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In total, about 800 horsepower is flowing through the old El Camino. That number is more than enough to rocket up to 140 mph without issue. Of course, the car wasn’t built for top speed but ...
The owner runs two quarter-mile sprints, both with 16-second ETs at around 85 mph (137 kph). Far from impressive, even when compared to a stock 1960s muscle car , but this El Camino didn't come ...
But the El Camino went on to become the more iconic car-based truck. Chevrolet discontinued the model in 1960, after only two years on the market, but the El Camino returned with a vengeance in 1964.
As we type this, Oppenheim and his friends just received a new Holley ECU and harness, and are working to get the El Camino past the beams in what could be one of the most legendary fixes in Drag ...
The El Camino quietly bore witness as Jack went from Valley kid to the 2012 NHRA Funny Car champion. In 2016, Jack rolled it out of storage and decided to restore it. "My temporary driver license ...
It had been a dedicated drag car when I bought it and was undriveable on the street,” Bob recounted. Subsequently, the ’65 was rebuilt three times. The first, obviously, to make it streetable.
In ’68, Chevy officially released an SS396 El Camino and these El Camino models are popular attractions at the car shows and area drag strips. My favorite is the 1970 El Camino SS454 with 450 ...
Speaking of modernizing the El Camino, I'd argue that such a vehicle would need four doors, not just two. After all, roughly 60 percent of all full-size pickup trucks sold in the U.S. have crew ...
Q: Greg, I know you race Chevy cars and also own a nice MOPAR, too. But I feel you will be 100-percent fair when I ask if you feel the Ford Ranchero had it all over the Chevy El Camino? I’m a ...
This particular Brooklyn-residing El Camino is a third-generation model, built on GM's A-body platform.With that shiny SS badge gleaming on the side, it's packing a 7.4-liter LS6 V8 under the hood ...
The El Camino — complete with electric components stuffed under the hood where an engine ... And some of the latest Lingenfelter productions — GM cars we’ve built for road racing, drag ...