Vehicle Description
Resto-Mod 1964 Chevrolet El Camino for Sale. Body off restoration
with many upgrades. 400 cubic inch V8 engine, beautiful engine bay,
200R automatic transmission with overdrive, power steering, power
disc brakes, tubular control arms, 17" Riddler alloy wheels, custom
two tone paint, color matched spray-on bed liner, canvas bed cover,
dual chrome spot mirrors, tri-color custom bucket seat interior,
A/C, tilt steering column, AM/FM radio, custom center console with
auxiliary gauges. This El Camino was built to be enjoyed! This
Classic Chevy is loaded with many features that make owning a
Classic vehicle fun and enjoyable to drive anytime! Automotive
Facts: Ford Australia was the first company to produce a coup�
utility as a result of a 1932 letter from the wife of a farmer in
Victoria, Australia, asking for "a vehicle to go to church in on a
Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays". Ford
designer Lew Bandt developed a suitable solution, and the first
coup� utility model was released in 1934.1 Bandt went on to manage
Ford's Advanced Design Department, being responsible for the body
engineering of the XP, XT, XW, and XA series Ford Falcon utilities.
General Motors' Australian subsidiary Holden also produced a
Chevrolet coup� utility in 1935, Studebaker produced the Coup�
Express from 1937 to 1939. The body style did not reappear on the
American market until the release of the 1957 Ford Ranchero. Both
the coup� utility and the similar open-topped roadster utility
continued in production, but the improving economy of the mid- to
late-1930s and the desire for improved comfort saw coup� utility
sales climb at the expense of the roadster utility until, by 1939,
the latter was all but a fading memory. 1957 Chevrolet Cameo
Carrier The mid-1955 introduction of Chevrolet's Cameo Carrier
pickup truck helped pave the way for the El Camino. Although it was
a model variant of Chevrolet's Task Force light-duty pickup, the
Cameo offered an array of car-like features that included
passenger-car styling, fiberglass rear fenders, two-tone paint, a
relatively luxurious interior, as well as an optional V8 engine,
automatic transmission, and power assists. As always, there was a
GMC version offered during the same time, called the GMC Suburban
Carrier with the same features offered on the Chevrolet. In 1957 a
special version was made for GMC to be shown at national car shows
called the Palomino, which had a Pontiac 347 cu in (5.7 L) V8
installed, borrowed from the 1957 Star Chief. Other pickup truck
producers, including Dodge, Ford, Studebaker, and International,
began to offer flush-side cargo boxes on some of their 1957 models,
such as the Dodge C Series, and the Studebaker E-series Deluxe.
However, Ford also introduced the 1957 Ranchero, and established a
new market segment in the U.S. market of an automobile platform
based coup� utility. In 1959, Chevrolet responded with the El
Camino to compete with Ford's full-sized Ranchero. The original El
Camino and Ranchero would compete directly only in the 1959 model
year.