Specialized in Third Generation El Camino and Chevelle 1968 - 1972
El Camino in Spanish means…… “The Path”
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 1987, Chevrolet dropped the El Camino from its lineup for good. Today, the car is a cult classic.
On October 16, 1958, Chevrolet begins to sell a car-truck hybrid that it calls the El Camino. 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. 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."
Follow the El Camino Build
FLOOR AND FLOOR SUPPORTS ARE WELDED
REPLACED TOE BOARDS
BED SECTION
The smugglers box was also removed and replaced with a new one
This rust was removed and replaced with new metal
This car had a sun roof so the roof skin was removed .The supports were sandblasted, epoxy primed and coated with Aircraft coatings
The new roof skin is now in place
A complete one piece bed has been welded in to place
you can see the change from the earlier photo's
Smugglers box is in
View of under side of bed
ONE PEICE FLOOR
This home made bed section was removed , new metal was welded around the bed perimeter to support the new one piece bed from Dynacorn International
INNER ROCKER PANELS WERE ADDED AND SPOT WELDED IN TO PLACE
Wheel Wells were reworked and smoothed out
Floor under side was sanded epoxy coated and 4 coats ofPPG Hot Rod Black
FRAME WAS SANDBLASTED, EPOXY PRIMED AND 4 COATS OF HOT ROD BLACK
