First off, YES I STILL HAVE VICIOUS. Not getting rid of it anytime soon. But I did take a break from doing anything with it. It's just sitting and staring at me when I walk by. I really just dropped out of racing and performance cars for a while.
But that just changed in a BIG way.
I'm not new to Chevy's or El Camino's. This was my first El Camino, a 1972 El Camino SS that I owned back in the mid/late 1980's. It's now been 20+ years since I sold that '72 El Camino SS. It was a show stopper, won some type of trophy at any car show it was entered in.
Here's a pic of me with the '72 SS back then. I have more pics stored away which I'll be glad to share when I can. The hair and the shorts are long gone.
At that time I really wanted more of drag car, so rather than cut it up, I decided to sell it to somebody in a car club with me. I've regretted selling that El Camino ever since, it's always been the "If I could only have one car back" car.
Well here it is 20+ years later and I found a 1969 El Camino SS I just had to have and the timing was right. Once I saw it, I knew it would be mine. My fiance' supported my decision and here it is.
Quick run down:
468cid, 11.1 compression, 4-bolt, steel crank, Eagle rods, 700 lift Crane roller, big port cast iron heads (840 castings), Holley 850 dp, Wilson Manifolds prepped intake, Wilson fogger and plate system (150 shot each), turbo 400, 2800 stall, 12-bolt posi, Richmond 4:88 gears, Strange 32-spline axles, 4-link rear end, plenty of other odds and ends to go along with all that.
Hope you like.
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