New member from Iowa
Hi, my name is Rob Livingston. In the early ‘90s I owned a rusty, crusty ‘69 Chevy short box. It was orange and had cheap white wagon wheels. It was my daily driver and I used it to pull an open trailer with my 70 elCamino to the track.
When I closed the door or went over bumps little flakes of rust would fall from the roof. One day on the way to work the wiring under the dash caught fire. I had it towed home after work. I spent several hours every night for a month pulling burnt wires apart one by one and soldering new wires in. When I was done everything worked, even some stuff that didn’t before the fire. I had to work out in New Jersey one summer and drove my c 10 out there. I raced it at Atco raceway while I was out there, think it ran in the 15s. At the end of the summer before heading home, the truck wouldn’t start. I was staying at a hotel and had no tools. I ended up selling it to a guy I worked with out there. Man I loved that truck and always wanted another one. Well 30 years later I picked up a 1972 c10 deluxe. It’s way nicer than the old 69 I had. Something about these c10s that bring happiness like no other vehicle! |
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Here’s a couple pictures of new to me truck. I bought it from a nice couple in Oklahoma. Factory air, pwr steering, pwr brakes. Original paint. Has minor dents and dings, but extremely solid. I have lots to tinker with on it this winter, but it’s already a real good driver.
I plan to set it up to pull an open trailer. I still have the same elCamino I’ve had since 1988 and still go to the track quite a bit. |
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Welcome to the forum! Looks like you've got one with less rust this time!
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Welcome and how about a picture of the El Camino. Let's see what it looks like.
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Here’s a couple pictures of the elCamino. I sold all of my dedicated race cars. This is setup up for street/strip duty. It has a 496 on e85. I drive it to and from the track and it runs 10.70s just the way I drove it there.
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Here’s the 496 in the elCamino.
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Not sure why the pics are all sideways?
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Sometimes they flip when posted to the site. I always crop them just a little. |
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Thanks!
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I like both the El Camino and the truck. But the El Camino more. :lol:
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Welcome to the board!
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Welcome from Prairie City! Very nice truck but that El Camino is saweet! I really like the convo pros and of course the 496. Do you go to Tri-state or Cedar Falls more?
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I sold my 67 nova that was a dedicated race car. I live 15 minutes from Cedar Falls raceway, so that is my home track. Tri State is only an hour, so we used to go there a few times a year. We also went to Byron Dragway, Eddyville raceway and Cordova fairly often. We made it out to the track at Onawa once and Humboldt a couple times. Had a great time racing!
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We want to try some drag and drive events with the elCamino next year. That will be new to us. Combining 2 of my favorite things, cruising and racing!
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Cool. I met some guys this past summer at Cedar Falls raceway that told me about the one guys garage event. I want to add that to the list for 2024!
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