Chevrolet El Camino History
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History
First sold for 1959 as a car-based pickup answering Ford's Ranchero, the El Camino was reintroduced in 1964 on the new Chevelle platform and is best known in that mid-size form.
Sharing the Chevelle's muscle-era hardware, the El Camino SS could be ordered with big-block V8s, including the 454, making it both a hauler and a muscle car. Production ended in 1987.
Body styles
- Coupe utility
Notable special editions & performance variants
El Camino SS
The Super Sport El Camino; big-block 396/454 versions are sought-after muscle haulers.
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