1981 el Camino with 200,000 miles
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1981 el Camino with 200,000 miles
I’m looking at buying a 1981 el Camino used. The asking price is around 3500 I believe the owner said it’s a 305 V8. My issue is the beauty has 200,000 miles on it. And I’m hoping someone can help me out and tell me what a rebuild might run me or if I can get away with running it awhile longer. Or if a rebuild is even worth the effort instead of putting in a new engine. I intend to have this as a everyday driver but wouldn’t mind a little more muscle if I have to go the new engine route. Any help is much appreciated as I’m at a total loss here and having already gone to Chevrolet and there heritage website fruitlessly.
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CF Monarch
I’m looking at buying a 1981 el Camino used. The asking price is around 3500 I believe the owner said it’s a 305 V8. My issue is the beauty has 200,000 miles on it. And I’m hoping someone can help me out and tell me what a rebuild might run me or if I can get away with running it awhile longer. Or if a rebuild is even worth the effort instead of putting in a new engine. I intend to have this as a everyday driver but wouldn’t mind a little more muscle if I have to go the new engine route. Any help is much appreciated as I’m at a total loss here and having already gone to Chevrolet and there heritage website fruitlessly.
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CF Monarch
What condition is the body in? Does it have a lot of rust? What do you plan for it besides a daily driver? Is the 305 the original engine because a numbers matching vehicle is worth more.
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pretty clean a few dents and scratches. Some rust around the fenders. This vehicle has some meaning to me so it’s something I plan to put any and all work into to make it mine. I don’t know about matching numbers
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