That Econoline was really cool. It had a V8 in it too. That may have been a Le Mans Convert. The red one<http://www.myelcamino.net/cars/stc_dt_071911/pages/DSCN3381.htm>? He was friends with the owner of the light blue GTO, and they spent a lot of time at the El Camino. He knew his stuff about TB fuel injection too. He wanted to do the conversion I did on his previous car, but sold it for the Le Mans. JC On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lotta nice cars. Love the GTO convertible and the Econoline pickup truck. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* El Camino List <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Rat Pack <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > *Sent:* Tue, July 19, 2011 10:00:14 PM > *Subject:* [elky] Car Show today. > > Met some cool people today at the car show. Made friends with the guy who > had the old green Chevy pick up across the street from me. He had a little > overheating when he arrived. We talked about solutions for his hole in the > radiator situation. > > One guy in the light blue GTO really liked the Elky. We were standing in > front of it talking when a dude in a 57 Chevy came in, he stopped him, and > said he had some parts for him. Didn't know his name, but saw him a few > weeks ago, and they were talking. The GTO guy was carrying the rubber parts > the 57 owner needed, so if he saw him he could give them to him. Neither > knew the others name, but they were helping each other with their cars. Is > that cool or what? > > It's what brings us all together here too. (for the most part) I need > a tissue ....... just kidding > > Now that the group hug is over..... I worked the downtown car show for the > Car Club again tonight. They only sold $110 in the 50/50 raffle to benefit > the car club tonight. It was slower than last week because of the heat. The > winner donated the money back to the kids! That was very cool. > > Go to the Events page <http://www.myelcamino.net/events.htm> on my web > site for pictures. Best of show was the 1957 Turnpike Cruiser that showed up > again. I do not know who best of show was last week, but those pics are on > there too. For the camera guys, I used the pocket Nikon Coolpix 2.1 MP > pocket camera today, instead of the Canon Rebel XT that I had the week > before. Just didn't want to carry the other around in the heat. This one can > go in the pocket. No hot wide shoulder strap. It was nearly 100, but cooled > off to 90 something before the end. > > See ya, > JC > --- > John Christensen > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net/ > Saint Charles, IL > --- > John Christensen > 1984 El Camino "Elkenstein" 350 TBI > NECOA #042 http://www.myelcamino.net > Saint Charles, IL > > >