Projects question for the masses....cars been in a fire

I found a cool 59 el camino but it was in a fire in the field were it sets.....It doesnt look to bad but the question is can this be used and put back on the road......will the engine be ok what about the temper of the metal on the body....its cheap but if I cant use it its not worth ****

 

That's a RARE El Camino!!
Chevrolet started producing them in '59......


How bad was the fire??
Was the car completely burned or just "singed"?
Post pics.

 

were I you I would leave it alone thats one rare ride.

 

very rare...it's like my '61 Mustang

 

Usually if the tires burn everything is pretty well toasted. If it just got singed by a gr*** fire it might be worth working on.

Now as the other guys said, they didn't make ElCaminos in 1955 so what is it or is it a wagon with the back of the roof cut off as there were several of those running around including a couple of Nomads that got the axe.

 

it has the fins and the round 4 tail lights ill go back and get pics....Ill post a pic

 

didn't Chevy make a pickup called Cameo in the mid-fifties?

 

oops just googled it its a 59 sorry

 

If it has 4 round tail lights it's a 1960

 

Best to post a photo so we can judge how bad it's burned.

 

If the paint burned off of it and the interior burned, I'd say it's toast.

If all the plastic and rubber are just melted, and the gl*** has delaminated but the paint is still on the metal (though singed), then get it.

-Brad

 

We have a winner. Fires are hard enough to tell with pics, but without, this thread us useless.

 

my 39 Ford truck after fire

 

Okay, how about the outside, the gl***, etc. ?

 

I think thats a different car, because that sure doesnt look like a 59 elky to me.

 

Round tailights and fins...probably a 1960 el camino. If its cheap buy it. If it's shot, fill the bed with kingsford and use it as a BBQ! pictures?

 

if the sheet metal has been burned realy bad, it wont take paint.