Nice story, and a cool car. Congrats on getting it home. Nice El Camino too.
In some of your postings the car has slotted mags on it. Do you still have those? If so, ever thought of using them? My father-in-law has a 1970 El Camino that he bought new. Right after purchase he took it to the local tire store and had a set of 14x7 Dan Gurney "Eagle" slotted mags put on it. He drove the car until 1986 and then stored it in the garage. In about 2006 I went and got it and brought it to my house where I rebuilt the engine and trans, suspension, brakes, and fuel system. It's an original paint car (Gold) with a vinyl roof so I tried to talk him into putting a set of 15x7 Magnum 500 style SS rims on it. He didn't even want to hear about that. He wanted the mags to stay on the car. They were in good shape, just really dirty, so I had them professionally polished and put a new set of T/A radials on them. I have to admit, they look really cool. Something to consider if you still had those mags and liked the look.
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