EL CAMINOS - general question

[Jonesy]

I recently brought this one back from the dead:

[olredalert]

-------Count me among the El Camino owners. At present I own and drive an 86. Its not in the collectors catagory but has gained a bit of value and is just so darn useful. The late-model Elcos with 200r overdrives return great mileage and are extremely comfortable. Mines nice because the anemic 305 has been replaced by a 330hp crate motor. Have had many others as well,,,probably around 15 or so over the years and liked them all. The highpoint was a triple black 1969 L89/M22 16000 original mile one that a member of this group in Ohio owns today........Bill S

[Hank Williams Jr]

Thanks guys!! Yeah, I agree with what has been said here.
I owned a chevelle, and El Cams have a tough look, and a certain 'je ne se quoi' factor.

Id aim to keep the costs down, and have a blast.

Not a fan of the "My name is Earl" show, but here are two other cool TV el cams:

-Randall Pink Floyds El cam in "dazed and confused"
- Newbomb Turk's monster of an older brother has a cool one in Hollywood Knights.

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In seriousness though. How were EC's viwed back in the day? As I said I'd like to build with 'period parts' - Would anybody have touched an EC back then? OR, were they pretty much a utilitarian object?

[Hank Williams Jr]

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I recently brought this one back from the dead:

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Cool looking car! Duluth is a nice city BTW.

[Mr. T]

Hank, this thread may be of some interest to you.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show.../page/0#214107

[Hank Williams Jr]

Thanks! thats great. The photo of the el cam launching made my day. I cant really tell, but did it pull the front wheel off the pavement?

[370454s]

Yes I am a Big fan of El-Caminos. Currently have a Nice Black 70 LS-6/M-22/4.10s. Kinda Squirrley to Drive, but when it Hooks it Books. I have had a total of 6. My Favorite one is my LS-6, but the Fully Documented Astro Blue LS-5 70 that I sold 3 Years ago was The Nicest. It had Power windows,Locks,Buckets,Console,Factory Tach and Gauges,Tilt Column and a White Vinyl top and Bumper gaurds. Bought it from V. Gaines in Denver,Nice Truck.
Mike

[Keith Tedford]

Talk about handy. I just drove ours to the bodyshop the other day and took all the new parts in the bed. Can't do that with your old cars. It'll probably carry as much as some of the regular sprung half tons out there. The air shocks can keep it level. Sure can't buy a solid car with a new 350 and turbo 350 for $6K. Won't have $15K into it when done and it will have a COPO look, bucket seats and console. I'm glad that others don't want them. Their loss is our gain.

[Schonyenko2]

Try the last 10 minutes of the movie 2 lane black top.
Alot of caminos were bought by midwest farm boys who knew you could get as big a motor as you wanted, and still pay truck insurance. Problem was they had serious traction issues. ie: no weight in the rear. Some guys carried sand bags in the rear all year around. I think Belair metioned a Chi town street racer that filled the tailgate with lead shot, or something. I liked them. Had a 74 SS. Not much good when the family got bigger.

[Hank Williams Jr]

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Try the last 10 minutes of the movie 2 lane black top.
Alot of caminos were bought by midwest farm boys who knew you could get as big a motor as you wanted, and still pay truck insurance. Problem was they had serious traction issues. ie: no weight in the rear. Some guys carried sand bags in the rear all year around. I think Belair metioned a Chi town street racer that filled the tailgate with lead shot, or something. I liked them. Had a 74 SS. Not much good when the family got bigger.

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That's it ! im frickin' getting one. Got the GF's approval too!