RUSTY 1960 El Camino Purchased + NEW SHOP UPDATE #1!

[@racecar2933]

I never was a fan of the 60s. My uncle informed me last week of a '60 Convertible here in town that might able to be bought. I know how these "situations" end up going, but I'll keep you updated if anything ever comes of it.

[@racecar2933]

1 owner, little Ole lady has since moved on, and the car is sitting outside under a tarp from what I've been told so far. These situations, in my opinion, get fucked up in the process. Meaning, someone will possibly step in between me and my uncle and end up with the car. Nothing I can do since all I have is the story about the car.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Sounds good man thanks!

[@jimpatnode4445]

At least parts of the old girl will survive. Would like to see photos of it when it is packaged and ready to ship overseas.

[@IowaClassicCars]

amen to that

[@skn9895]

You can never have too big of a shop or too many tools. Words to live by.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Amen

[@michaeltrudeau294]

I had to look it up, but the lighter green metallic in 1960 was called Cascade Green. The darker green was called Jade Green. Knowing colors is always nice.

[@bennyhelgeson401]

Thanks for saving old iron no matter what condition. Congratulations on new shop.

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks Benny

[@jamesthompson8008]

Glad to see your able to get a shop started, you won't go wrong going for the max size you can afford now. Even if it only means say, a partial concrete floor in the beginning. Thinking ahead now regarding future expansion can help later too(lean to's as an example). Good tips on external badging to id engines.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Jim

[@VideosByAl]

You can never have enough shed space. However your 50x80 is a good step in the right direction.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol thanks Al

[@Mercmad]

A nicely restored Elco drove past me last Monday here in Qld. Australia.

[@ronbunker5778]

You are doing exactly the right thing in doing a big building. I made mine 1400 sq. ft. with 10' walls only because my city wouldn't allow any more than that. I am at capacity already and could easily use at least three times that much footage.

[@johna1160]

Exciting news re new building. I'm sure your cars will thank you for putting them inside.You won't regret going big. Room for an "office" and half bath, possibly. Once slab is poured and cured, should go up fast.

[@IowaClassicCars]

im hoping so!

[@ratt727]

It looks pretty good, still some good metal on it, like the chrome trim, nice

[@IowaClassicCars]

Right on

[@grayhounddaddy62leake83]

I've been a car guy for all of my life and that encompasses almost 68 years! I love'em, however, after all this time, I never knew about being able to determine the engines used on the early 60's Chevrolets by looking at the grill emblems!!! Just goes to prove, that this old dog just learned a new trick! Thank You!!!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Glad to help

[@Derik8976]

One of my favorite years

[@Opigoink]

Cannot wait to see this building up. Lucky lucky guy. You're going to love the size.

[@jamesthompson8008]

@ Opigoink At the same time, it's not like he hasn't been hustling the parts either, obviously some planning in that luck to!

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks man!

[@bozodog428]

Nice parts car find. My Dad had a 1960 Elco, light blue, 3 sp column shift, 6cyl, radio and heater back in 1970. Already had rusted out lower sheet metal. I drove it a few times and it ran good. The Elco's had the " V" just like the full size Chevys. Corvette was a C3.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks!

[@melmcclure3710]

Congratulations on the new shop. Can’t wait for the content coming after the new shop is up.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Mel

[@scottbelinda3509]

That's a nice ute. Well done on getting things started on your work shop too. Can't wait to see it finished and then amagin what more you can do with these cars then. 👍🇦🇺

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks 👍

[@johnbehneman1546]

GREAT VIDEO RYAN!!!! YOU ARE DOING AN AWESOME JOB AT SAVING CLASSICS FROM THE CRUSHER!!!! CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW SHOP!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks John

[@AndrewHCann]

Excellent video Ryan :) also looking forward more videos too soon and watch too!

[@ronlynch7744]

Even though it’s a donor, it’s a very cool one. That shop is going to Rock, go big or stay home they say. Good one Ryan. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Ron

[@MrScrapart]

Man oh man, that 60 el camino would be perfect for a body swap onto a late model something or other with the right width & wheel base. Unless your the purist type.

[@IowaClassicCars]

That would be pretty cool lol

[@terrencegiordan2775]

Congrats that's going to be awesome garage

[@stevelangston2359]

Same is true here in nc . Just have to look for them! Thanks for your passion!

[@morewithles]

Congratulations on the new workshop! No doubt you have big plans! I am looking forward to all you have planned. 🙏👊💪

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks!!

[@bombasticanimal1853]

"Move over Sweden, there's a new sheriff in town!" --Thailand

[@IowaClassicCars]

hahaha

[@Cheez1979]

Good find man. If you find change keep it and look it up some real copper pennys go for bank.

[@frk4musl]

You are so amazing. Love when you are on

[@IowaClassicCars]

thank you

[@David-rx5eo]

I have seen videos of cars they have done in Bangkok, Thailand and they were great! Glad that one will be saved.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yes they are!

[@Slimjim260]

Keep me posted on the new building!

[@IowaClassicCars]

will do!

[@kenworth2343]

Congrats on the new shop. Should serve you well.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Ken

[@martinbeneteau309]

Good to see the ravine car lives on! Are you going to videoing the building of your new workshop?

[@IowaClassicCars]

It does live on!

[@dombutler7685]

I see a lot of El Camino's for sale that look like that one, no doubt someone will want it as is. Hey Ryan thats a really nice new shop. One question though - when can I move in?!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Haha 😎

[@MinnesotaisRust]

Nice El Camino!

[@johnwhelan723]

A lot of nice chevys here, 50x80? Way to go

[@IowaClassicCars]

Yes 50x80x14

[@jerrylobdell3022]

👍👍 On the back of the el camino there is an emblem with a v underneath it.

[@IowaClassicCars]

great thanks!

[@midwest5989]

Cant wait to see an update on the "unsavable" 59 convertible!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Its actually almost done!

[@lightningboltz525]

@@IowaClassicCars that's awesome 👌

[@denislandry7577]

Good shop , never to big lol

[@UncleJoJosHouse]

As soon as I saw that on Facebook I said well I’ll be watching Ryan pick that up on his next video.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Hahahah good man!

[@swhod2190]

Great...you're doing a nice job.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks a lot

[@finfan83]

This back window lying around uninstalled into body makes it look even more panoramic and more curved than in car. As for the rear emblem: There are Chevy crests pictured on the tailgates, under the round medallion in factory literature. Can't tell if all 3 kinds you list here. There is also talk about rear licence plate being hinged "for vehicle identification when tailgate is lowered". Good luck with the new building and no tornadoes to rip it apart !

[@IowaClassicCars]

Gotta keep it insured, thats for sure here in tornado alley!

[@finfan83]

@@IowaClassicCars Go away tornadoes !

[@donshotrodgarage1717]

Cool Video Ryan! The new shop is going to be sweet! Congratulations man✌️

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man

[@ronaldmiller2740]

THANKS RYAN !!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks for watching

[@davidfischer5945]

Thank you for your videos. A word on buildings: I’ve been affiliated off and on for years with the Illinois Railway Museum in Union IL. Their outlook for decades has been to build as many large pole barns to house their antique rail artifacts because, once you get them inside from the midwestern elements, the deterioration goes from nasty to nil just like that. So your call to build a large shop building in Iowa’s similar climate is prudent.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thats the plan!

[@nicksnarski5973]

I owned a 1960 Impala convertible 348 turboglide that color green in 1981 82.I wish I never sold that one.Yes it had the cross flag emblems.

[@IowaClassicCars]

nice one!

[@dalestewart5670]

Enjoyed video, and good luck on building.only ever liked 59,60 el Camino's,didn't care for later ones.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Right on

[@hottroddchevelle]

Nice! I can’t wait till I have my own shop building

[@IowaClassicCars]

get after it man! :D

[@francisjaniewski5990]

I know by me Northwest Indiana, Sunrise had a orange pop like Crush and a grape drink.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks

[@paulp5775]

Man those guys in Thailand must be keen, that blue car is shot. Get the biggest shed you can, you won’t regret it. ( and it will keep you out of the snow)

[@IowaClassicCars]

they are true craftsman

[@superhet7281]

By all means build your shop BIG so you can grow into it! Like you said, a 30 by 40 would fill up FAST. Best of luck with it!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thank you

[@jamesogden178]

Nice Ryan thanks for the vids

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks for watching

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool, great vid!!!!!!! 👍👍👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thank you!

[@travisjohnson5747]

Congrats on getting new shop. That's gonna be massive. I'd like to get one put up myself but I'm thinking more like 48'x48' at most. That'll send me to poor house as is😄

[@IowaClassicCars]

You should!

[@FrankieNY59]

Hi Ryan. Congrats on the new garage. I hope it’s going to be heated so you don’t freeze your khakis off !! 🤣. On the 60 el Camino. The plate was in the bumper and the emblem was on the tailgate to ID the engine. Looks like this was a 283 based on the pattern of what was once there. Thanks for the vid. Can’t wait to see the garage completed.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Hahah thanks Frankie

[@FrankieNY59]

@@IowaClassicCars anytime my friend

[@HotRollBrad]

Congratulations on getting your new building! Thanks for sharing your videos!

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks Bradley

[@Oyvind88]

Great one, congrats with new shop, more content coming, great parts car😀👌 Love when cars is saved❤

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks!!

[@haroldburch541]

Hey there not sure what part of Iowa you are in, I grew up in Iowa city and spent from 1965 1971 in Burlington. That Sunrise bottle you found used to be a orange drink , they also made a lemon lime version too. I drank it in the sixties but I can't recall where it was bottled. Back in 2001 I was back in Iowa visiting family and drove through Columbus Junction Iowa and my eye caught an old 1966 dodge charger with the slant back window. At the time it had a 383 in the hood . I ended up buying it for dirt cheap and brought it back home to Colorado and put a 440 under the hood . Fourtnatly the car had a complete dash and most of the trim , the hood trunk, and fenders were all there and not rusted to bad mostly surface rust. They guys I bought the car from had several other 1966 chargers that were wrecked and sold me any trim parts I needed. Long story.short today she is a dark cherry red, black interior , and like I said I t has the balanced and blue printed 440 engine. You are correct there are a lot of really nice old cars back in Iowa just waiting to be brought back to life. Don't forget to look inside old barns too, lots of old iron in them too.

[@IowaClassicCars]

im near des moines

[@gazza6348]

G'day mate...good luck with the new building Ryano ..those old elcaminos were classy looking awesome buddy all the best 👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺👊👊

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks Gazza

[@papagiorgio85]

I never knew that about the emblem and the engine. Congrats on how well you are doing. Great video and thank you 👍🏻

[@IowaClassicCars]

Glad to help

[@michaelmason6210]

Iam interested in the 60 El Camino, not afraid of severe rot and fabrication. Does it have a title? Was there a separate distinction for the fuelie?

[@IowaClassicCars]

no title but i can get one, and in 1960 they did not have fuel injection as far as im aware. Email me and we can discuss more

[@j.b.a.124]

Cool video as always. Congrats Ryan on new building. Cheers from California.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks man

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

60 El Camino a had the crossed flags on the tailgate with the 348 engine , license plate was in the bumper , no fuel injection on passenger cars after '59 , only on Corvettes '60-'65 .

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks, so the folding tailgate license plate piece is 59 only.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@IowaClassicCars right , the '59 wagons and Camino's mounted the plate up between the tail lights like the passenger cars , with the tailgate down the police couldn't see it , thus the pivot .

[@VideoServicesVB]

My 60 has a simple looking v on the tail gate below that circle thing. About 12-13" ? wide. Does not look like the outline of your emblem. Mine was a 6cyl, plain Jane column shifter. 👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

hmmm very odd!

[@robertjean659]

Garage should be great, they are never big enough! 🇦🇺🇦🇺👍👍

[@IowaClassicCars]

absolutely lol

[@davidmckinney6577]

Hello good buddy 👋👋 Ryan.. good to see everything is working out for you my friend well tomorrow is my birthday 🎂🎉🎈🎉🎈. I still can't use my right hand after I broke it coming up on a month this Saturday..it sucks not being able to work or do anything with one hand it's very hard to do anything hopefully it will get better soon

[@IowaClassicCars]

get better Dave!

[@francisjaniewski5990]

I remember in 1971,I was 17 my dad took me carshopping. 1st car 68 challenge ss396 5 speed,2nd car 67 ss Nova327 4speed,3rd car 59 elcamino 348 tri power 3 on the tree overdrive. I sais No on the camino told my Dad old man car, settled on a 66 Malibu 327 auto. I know All were keepers. My budget could afford the 66. I wish it was those prices. I bought the 66 at $700. The 68ss was $2800 and it was premo looking at today's version going for$$. All in a days look.

[@IowaClassicCars]

All man i wish you had grabbed that!59 lol

[@francisjaniewski5990]

@@IowaClassicCars yeh,At 17 I still remember it had those IH truck style cab lights on it. When I saw that w engine and three carbs,my Dad said buy it,but me I went for the 66 Malibu

[@duanew5265]

Ryan I love your channel. Mortske says you need to do some will it run videos.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Did he say that on a new video? Lol i must have missed the shout out!

[@duanew5265]

@@IowaClassicCars old video lol

[@choppedmercury9826]

Ryan, I'm in need of a 59 or 60 dash. I need the sheet metal and the gauge pods glove box door and speaker grill. I probably have some hard to get parts you can use

[@IowaClassicCars]

I have 2 ready to go. $450 +shipping. Email me

[@phillipdean9879]

The Garage isn’t going to be big enough! I’ve seen cars built in Bali and Asia, they aren’t scared of anything! 🇦🇺🍺🍺

[@danswartwood4580]

Sunrise soda started in 1910 in Virginia until 1956 when it was sold to Coca Cola.

[@IowaClassicCars]

wow thanks!

[@mexicanspec]

8:11 How is that car going to stay together for the trip to Thailand? There is no structure in the floor.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Hardtop roof and frame hold it

[@friguy4444]

So far most cars (not the El camino though lol) he's called "A parts car" to me looks like either a survivor or a fairly solid rebuild or resto. Someone should tell him about "Rat Rods" and "Patina".

[@IowaClassicCars]

To me they are, to others they can be fixed or rat rods

[@nicholasbidwell5055]

I need a cab for a 1985 Chevy Sierra classic 1500 half-ton pickup with good doors

[@IowaClassicCars]

that will be tough to find

[@cuzcraven6847]

I don’t know how you come across so many of them, can’t find one around here at all

[@IowaClassicCars]

They find me

[@tomcat630]

yes, 64 was first Chevelle based ElCo.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Thanks for the info!

[@michaeltheisen5933]

Would the tailgate and doors be available from the elcamino?

[@IowaClassicCars]

Sure, but those are the 3 main pieces of said car. Email me, we can figure it out

[@kenwarden6371]

IMO 60 elcos are coolest, but I am biased. License plate is on bumper.

[@IowaClassicCars]

thanks i wasnt 100% if it was like 59 or not

[@dougbaker9473]

What you consider a parts car is totally restorable

[@kencarney6667]

Is the frame gone? Looks like a good restomod project if you had deep pockets. I used to haul band equipment in my '60 El Camino. Mine had the factory 348 with tri power mated to a factory 4-speed. Mine also had the flip down tag holder. Illinois cops were really picky about displaying your plate. Mine had rust in the usual spots. Wound up selling it to a kid I knew in school. He painted it butter yellow with a black interior. He also put some Anson slot mags on it too. What's with the "61 you showed with the 6 in it? Are you planning to sell it? How much? My new GF wants to build a car with me.

[@IowaClassicCars]

yes the rear frame is very bad

[@perotekku]

Didn't you just have a post about not having time to buy another car? 😂 Awesome Elco!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol yeah this one was close though

[@jeffsratsrodsrebuilds1535]

How much for the hood

[@IowaClassicCars]

$350 pick up only, please email me if interested

[@burt66669999]

Ryan...do you sell khaki parts ?

[@burt66669999]

parts...pants....lol

[@burt66669999]

Cool car tho...too bad its only for parts and cant wait to see the new shop !!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lmao i wish

[@zekeanderson4745]

Are you going to film working and restoring these cars? When you get your new shop? It would be cool to actually see you working on a car and say next episode im gonna do this and this. No offense but so far ive only seen well its stuck and its to far gone and ive already sold it. I know thats how your making money to build but its kinda like bad prom date. If you catch my drift. 😄

[@IowaClassicCars]

Lol, yeah im gona try anyways. But at the end of the day i started youtube to document my finds, if they sell they sell 😁

[@turbolivesinmyheart6328]

We never see any '63's. Are they pretty scarce or heaven forbid you don't like them? I can't see you not liking them.

[@IowaClassicCars]

Just getting harder to find

[@robertzumwalt2540]

You need to go to older junkyards

[@IowaClassicCars]

if you have any leads, please email me

[@shaunhoyme3786]

bigger is better i built 30 x40 20 years ago have added on twice!

[@johnbehneman1546]

PLEASE CONTINUE TO SAVE VINTAGE EL CAMINO'S AND RANCHERO'S FROM THE CRUSHER!!!!

[@IowaClassicCars]

im sure trying

[@shazmcgee2008]

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[@tonym50195]

Too bad it is too far gone.