New used parts part 2

A few months ago I bought a quite a lot of spare parts and some used parts. I have been meaning to make a post about it and shoot a video for my YouTube channel, but I haven't got anything done. Because I am procrastinating with this whole thing.

I made a video out it too, and personally appearing in it too. 

I also took out the skeleton of the driver side seat and test fitted the seat that I bought cheaply from local craigslist. 

I searched where these might be, but couldn't find any, but then I run into someone on the internet and that person said it might be from a Blazer.

Out with the old and in with the used. I know that the newer one bolt pattern is completely different, so I, either drill new holes or make some sort bracket for it. 

It fits, but is a bit too forward. Oh and it doesn't have the tilting forward function so, if you want to put something in the back or the smugglers compartment, no can do.

I am just feeling it, driving this baby on the winding roads on hot summer evenings, cool breeze on my hair as I hang my left hand out of the window.

YouTube Channel

 I've had this YouTube channel for ages and I did try to post my project videos, of the El Camino that owned back then. Now that I am the owner of a "new" El Camino, I thought that I resurrect this channel and try to keep it active. 

Now, I've got videos from my guy in the California about these two El Caminos that I wrote earlier, first one and the second one.

I bought the first one. The seller transported it from the Nevada to Los Angels, as he has some business to attend there. So, my El Camino is waiting at the shipping company's lot in LA harbour somewhere.

But back to the YouTube channel, I am publishing few short videos in a Bying Pants On-playlist from my guy as he scouted the El Caminos and after it was transported to the shipping company's lot in the LA harbour. 

Current ETA is around mid September, that the shipping container will arrive Finland and shipping company's lot in Hämeenlinna. 

Actually I did purchase the El Camino back in the May, but as I was busy with buying a house with garage did take my time and while being on vacation too. 

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Meijel El Camino meeting at Netherland

I haven't been in the garage due my back pains and I wanted to write about something, since being not able to do to my El Camino anything is kind of killing me. So, I don't have any new news about wishlist or what I am planning to do so I use what I have posted earlier and in my last post I talked about El Camino meeting at Meijel, Netherland.



Found this also:

Engine bay dismantle.

Well, I was supposed to clean out engine bay wiring a bit, but as usual I got a bit of sidetracked and started to take off the A/C and valve covers too. Sadly my GoPro run out of battery and didn't catch whole valve cover and windshield wiper motor coming off.

Hood off.

It's good to take off the hood when you are working on your cars engine compartment for a long time. Gives more surrounding light and easier access. Four bolts and it's off. It is possible to take off by yourself, but it's recommended that use an extra hand pair to keep it in place while unscrewing last two bolts. First you should mark where those hinges are at the hood so that when your putting back that same hood it's more easier when you can put it close to same position that it was.

Then you should take off any other thing from the hood, whether it be washer jets or cowl induction lines etc. When all is off then you should proceed to unscrew those bolts.

And when you are unscrewing those bolts start with those that are top end of the hinges. Those at the bottom will hold the hood in place as it rest on the hinges. If you take those bottom bolts first then hood will fall down as the pivot point is near the edge of those hinges and as the centre of mass is way beyond off that edge.

One piece door window.

I've added a new item for my wish list:

I was searching for a vent window actuator and vent window seal for my El Camino and I founded this site selling a kit for 1968-1972 Chevy El Camino where you can get rid of the vent window altogether:

One piece door glass kit for 1968 - 1972 Chevy El Camino

"Includes: Kit includes tempered windows and installation parts for both driver and passenger side windows."

They don't have a much of selling points on their website, but cool thing is that they do have youtube channel where is a installing videos:

I got so side tracked while watching those videos that I made a #ElCamino youtube channel.

1970 El Camino summer cruisin' video

Founded this on the net and I have been thinking of doing kind of same kind of video this year. Well this year's driving season is almost done and I haven't done almost none for the video. I mean I haven't shot any video at all. Although there is Lakeside Cruise on this Saturday I might try to shoot something.  And after that I shall be driving El Camino to the garage for the winter.

Enjoy!