Gas Cap Door

So the next small endeavor that i may peruse to fix would be the Gas Cap Door. Oddly enough Chevrolet takes the cake with their award winning design and innovative ingenuity with their 1981 el Camino Gas Cap Door.... it's for ease at the pump!

if only. the door's completely obstructing the gas cap. completely.

here's proof.




The last photo is the Air Bag Suspension on the rear of the El Camino, they appear to hold air- however im not 100% Certain on it. They as well look aftermarket, but again, im not sure.

Steering Colmun Rebuild

So my Dad and I both agreed the first thing to do to this car was to rebuild the steering column and it's inards. Both the front and back bearings were compleatly shot, and along with that the horn did not work. We tinkered around and pulled the SW off and worked our way down into the column using this handy guide on ECC.com. Mudding our way through the different levels of the column we encountered multiple problems, all of which we're fixed by a good friend who is a fantastic mechanic. Well i belive that page includes enough column shots, so there is no point in me posting a bloatload of mine that look identical, only dirtier... Not sure what's next Suspension was mentioned, but it may be put off for a while not to sure.

The "Before" Shots

So i recently purchased a project car for me to tinker around with and fix up to hopefully a fairly nice state. It's a 1981 Chevrolet El Camino, with a 305 V8 and Auto Transmission. Nothing to brag about at the moment, it's got white cracking paint, a few rust spots, and an interior that would scare just about anyone away. But the body style is unique, as am i, so i figured such things go together :)

here are a few "Before Shots" of the car...