My 85 Elco Build

[richp85elco]

[quote="kuruption109]man u puttin in work!!!!![/quote]

Thanks bro, been waiting a long time to get to work on it, and still have a lot to go. After all this motor work I need to strippin the paint like you. How much paint stripper and those stripping wheels did you end up using. I'm trying to gage the cost.

 

[richp85elco]

MAN!!! Lookin good bruh! You puttin in maaajor work. Thats wassup. Keep us updated

Elco Warren 8)
80zBabiezCC

Yessir. been lurking for a while and you 80z babiez guys looked like you were having all the fun. I'm trying to catch up to you, I hope it ends up looking half as good as any of your two rides.

 

[richp85elco]

I will be watchin your build good luck,I see you startin off right tearin it down and puttin new stuff on it,at least you can get your lil bro to help,mine came over sat on my couch this weekend and watched the playoffs while I was bustin my knuckles :evil: .

We need to trade brothers then man, I told him if he helped me FRI SAT and SUN i'll pay for his prom ticket ($80) he did decent work fri, i gave him the money and havn't seen him since but it's cool he moves too slow for me and his bdays coming up

 

[86_olds]

I will be watchin your build good luck,I see you startin off right tearin it down and puttin new stuff on it,at least you can get your lil bro to help,mine came over sat on my couch this weekend and watched the playoffs while I was bustin my knuckles :evil: .

We need to trade brothers then man, I told him if he helped me FRI SAT and SUN i'll pay for his prom ticket ($80) he did decent work fri, i gave him the money and havn't seen him since but it's cool he moves too slow for me and his bdays coming up

lol u probably wont see him till after from ...and wow my prom ticket is $120

 

[Lue]

Looking Good Richp85elco. Hit me up if you ever need some help.

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Dayuuummm Brah!!! Know thats getting down and dirty....I will be keeping track of your post, I got all excited when I was going through your post, i love what your doing so far...keep up the good work brah...If you need help from time to time, let me know Im in South Gate, but work in Long Beach, willow and temple brah....



Big Saint
80zbabiez

 

[richp85elco]

Thanks for all the support, looks like thers a lot of helping hands. Just doing alot of the dirty work right now, so its nothing too exciting unless you like sanding, painting and degreasing lol.

I've been sanding, wire wheeling, and painting a lot lately so heres some updates:

Sorry for the bad picture quality, I was using an old phone that had a good camera but while degreasing I got it wet and it died on me. Just imagine everything 10 times better!

Frame in primer

Control arms, jounce bars, sway bars in primer.

Sway bars and jounce bars in red. I know its cliche, I really wanted them a dark purple but couldn't find the paint locally and didn't want to order it. Plus my lady said to do it red so i dedicated those parts to her. lol They look a lot better in person, its a real dark red.

Frame and control arms are gloss black, not as shiny as you would think. But man it looks good, especially when compared to what it used to look like.

Paint needs to cure for a week so I should start reassembling front end this weekend if the rain forecasted goes away.

Also got the engine ready for paint, that engine enamel is no joke i wish i had a sand blaster or something because it did not want to come off. It's going to get painted black, there hasn't been much sun lately so waiting for the weather to clear up first. Then the fun starts

 

[kuruption109]

Thanks for all the support, looks like thers a lot of helping hands. Just doing alot of the dirty work right now, so its nothing too exciting unless you like sanding, painting and degreasing lol.

I've been sanding, wire wheeling, and painting a lot lately so heres some updates:

Sorry for the bad picture quality, I was using an old phone that had a good camera but while degreasing I got it wet and it died on me. Just imagine everything 10 times better!

Frame in primer

Control arms, jounce bars, sway bars in primer.

Sway bars and jounce bars in red. I know its cliche, I really wanted them a dark purple but couldn't find the paint locally and didn't want to order it. Plus my lady said to do it red so i dedicated those parts to her. lol They look a lot better in person, its a real dark red.

Frame and control arms are gloss black, not as shiny as you would think. But man it looks good, especially when compared to what it used to look like.

Paint needs to cure for a week so I should start reassembling front end this weekend if the rain forecasted goes away.

Also got the engine ready for paint, that engine enamel is no joke i wish i had a sand blaster or something because it did not want to come off. It's going to get painted black, there hasn't been much sun lately so waiting for the weather to clear up first. Then the fun starts

:shock: :shock: VERY NICE NOTHING BETTER THAN PROGRESS!!!!

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

looking good, i wish when I was doing project elko i would of followed your process...keep pics coming...

 

[ElCaminoGRAN/SPORT]

Lookin real nice...