![]() The small block engine was capable of producing an astonishing 350 horsepower. Performance was given a high priority in 1965 with the introduction of the L79 327 cubic-inch V8 to the El Camino. Horsepower ranged from just under 200 to 250. Two engines were offered, a 283 and a 327 cubic-inch V8. This time is shared the Chevelle platform and styling. The Ranchero continued to sell well during the early 1960's so Chevrolet decided to reintroduce the El Camino in 1964. This had been unfortunate, especially since the El Camino had undergone extensive styling updates during its second year. The first generation did not achieve the success that the Ford Ranchero had accomplished. A year later sales slumped to 14,163 and Chevrolet made the decision to cancel production. During its introductory year, 22,246 examples were produced. The styling, both interior and exterior, and its platform were courtesy of the Impala. Two years after Ford introduced their Ranchero, Chevrolet introduced the El Camino. The name, El Camino, means 'The Road' in Spanish. The vehicle could be classified as a small car but with a pick-up truck bed. ![]() The Chevrolet El Camino was produced from 1959 through 1960 and again from 1964 through 1987. The 1970 El Camino SS, stuffed wîth 396- or 454-cid Chevy big-block power, is the ultimate El Camino of the muscle car era. That same year, the El Camino was finally available wîth Super Sport equipment, and buyers could fully partake of the additional muscle-car options offered for the Chevelle SS. The restyled '68 El Camino was as sleek as any vehicle wîth a pickup bed could be. ![]() Following a three-year hiatus, the El Camino returned for 1964, as a derivative of the new intermediate-sized 1964 Chevelle. The El Camino 'passenger-car pickup' first appeared in 1959 and was, along wîth the '60 edition, based on the full-size Chevy. 1970 Chevrolet El Camino news, pictures, and information ![]() My Favorite Below with a "454 c.i." 4 Speed & 4:11 Posi Caballeros may not have sold in the numbers of the El Camino, but as the above photo suggests, the Caballero could get you up on top of Los Angeles for scenic social activities – as long as you donned a white scarf. On the sporting end of the scale, the El Camino SS package was similar in style to the Monte Carlo SS, yet did not share its high-output engine. Both the El Camino and its GMC compadre, the Caballero, were in their final year of production.Įngine choices in 1987 for Chevrolet and GMC were a 145hp V-6 or a 150hp V-8. While progress is inevitable in passenger automobiles, one of the rear-wheel-drive cars that met its end in 1987 was also a truck. The latter part of the Eighties witnessed the great leap sideways from the Big Three making rear-wheel-drive passenger cars into the vast yet shallow sea of front-wheel-drive badge-engineered ennui. Photos courtesy of the General Motors Archives and The Old Car Manual Project. ![]()
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