Posted on 05/18/2016 5:39:50 PM PDT by mdittmar
We know a rancher that had a brand new pickup wash down a flooded creek. The dealership fixed it, took a while and cost him some real money but he was self insured so cheaper than junking the truck. He bought it to be a ranch truck so didn’t get it re-painted and it looked like a sand blasted wreck...people would always have to ask why a truck so new looked so bad.
“El Camino” is Spanish for “The Camino.”
I suppose that means El DeBarge translates to The DeBarge.
Thats a shame.
Hope the old guy is ok.
Bet that car was worth quite a few bucks.
454. My folks had a 72 buick lesabre with the 454 wildcat engine in it. You could be a leadfoot without even trying.
My memory may be going but when I was growing up in the 60s Buick had a 455. I think Olds did too and they were totally different engines.
Also totally different from the Chevy 454.
Back in the early 1970s my boss bought one of those. Brand-new black 1970 El Camino SS, his first new car. It was a lemon. In the 2 years he owned it, it spent more than 18 months in the shop getting fixed for one thing or another. For instance, the roof leaked. When the Chevy shop opened the roof they found a wrench was left inside from the factory. The paint kept going bad and was repainted several times. The engine had numerous breakdowns, as did the transmission and rear end. My boss ended up suing General Motors, and won his lawsuit. He took to compensation and bought a foreign car, pledging to never again buy an American car.
Not exactly on topic, but one of my little girls was attempted to be grabbed by a guy in what she described as a guy in a “car truck”.
Fortunately she screamed so loudly that a grocery guy heard her scream as he was carrying out groceries and ran towards them and the guy took off.
Later he was caught trying to grab another girl and the car-truck turned out to be a-—yep, El Camino.
I had the opportunity to drive a 65 Ranchero (years ago) 289 4 speed ... just like the El Commode ... light in the ass and would light the tires with very little prodding ... Hard Braking was interesting as well.
The El Commode that I had was the one with the square headlights. It was in the family for probably 15 years ... I replaced the Engine twice, had good steel, no rust... it was a good car.
(Gave it to my brother when we started having kids ... not kid friendly)
I just know about the Olds 442, didnt know about a 455. I only heard of the 442 and the 454. I had family that had cars with both of these two. The 455, if it was an earlier engine, was before my time.
There was a time in the mid 60s to maybe 68 in which the 442s seemed to be the dominant muscle care at least where I lived.
It had a 400 cubic inch engine. The 4-4-2 stood for four barrel carburetor. Four speed transmission and dual exhaust.
Those 442s were beating the SS-396s, and GTOs too.
It translates as “the road” or “the way”.
It's refreshing to read something positive about Crews.
Thanks, i forgot about the 4 banger.
A friend in high school had an early 70’s El Camino. Loved riding to the beach sitting in a lounge chair in the back beside the beer cooler.
To much el camino hate on this thread! I loved my 68 el camino. It had a 4 speed with a turbocharged 350 with nitrous oxide to eliminate turbo lag. It was like driving on ice!
” “El Camino” is Spanish for “The Camino.” “
Kelso!
Yep! Busted!
I owned a 1980 El Camino, silver with an eagle decal on the hood. I believe it idled at 50mph. :) A bit of gas and it flew. Handled great and stuck to the road like glue.
Not that I ever exceeded the speed.
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