else do I need to build my dream EV Camino? 

Update:

Actually Chevrolet had announced it's own all-electric crate motor for homebuilt EV hotrods last year.

Now, I should have researched more this thing before posting. 

Chevrolet Performance parts: Electrification

Hunt for the El Camino is on pause

 There has been all sorts of things in my life now and I had to put the search for my next El Camino on a hold for now. I do still look nettiauto.com and craigslist.org and my friend's friend is on a look out if there is the right one comes along. But I am not actively searching at the moment. 

I did get an email notification from nettiauto.com about new or changed listing and there was only one new/changes listing. 

It was 1969 El Camino that was previously for sale by private owner and it is now on sale through "car dealer". I put the car dealer on quotation marks because it ain't actively manned car dealer. 

The El Camino in question had asked price of 12500€ and it's now less than 9000€,

Now, I did dismissed previously because the asking price was quite high for the overall look and "feel" from the pictures. Now that it is on a sale under 9000€ it might be worth the trip to visit and see it live, how bad it actually is. 

The only problem is that it's 488 km away and that means roughly 6+ hours drive in one direction. And I have a dog. Which means round trip would take at least 12 hours and I would spend 1 hour at least there. That is too long, time for my dog to spend alone. I'll have to ask my ex-wife, if our dog could spend a week or two over hers. That way I would have time to make that trip and not to worry about my dog. 

Now, there are a few items that need to be addressed if I would buy this. First one is that there is no AC. That can be solved by installing an aftermarket AC unit. So not a big deal. 

Second is that it has a fuel tank in the bed. Not under it. That too can be solved, by installing it under or getting an original type fuel tank and install it under the bed.

Third one is that... hideous colour scheme. That's the biggest reason I didn't really think about it as a possible candidate previously, but now when the price is a kind of right price range it might be doable.