We haven’t had an El Camino here in a while, and Jerome Solberg nabbed a perfect CC version of one: A bit beat up, but pretty original except for the paint. Now that’s a real find.
Original Powerglide column shifter, not a B&M floor shifter. Makes me think it may well still have its original 283 under the hood.
Bummer about the dents, I’d work that rig and like it .
I’d be _shocked_ to find a 282 still running .
-Nate
Obviously a repaint. but Chevy did have a chocolate brown at the time. Don’t understand the blackout painting of Chrome. as it always chips and peels badly. No reason why a well cared for 283 would still not be operational. Nice that it is allrelatively, except for wheels, stock. Front bumper is a little twisted and rear bumper looke to be right up against the sheet metal. ths thing has been in some parking matches. Altogether worthy of a good restoration, presuming no huge swaths of Bondo are hidden under that metallic chocolate paint.
I like this first gen of intermediate El Camino best. I feel it has the most pickup-like proportions, and a much more purposeful design. Second and third gen seem more like a muscle car with a bed. The final generation is my 2nd favorite, I think it went back to looking more purposeful.
Thanks for posting these pictures, Paul! I know nothing of El Camino’s, except that the final generation is rather appealing and still seen here and there well-cared-for. This is the only first generation El Camino I think I’ve ever seen on the street.
Not quite first-gen, as the first was based on the 1959-60 batwing full sized Chevy.
The 1964-65 Chevelle is the one single GM A body of that generation that I find dumpy in its styling, but this Elky manages to make it work, and strikes me as the most attractive of the line.
I’ll bet it got painted in the early or mid 70s, which was the last time painting a car brown was popular.
65 Caminos were always my favorite. Give me a 327/4sp and I’ll be happy forever!