[GH85Carrera]

Whooo Hoooo!!

I have the El Camino all fixed up and back on the road. I can't decide if Rube Goldberg would have been proud of the Chevy engineers for that steering column or if Rube would be aghast that they made an setup more over the top insane than anything he could come up with.

The windshield wiper switch only controls the wipers, and the speeds and delay. There is the little boot shaped piece of plastic that is held in place with just grease until it is in position and screwed down. The plastic piece pushes on a long rod to change from high beams to low beams. Then there is a weird pusher arm from the wiper switch to push on the turn signals. The cruise control module is hidden way up inside the dash behind the instruments. The wire from the turn signal-wiper-cruise control stalk feeds up to the cruise module.

Of course the ignition is just as insane with multiple springs and parts that have to align just right.

I honestly hope to never ever have to tackle that project again.

And to think, GM put that same BS system in millions of Chevys, Buicks, Caddies, Pickup trucks.