[hubleyman]

Thanks for all the compliments gang. I'm sure this car will find a happy new home soon.

Couple other little tidbits... As was just described, the SS package wasn't available on the El Camino in 1966, but you could order the 396 engine as a separate option. I'm one of the few who chose NOT to add a SS hood on my B/B El Camino... which always bugs me when I see them.

The L35 325HP engine was the base engine in an SS, and (according to one reference book) in 1966 they built 44,362 Chevelle SS 396's with the 325HP base engine - out of 72,272 SS 396 Chevelles total.

For the 1966 El Caminos, only 1865 were built with the 325HP 396, out of a total production of 35,119 El Caminos. Very small percentage.

And only about 5% of all of the 325Hp engines produced were built with the K19 California emissions, so a reasonable guestimate (with extrapolation) of 100 or so B/B El Caminos were probably built for California use.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Interesting note:</span> The trim tag body build date on this car was 12D, and the car was sold on Dec 30th. That means the body was completed, the car finished, shipped from Fremont plant to Willows, and then sold to the original owner all during the last week of December - Holiday time!

My guess is this was special ordered and the original owner was impatiently waiting for it to arrive... what a lovely Christmas present!

Charlie

P.S. I will try to post some better pictures so you can see the color more accurately. If you Google Artesian Turquoise cars, the pictures will show you a wide variety in the shades of paint. I matched the new paint on my car to the original paint on the unfaded cowl section under the fender.