Feel bad for the guy,probably loved that El Camino.Posted on 05/18/2016 5:39:50 PM PDT by mdittmar
Feel bad for the guy,probably loved that El Camino.El car trucko!
That (really HUGE) photo is a hreatbreaker!
Should be on the list of sins...
Used to be a nice vehicle. It’s an SS model, so maybe it’s worth salvaging, but I don’t know since it’s been submerged for weeks.
Any Astroturf in the bed o’ that bad boy?
1970 CHEVROLET ELCAMINO SS 454
OK, you win the internet today. :=)
> Crews succeed in retrieving classic El Camino
Why?
Half car, half pickup truck, all crap.
Still better than the Ranchero.
Is that your brother’s El Camino?
I owned 2 El Caminos,one had the factory manual 3 speed.it was fun.
Most of it will “buff” right out.
I had a relative who bought a car which had been salvaged from a flood. It was of course substantially discounted.
It never gave any problems so I guess it is possible to restore them. I had always heard that they were gone after being in a flood. I suppose there are things they know to replace etc.
It was sold up front as a restored flood car so no funny business.
A little bondo and some 80 grit and it should be good;)
**** “Still better than the Ranchero” ****
Negahatchi ! The Early Rancheros 64 1/2, 65, 66 were AWESOME
(I liked em anyway)
I had an El Commode ... not an SS but it was nice/not stock. Enjoyed it but always wanted the little Ranchero with a Manual Trans!
I have made myself that promise ... I will never buy another Automatic ... Manuals are way more Funner!
I had an El Camino it was a great car/truck...my dad had it reinforced underneath with a special hitch system and I pulled a horse trailer with it. I thought I was so cool! ha ha. Really though it was great, no issues. For some reason it was a cop magnet though.
Rancheros never did anything for me.
I always thought the Camino was sharper looking.
When I think of a Ranchero, I think of the scrap yard scene in Goldfinger with Oddjob getting the big car crushed (looks like a missing engine) and somehow that little car lugs that heavy hunk of steel without too much trouble.
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