My wagon is a 1971, It was punched in the nose, It now has my old 70 El Camino front clip. Front End Mounting Instructions, Instructional Videos and VFN Chassis Kits. My wagon is the VERY SELDOM SEEN COLOR IN 1970 ! ! OH GOD its RED ! 2153 Views 16 Replies 5 Participants Last post by 71NICK, Oct 19. Or in nine years or 37.000 miles no one has ever noticed it ! For the factory weld on rivits AKA studs to hold the trim clips, I used the little Phillips head screw in studs. Offset on the left side is about 1/4" of an inch. How much is my trim offset? From the edge of the trim to the edge of the door on the R. The thin or skinny factory trim has an embossed depressed area to clear the left side tailight area. Soooooooooooo, if for example you located a 77 tilt column from a Camaro, BE SURE to. About 75 or 76 GM started transitioning to metric nuts/bolts. The GM A-body and Camaro-Firebird columns will interchange up through 78. When you mount the 1970 Camino trim on a wagon-68-72, OFFSET it to the right just a little ( no/one will notice it) WHY? When you open the gate like a door the 70 Camino trim will ALMOST hit on the left side. A non-tilt and a tilt column are TOTALLY different columns and nothing interchanges. 1968 Chevelle /El Camino Hood hinges are interchangeable, and there are two categories: one version built before 11/30/67, and another built after 11/30/67. REPO stuff is a whole nother Friggen story. Wagon is painted, Go to mount REPRODUCTION -1970 El Camino tailgate trim. 7/15/99 update: Here's a frame supplement link, recently abstracted from Chevelle Tech. Sedans, station wagons, and utilities like the El Camino used a 116 inch frame, and the frame is interchangeable, except that the sedan had non-boxed rails. Mock up DONE all is perfect drill holes in T-Gate, Test mount Org. 1968-72 frames had two different wheelbases, a 116 and 112 inch wheelbase. I believe I bought two SHORT pieces for a 70 to trim my tailgate on my Wgn. El Caminos have a long & a Short tailgate trim. Save loads of time and money when you order the 68-’69 grille kit from OPGI Everything you need to restore the front end of your 68-’69 is right here at a nicely discounted price to boot. I did my Nomad T, gate to match my 70 SS 454 El Camino. not sure about rear brakes, but on the fronts - any 67-72 GM A-body (Cutlass, Skylark, Lemans, GTO, Tempest, Malibu, Chevelle, El Camino, etc.), 68-72 X-body (Nova, Pontiac Ventura, Olds Omega), and any 67-69 Camaro or Firebirds, would all have the same disc brake setups from the factory (everything between the A-arms, that is. If you are speaking about trimming a Wagon tailgate, This may help. I've seen posts where it was shown that the 70-72 El Camino molding will work on the wagon tailgate (I believe it was shown using the lower for both the upper and the lower), but the 68-69 molding looks to be closer to the height of the molding originally on the wagon.
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