1960 CHEVY EL CAMINO

 The 1959 El Camino was a conglomeration of several GM cars. The car was based on the Brookwood 2-door wagon, the exterior trim was that of a Bel Air, and the interior was borrowed from the Biscayne. The El Camino was also billed as the first Chevrolet pickup to have a steel bed floor rather than wood. Interestingly, the steel bed floor could be removed, revealing the rear portion of the Brookwood floor pan, foot wells included. After the relative success of the Elky in 1959, it had a rough time in 1960. The previous year the El Camino sold just over twenty-two thousand units, eclipsing the Ranchero both in 1959 sales and its 1957 debut. Chevy redesigned the El Camino for 1960, but sales plummeted with only fourteen thousand units sold. After once again seeing the success of the Ranchero– newly redesigned on the Falcon platform– Chevy decided to close the books on the El Camino.

• FUEL INJECTED 871 SUPERCHARGED

• BORED AND STROKED

• 492 ALUMINUM HEADED 409

• BUILT BY LAMAR WELDON

• MODIFIED 400 TURBO

• 9" FORD W/ $15,000 FJ SMITH SUSPENSION

• STREET LEGAL