It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but you should have no problem spotting it.
This week, I’ve been preparing the El Kylemino for the upcoming El Camino 60th Anniversary celebration, keeping me too busy to post. As this picture shows, I’ve made a few appearance changes since you last saw the Kylemino.
Wednesday night I’m headed out, and plan to arrive in Big D Friday afternoon. For anyone in the Dallas area who wants to see several hundred El Caminos (and the occasional GMC Sprint), here’s the hotel address and site plan:
The hotel must be near the Ballpark- The EL Kylemino is a 1987, so I’ll park in the 5th Gen lot (1978-87).
Near as I can tell, there will be over 150 cars participating, so it sounds like a fun time. However, I’m just a simple participant, NOT one of the event organizers, so I don’t have access to inside information and can offer no guarantees.
I’ll be around all day Saturday. If find the El Kylemino and don’t see me, look for my phone number on the dash. Send a text, and I’ll head on over. I will, of course, take pictures throughout the day, with an eye out for trucks worthy of Curbside Classic, ideally a model packing a 6 cylinder with three on the tree. D/S
Sounds like a fun weekend. Yes, find us some oddballs.
“several hundred El Caminos (and the occasional GMC Sprint)”
What, no Caballeros? 🙂
I was gonna mention that too. I’m sure that there will be a few of those too
I predict 3 Caballeros.
I always thought the Sprint/Caballero should’ve at least had a B-O-P interior and front clip.
I’ll be at the event too! Lily is parked at my warehouse about ten minutes away. So excited for this! Sadly I need a new carb and the brakes gone through before it would be safe to drive her there.
This is a big weekend in Dallas. The Texas State Fair is in full swing and the annual Texas-Oklahoma (TU-OU) football game is part of that. Things should be hopping. Enjoy!
Love the look of the front end. Are those Celebrity headlights, or Caprice Classic? I’ve seen several GM cars that had their quad sealed beams replaced with the updated composites. I love that look.
I’m using composite headlights out of a Celebrity, but some folks have had success with the Caprice headlights. I’ll cover cosmetic changes in a future post.
And the Breaking Bad sequel El Camino debuts October 11 to get you in the mood.
Right by my old office, and an easy drive from where I’ll be this weekend.
Unfortunately I’m participating in an equestrian event this weekend; otherwise, I’d like to see ElKylemino (and the other ElCamimos), and finally meet another CCer.
You did a nice job on your ‘Camino. The good looks of those is hard to improve on, but you did it. I have always liked this type of truck. I had a ’73 Ranchero that I drove for a couple of years in the early ’80’s and loved it. I bought it cheap and fixed it up to suit me, like you did. After that I bought my ’75 EL Camino which was also ” on the back row” at the local Chevy dealer. It had the SS trim package and was much better equipped than the Ranchero. I fixed it up and it gave me several years of good service. I mainly drove it around town, hauled firewood, and pulled a camper with it at first. Then I had a career change and drove it all over the state in my new job for a year until the front end started getting loose. I sold it to a friend who fixed it up and drove it for years until some idiot ran into it and totaled it. I sure would like to have either one of those back! Enjoy yours!
Just got back from the event, maybe 50 El Caminos, a couple of Sprints and Caballeros
Fun time
I was there in my ’66 Elky