In the last 30 minutes of the auction, his wife said: “Why don\u2019t you bid on it?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He did, her mistake, he won the auction. So in 2016, he was the new owner of a canary yellow El Camino, 350+ engine and TH350 transmission. He decided to restore it to look like his original El Camino he owned 48 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is a home builder, so this would be a new experience. So engine out, the new paint job in exchange for building the guy a porch, new chrome accessories, bucket seats, and on on on. He only has a new dash to wire up and it will be ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His favorite part about owning the car is that it takes him back to the 60s (a much better time). In the future, he plans to add new gauges and a lot of road time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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