Thread: How many El Camino specialists do we have in here?

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We got it home in one piece.....but...had a heck of a time with overheating. Did fine on the free way at 65 MPH (3200 RPM's). Really hated the stop lights here and there though. Got to 220 a couple of times.....and 230 the last mile before we got home. Did the emergency cold spring water straight to the radiator thing.....got temp back down.....fired it up to get the cool water back in the motor....shut down. Motor seems fine. Time for a different radiator and plan ditching the electric fan in favor of a good clutch fan with shroud. Overall....happy with the machine. My son is on Cloud 9.
There's a couple other things than need changed. Someone cut most of the frame out for the big tires. I'm kind of uncomfortable with that....going to set him up with some sort of a Xbrace (tubing) to help stiffen up the rear most portion of the frame. Here's a couple pics of the new project.