1969 SS 396 El Camino
Carl Fry

Options / Accessories J52 Factory Power 11" Rotor Disc-Brakes Factory LeMans Blue / Black Color Factory Black Vinyl Roof Matching Black Tonneau Cover (by Morgan-Buleigh) Big Block Hood Factory Air Conditioning N40 Power Steering Tilt Wheel SS Bench Seat, Z06 Blaupunkt CR2010 Tape Stereo Dual Exhaust w/2 1/2" Steel-Pack, Stainless Steel tailpipe Tinted Glass, dark tent rear glass Classic Sun Tachometer AutoMeter 2 1/2" Underdash Gages (set of three) T-400 Transmission Turbo Hydra-Matic 2.48:1 first, 1.48 second 12.2" Lo-Stall Torque Converter 2.10 @ Stall B & M Chrome Extra Capacity Pan Double Welded Flexplate Large Aux. Cooler 12 Bolt Posi-Track YC1 3.08 Gear Ratio, 8.875" Ring Gear TRW Offset Axle bearings and seals installed Mobil 1 Synthetic Posi-Trac Lube. Chrome Differential Cover Weld Aluminum Wheels BF Goodrich T/A Radials P235/60R15 Front P275/60R15 Rear Super-Duty Gas Shocks all-around F60 Heavy Front, G31 Heavy Rear Springs Big-Car Rear Sway Bar

454 Engine Dynamically Balanced and assembled long block Factory Engine Oil Cooler TRW Super Duty Forged Pistons 9.8 TRW Moly rings Summit High Capacity Oil Pump Erson 1.72 :1 Full Roller Rocker Arms 425 HP GM #3883986 Cam TRW roller timing chain & gear set GM HP Lifters Competition Rods High Energy Moly Push-Rods Manley hardened pushrod guide plates Manley Street-Flow Stainless Valves TRW VS1009 Dual Valve Springs K-Line Valve Guides & Hard Valve Seats Brass-Works Flow Kooler Waterpump Four Tube Super-Duty Radiator Robert shaw Hi-Flow Thermostat Finned Aluminum Valve Covers Edelbrock RPM Performer Intake Manifold Holly Street Vacuum Four Barrel Holly HLY Hi-performance Fuel Pump Acel # 9107 HEI w/ Street Curve kit 8mm Taylor Spiral Core Silicon HT Wires Flex-A-Lite 19.5" Stainless Fan /w Shroud Fel-Pro Blue Perma-Torque Gaskets throughout Hi-Torque four-pole starter

I purchased the 1969 SS396 ElCamino in 1994 with the goal of restoring it to street-stock. The 396 in the vehicle at the time I purchased it turned out to be a 1976 "396" (402). As the numbers did not match anyway I abandoned the street-stock project and upgraded the engine 5 years ago to a 454. The expense of the engine and drive train used so much of my project budget that I only replace the front fenders at the time and repaired the remainder of the body. The ElCamino became my daily driver for about three years. During this time I drove about 27,000 miles. Two years ago the repaired rust on the rear quarter panels started showing through the paint and last year I parked the vehicle before the rust became any worse. I purchased a 1979 GMC Sprint Diablo as my daily driver with the intent of repairing and repainting the '69. However... in the spring of 1999 I saw a 1970 ElCamino that I had to have. Since then I have been busy building a 1996 LT4 /4L60E for the '70. My wife recently gave me the word "SELL SOMETHING" so.... The '69 went.

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