[GH85Carrera]

My original engine was the 305, and and with using the right oils for a flat tappet engine and regular oil changes that engine went 300,000 miles with nothing but the accessories getting replaced, water pump, PS pump, alternator and so on. The heads were never off once until I pulled the engine out. With a search on Pelican you can find my thread on the engine swap I did myself over a long Thanksgiving weekend. A brand new, not rebuilt not remanufactured but NEW 350 was delivered to my door for $1,700. Try that with any other vehicle on the planet.

I did throw away the original POS Rochester computer controlled carburetor back when I had a little over 150,000 miles on the original engine. I swapped in throttle body fuel injection. That swapped over to the 350 with no issues.

I have manual roll up windows, and manual door locks. Never had an issue at all with them.

Oh, and I will admit the transmission that came in my car was the Metric 200. Total POS. It only lasted 80,000 miles. It was replaced with what was an option for my car new, a 2004R with full lockup. I I replaced the final drive with a limited slip drive and slightly lower gear ratio because the 4 speed transmission in lockup put me at 1,800 RPM at 60 MPH.

So my El Camino is a little upgraded over the 27 years of driving it.

Much like my 1985 911. All the little upgrades over the last 24 years I have done to it makes it a much better car than what Porsche sold to the original owner. Lots of fuses, headlight relays, massively upgraded AC, and all the other tweaks.