Even with all its style, this Elky doesn't lose its versatility. The tan interior just looks like part of the coordinating body stripe package, and it's just as well preserved as the exterior, too. One look inside and you'll realize why you never want to tint the windows. And while the preservation has been exceptional, you'll also love that the truck bed has been upgraded with a wood insert and a cover to keep it dry. It all appears in quite nice condition thanks to this one averaging less than 1,500 miles annually. Plus, you still get all the things you love about 4th generation of El Caminos, including the Malubu front end, color-matched rally wheel package, and rear bumper with integrated taillight package. Not only do you get that cool pickup/sedan feeling, but also you can't help but feel a little Smokey and the Bandit style swagger with this Chevy's own gold hood bird and gold striping package. The Royal Knight edition seems like the best of everything from its era, so a decal kit was added to this car. After all, the factory black not only showcases how well the original paint still shines today, but also it highlights how straight the sheetmetal still is. It's especially true on this nicely preserved example. These final generation El Caminos have a particularly sleek and sporty design with a hint of classic style. That's why this exceptionally well preserved 1979 Chevrolet El Camino is already so attractive, even before you see the affordable price. But a few add that extra GM flair of a bold hood bird you thought was only reserved for Pontiac T/As. The El Camino already has an interesting place in all of our hearts where one vehicle is both a comfy sedan and a versatile pickup. Today, the car is a cult classic.RARE LOOK, 53K ORIG MI, BELIEVED ORIG V8, AUTO, DOCS, SOLID ORIG PAINT/BOD, NICE In 1987, Chevrolet dropped the El Camino from its lineup for good. In 1968, the more powerful SS engine made the El Camino into one of the iconic muscle cars of the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1964, the company introduced a new version, this one built on the brawnier Chevelle platform. Though the Ranchero was a steady seller, the first incarnation of the El Camino was not and Chevy discontinued it after just two years. In the United States, however, ute-type vehicles were slower to catch on. The ute was a huge hit eventually, virtually every company that sold cars Down Under made its own version. In response, Ford engineer Lewis Brandt designed a low-slung sedan-based vehicle that was a ritzy passenger car in the front, with wind-up windows and comfortable seats and a rough-and-tumble pickup in back. Legend has it that a farmer’s wife from rural Victoria had written a letter to Ford Australia, asking the company to build a car that could carry her to church on Sundays and her husband’s pigs to market on Mondays. Since the 1930s, Australian farmers had been driving what they called “utes”-short for “coupé utility”-all around the outback. It was, ads trilled, “the most beautiful thing that ever shouldered a load!” “It rides and handles like a convertible,” Chevy said, “yet hauls and hustles like the workingest thing on wheels.”įord’s Ranchero was the first “car-truck” sold in the United States, but it was not a new idea. Inspired by the Ford Ranchero, which had already been on the market for two years, the El Camino was a combination sedan-pickup truck built on the Impala body, with the same “cat’s eye” taillights and dramatic rear fins. On October 16, 1958, Chevrolet begins to sell a car-truck hybrid that it calls the El Camino.
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