New to the site here. I am doing a 76 El I picked up a couple of yrs ago in Idaho.
Was in pretty rough shape, I have been doing the bondo treatment and am almost ready to paint. I have never done body work before. This has been a real challange. But it is looking pretty good so far. I rebuilt the 4oo sbc in it. b ored .30 with a mild cam and beefed up heads. Flat piston, I think I am pretty close to 10 to 1 compression. Runs really great, also did the 350 turbo tranny, must have done it right as it really goes good, put in a shift kit at the same time. My son has helped me some but keeps complaining I never let him help . He seemed to want to sleep too much ha ha. He took it for a spin and punched it down a little, said it was really nice. Made me feel good , glad it runs and didn't blow up. It has been 25 yrs since I built an engine. Was nice to get my feet wet again.