[elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint --- pictures attached (hopefully)
- From: Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 14:10:19 -0700 (PDT)
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:
>
>
>
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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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