All the wiring and hoses are run very neatly. It is decorated with a nice set of aluminum valve covers painted red with the Chevrolet logo and a dual snorkel air cleaner. The motor is a GM Goodwrench crate 350 with 4 bolt mains, bowtie aluminum intake with an Edelbrock carb that has an electric choke. It has power steering, power brakes and air conditioning. A real cool feature is the rear view mirror shaped like the tail lights.ĮNGINE COMPARTMENT: Very tidy and well restored, full of modern upgrades. Headliner and visors are new white perforated material, overhead light works. The air conditioning vents are neatly installed just below the dash. It does have a retro stereo that fits in the factory hole and kick panel speakers. Upgraded with AutoMeter gauges that fit in the factory hole. The dash area is all repainted and the trim looks new. The carpet has the red and black speckled. INTERIOR: Restored to look original, the seat is reupholstered in the correct upholstery with chrome piping. Door jambs are painted nice too, new weatherstrips. Bottom of the tailgate is clean, the jamb is painted nice, has chrome hinges. Upgraded with radial wide whitewall tires. The wheels are painted red, original hubcaps are nice. The bumpers lare rechromed in back it has the step plates. Has new door handles and the fingernail guards, dual bowtie mirrors, it even has the accessory trim around the fuel door. All the trim on top of the bed opening is restored. The stainless trim around the windows and the roof are straight and polished. On top of the fenders it has the chrome rockets, they look new. Upfront the grill and trim are straight and polished. It has a very highly polished red paint job, it's glossy and has a mirror reflection. The body is clean and straight, it fits nice too. The extended flat top roof, tail fins and cats eyes tail lights are just a few of the cool features. ![]() Beautifully restored to look stock but has modern upgrades for reliability, performance and comfort.ĮXTERIOR: What a beautiful and unique vehicle to look at. As such, a nice ’76 can fetch $15-20,000 according to Hagerty, even though nearly 45,000 of them were produced.Rare! Upgraded with air, p steering & disc brakes.Įveryone here loves this ElCamino, probably because we rarely see one. El Camino’s are popular with enthusiast as they escape some of the 1970 regulations due to being described as a truck. The interior is said to be rough, so assume a lot of time will need to be spent there. The pickup belonged to his brother who has since passed on and the family is no doubt cleaning things out, including the El Camino. The body looks straight, and we’re told there is some rust, although we’re not exactly sure where except the bed. We wish the seller had included more photos of the car rather than the stuff all around it. We don’t know which version of that engine is in the seller’s vehicle, but its paired by a Turbo-Hyrdamatic transmission. The 1976 editions, like the seller’s El Camino, could be had with two versions of the 350 cubic inch V8, could for 145 or 165 SAE net horsepower depending on whether you ordered a 2- or 4-barrel carb set up. The new styling featured hardtop-style doors and upper glass and the payload continued at a respectable 1/2 tons.Ī styling update for 1976 gave the El Camino aa set of rectangular dual stacked headlights, making the ’76-77 modeling instantly recognizable over the ’73-75 models. Along with anything else that GM built as an intermediate, the El Camino gained Chevy’s new Colonnade styling for 1973-77. ![]() From there, it would continue on through 1987 and ended up outliving the Ranchero. It only lasted two years but was resurrected in 1964 as a mid-size based on the new Chevelle platform. In response to Ford’s Ranchero, Chevy brought out the El Camino in 1959 as a pickup based on a full-size 2-door wagon. Located in Santa Rose, California, this Chevelle in pickup disguise is available here on craigslist for $2,500. ![]() It has been on the road in only two years, so maybe there’s a good foundation to work with. From its 4 th generation of production, this 1976 El Camino is offered as a restoration project out of an estate sale. The El Camino was considered a “gentleman’s pickup.” It was part truck and part car as those were the days before pickups and SUVs ruled the market.
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