[Eric in the Ozarks]

Came from GM with this factory-made motor. 396 with 427 heads, 4 bolt mains, mechanical lifters and a major cam. They also put this motor in the Corvette in 66, before the 427 took its place for simplicity's sake.
The car was red/orange bronze with white vinyl and the auto shifter was on the floor. It had regular GM wheels and hubcaps, full factory mufflers and resonators (little mufflers just in front of the tailpipes) so, other than the lopey engine idle, it looked like "dad's car." It was a complete sleeper that dusted nearly everything around.

[wizr]

My favorite of all was my '67 El Camino. Black primer with a 'whoop' in the left rear fender, '327'/4 speed, air shocks, H70/15 tires. Ran like a striped ape and hauled everything (hay, concrete). I loved the body style of the 67's.

Oh yeah. Swapped a '56 Dodge pickup for it, 'cause the shifter linkage was loose and ate the tranny. Saginaw 4 speed ($100) and Hurst shifter ($25) from a local wrecking yard and she was back up and runnin'.

Ah, the old days. All you find, now, in wrecking yards around here are Maaaaazda's and 'Yota's....with new parts prices.