[elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint --- pictures attached (hopefully)
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 07:43:24 -0500
Yeah they continued frameless windows till the end in 88. The
2 doors Malibu/Monte GN etc are what really dictated the elky would get
frameless windows. I don't like them either. I don't like them on really any
car because of the failure and increased maintenance and they will never
work as well as a framed window. Frameless only works on a convertible.
Robert Adams
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There's no frame around the window, so many people are tempted to close the
> door by pushing on the window glass. I assume that's one reason why window
> rollers get broken so often. I have two disco elky's at the moment, and
> both have problems with the window. I guess they wanted styling similar to
> the Corvettes that year, but personally I'd rather have a frame around the
> window, like my '72 Nova had. A huge glass window that is only tracked and
> supported from the bottom is a structural nightmare in my engineering mind
> :)
>
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> *From:* Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Mon, May 30, 2011 7:48:39 AM
>
> *Subject:* [elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint --- pictures attached (hopefully)
>
> 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:
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *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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