Well, I mentioned in my 70 GTO thread that I was whipping up a suprise hauler for the race trailer hauling the 70 Pro Stock. Here it is!

A Phantom El Camino/ GTO hybrid I like to call "El Cabra" or "The Goat". The pics suck because I haven't taken any on the good camera, just on the phone cam. Better pix are in the future.
Anyway, here we go!





Yeah! '65 GTO front end and a '65 El Camino bed and roof. Fun to do! I hate foiling though and have some more to do, but, it all went very well.

Questions? Comments?

Cuhail

Looks good from what i can see, when you get your camera takes some better pics and post again, we think alike in my stash i am working on my Trans Mino a 1979 Trans Am front end and a 1978 Elcamino from the doors back, now where did i put it?

No kidding, huh? I hate not having my own camera to use whenever I want. The camera phone res is horrible! The good camera I use is awesome! A Canon EOS Rebel, but, it's from my Mrs' work so I can only use it when I remember to tell her to bring it home. Luckily, we bought an extra download cable so I can download to MY 'puter directly.

The build was challenging. I had to feather in a piece of sheet stock to match up the trim panel between the GTO front and the El Camino rear, and believe me when I say it wasn't a piece of cake.

Here's a blurry pic of that:


GODS! I hate my camera phone!

So, my brotha, I encourage the build you're gonna try. It sounds interesting. I am looking forward to seeing how your joints work out.

Peace!
Cuhail

Well the pictures aren't exactely top notch, but the cool hybrid looks to be. Quite impressive Cuhail.
Now go borrow that Canon.

Okay, borrowed the camera!


















Again, about 99% finished. I have Pontiac/GTO PE stuff to apply as well as some paint to re-touch.
The tonneau cover is .010 aluminum with only 1 coat of primer and two coats of collor and no sanding before the clear coat. I forgot to do it, but, it came out pretty smooth.

Thanks for looking.
Cuhail

That's more like it. Excellent shots. Love the look of this car. You've done a great job on the hybrid.
Have you used bare metal foil, for the chrome trim? Looks awesome.

Yeah, I used BMF for almost all of it. The vent window chrome was done with (shhhh don't tell) a silver Sharpie. Try it, it does good, non-essential work on hard-to-foil spots.
Thanks for the good review, it was a neat build.

Cuhail

With this post I answered my own question on BMF, but a silver Sharpie? Is that a colored pencil? A paint-marker? Help!?

A Sharpie is a permanent marker made by Sanford, so-called due to it's "Sharp" point. They come in a variety of colors and everyday I find myself turning to them for detail work. I used the "Metallic Silver" for this instance.

Pleasure,
Cuhail

Thanks for the info- we have something similar here. Will have to look into it...

Great work too, I'm looking on doing some custom work in the future. If you have a chance to write up a blow-by-blow on the mating of the two kits please do, it would be very interesting since you pulled this hybrid off grandly!

Thanks again!

Thanks for linking me to this thread...The Goat looks mighty fine.

Did you use the stock El Camino chassis, or did that go under the knife as well?

-YL

I used the El Camino chassis, but, I did have to make some alterations to make it work. All in all, it went so much smoother than I thought it would.

Thanks man!
Cuhail

Let's see it!

Nice job murph...I saved the '65 comino bed for something else later...yet another mutt with alot of cutting and redoing!