[elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint --- pictures attached (hopefully)
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:48:39 -0500
Not sure what fits power window wise but I'd look into it. The
doors don't seem to be any longer than the 78-88. I shipped a couple 78-88
doors and I weighed them... From what I remember it was about 130 pounds.
That's allot of weight for hinges that are designed for a 2 door car.
I put a new radio in the elky a while back and it came with a
remote... Though why? But after having it that's all I use. It's allot
easier than using the controls on the radio... I got a pioneer and they lack
all the basic buttons and have a stupid joystick knob that does everything
instead. Will never buy another pioneer will stick with Sony etc. Went on
the advise of the audio guys to go with Pioneer... I also use the remote
cause the radio is too far away. I have the seat all the way back and the
radio is not in a good spot int he 84.
I'm not a fan of the 73-77 disco elkys but IMO they are the
nicest riding and big inside. The ones with 454s were sad since gm put such
a bad cam in it but fixable though I'd keep with a low rpm torque cam for
any daily driver.
Robert Adams
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We're better now...just too tired on Friday night. I took my son on a few
> errands yesterday and he loves it. Wants to go everywhere in the truck. He
> even said maybe it can be his first car (10 years from now). Given how long
> I hold onto cars, that's very feasible (on my end at least :) )
>
> I haven't been using the radio so far. It's a long reach from the driver's
> seat to the radio, so I can see why some car radios advertise having a
> remote control. There is some sort of subwooferish thing attached behind
> the driver's seat and the sound is good.
>
> My hail damaged hyundai is now parked outside, and the '76 Sprint gets the
> garage treatment now. Doors are massive and might be easy to bang up. The
> driver's side window doesn't roll down. That was the biggest design flaw of
> this generation of elky...cumbersome doors and windows.
> Gonna try to insert some photos here:
>
>
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> *From:* Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Sat, May 28, 2011 11:54:16 AM
> *Subject:* [elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint
>
> Yeah, I noticed that radio pod right away. Slick. The whole car looks
> great.
>
> there are bumps in the road of all marriages - you're trying to meld two
> personalities into one. Just let it go and don't simmer on it. You both
> had a stressful day.
>
> I've thrown a couple bi-centennial things into Sprints box. I have a flag,
> a license plate, things like that. someday.. Oh, and a couple cool road
> maps. (didja know I 84 was once known as I 80 north? )
>
> Car looks great, I hope you both have many happy miles and many happy
> family days at car events in it. We just call sprint "Sprint". But the
> license plate in my head is LRAMINO to reflect that huge front end with the
> push bars.
>
> Mary
>
>
>
> This is the Sprint I bought today. It looks as nice in person as the
> pictures suggest :)
>
> http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/2388156023.html
>
> Interior is nice too. Re-covered cloth bench seat, no cracks in dash or
> windshield, and the air conditioning blows cold. Car spent most of its life
> in Arizona and I couldn't find any rust on it. Just drove it from
> Independence, Missouri to Wichita (about 200 miles) and ran great, although
> I notice it does tend to vibrate and rattle a bit like my old Nova used to.
>
>
> Wife and son seemed to like the car, but that hasn't gone well so far.
> Wife got frustrated trying to follow me home and we ended up bickering over
> the phone the whole time. Won't go into that much more other than to say
> that's why I'm writing from work at 2 a.m. Trying to cool down before I
> finally go back home. I really was hoping this car would be something for
> the family, and they do like the car; just too much complaining about how
> late it was by the time we finally got back.
>
> If I had been smart, I would have waited until tomorrow (well today now)
> and tried to drive my old '73 Sprint to Independence. The place I bought
> this '76 from is a classic car showroom that has a body shop and junkyard
> nearby, and maybe I could have traded in my old one as well as handle all
> transport myself. Not sure my old Sprint would have made the trip, though.
> I will need to find another way to get rid of it locally. I don't want to
> hold onto it long. I wonder if it would sell immediately if I put a $500
> price on the window. It does run, and has a 350, but looks terrible and has
> choke and exhaust problems that could be mistaken for engine problems by
> some.
>
> I've had my old '73 Sprint "Clustertruck" for six years now, and was
> beginning to enjoy learning a little about car repair on a car that didn't
> have much value to it. I wish I could still do that, but I also want my
> six-year-old boy to actually be able to ride in it, and honestly he'd
> probably be 18 before I felt like it was safe for anything other than a work
> truck. Now I have a fairly pristine '76 that I don't want to cut up or dig
> into too much. And I plan on fully insuring it.
>
> Might try to find a name for my new 1976 truck, but 1973 "Clustertruck" is
> the only car I've owned (out of 8 now) that I ever bothered to give a name.
> Maybe I could come up with something having to do with the bicentennial, and
> buying it in a town called Independence, which happens to be Harry Truman's
> hometown.
>
> Will be a little while before I get to do much with it. I leave for
> vacation the day after Memorial Day. Hope we're getting along better by
> then.
>
> Not expecting anyone to be up at the moment, but it does help to write and
> I think I own a nice El Camino now!
>
>
>
>
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