Vehicle Description
1959 Chevrolet El Camino� First year for the El Camino sold on
actual mileage Arizona Title Same Arizona owner for the past 8
years More than $20,000 invested in the vehicle 454 CID with dual
exhausts with upgraded distributor, carburetor and headers Aluminum
radiator New belts, pulleys and hoses Turbo 400 automatic
transmission New J&S 3.23 differential gear within rebuilt rear
differential Power steering with a tilt column and HydroBoost power
front disc brakes with Wilwood calipers Rebuilt and powder-coated
front suspension Black exterior with new tan-and-black interior
Vintage air-conditioning New tires and custom wheels and California
bullet front bumper Spare tire and jack Half-car and half-truck,
the Chevrolet El Camino is Chevrolet's first pickup utility
vehicle. It was Chevrolet's answer to Ford's Ranchero. MotoeXotica
Classic Cars is pleased to present this 1959 El Camino. Built in
GM's Van Nuys, California plant, it left the lined painted Roman
Red (code 923) with Gray cloth and vinyl inside (code 803).� This
solid rarely seen '59 has had the same Arizona ownership for the
last 8 years.� The actual mileage Arizona title shows. Now dressed
in black, this car's paint and trim are in satisfactory order, as
are its four panes of glass and its vent windows. The trucklet's
lights are in similar shape, including the cat's eye taillamps
shared with the Chevy full-size sedans that year. The car's
bodywork is straight and solid. The chrome bumpers, including the
California bullet front bumper, look fantastic and fit tightly to
the body. The engine bay is quite tidy, the cargo bed looks great
and has a cargo liner, and the battery appears new. This El Camino
has a rebuilt and power-coated front suspension. This truck rolls
on new Cooper Cobra Radial G/T tires, size 235/60R15 up front and
275/60R15 in back. Each tire surrounds a five-spoke American Racing
wheel with a center spinner. The wheels are in very good condition.
Under the hood is a understood 454 CID V-8 engine breathing through
dual exhausts. It features an upgraded distributor, carburetor and
headers plus an aluminum radiator and new belts, pulleys and hoses.
Backing the motor is a Turbo 400 automatic transmission and a newly
rebuilt rear end with a J&S 3.23 gearing. Driver convenience
features include custom vintage air-conditioning, power steering,
HydroBoost power front disc brakes and a tilt steering column.
Inside, the pickup utility has a new, tan-and-black interior. The
bench seat has black inserts and looks excellent, as does the
complementing tan carpet. The headliner is in satisfactory order
while the four-spoke aftermarket steering wheel with a black rim
and tilt column is in excellent shape, horn and wipers are inop The
tan metal instrument panel and tan and black inner door panels echo
the rest of the interior's them and are in excellent order.
Completing the inside is the gearshift lever and a Custom Sound
AM/FM stereo. The El Camino was introduced for the 1959 model year,
two years after Ford's Ranchero. According to Chevrolet stylist
Chuck Jordan, GM�Harley Earl�had suggested a coup� pickup in 1952.
Like the Ranchero, it was based on an existing and modified
platform, the new-for-1959�Brookwood�two-door station wagon, itself
based on the completely redesigned, longer, lower and wider
full-sized Chevrolet. Highly stylized, the El Camino initially sold
50 percent more briskly than Ford's more conservative Ranchero,
some 22,000 to 14,000. Unlike the Brookwood wagon and a�sedan
delivery�variant, the El Camino was available with any full-sized
Chevrolet drivetrain. It came in a single trim level, its exterior
using the mid-level Bel-Air's trim and the interior of the low-end
Biscayne. Its chassis featured Chevrolet's "Safety-Girder" X-frame
design and a full-coil suspension, both introduced in the 1958
model year. The 119-inch wheelbase was 1.5 inches longer, and the
El Camino's payload rating ranged from 650 to 1150 pounds, with
gross vehicle weights ranging from 4400 to 4900 pounds depending on
powertrain and suspension. The somewhat soft passenger car
suspension of the base model left the vehicle level without a load.
The 1959 El Camino was promoted as the first Chevrolet pickup built
with a steel bed floor instead of wood. The floor was a corrugated
sheetmetal insert, secured with 26 recessed bolts. Concealed
beneath it was the floor pan from the Brookwood two-door wagon,
complete with foot wells. El Camino boxes were double-walled and
their capacity was almost 33 cubic feet. Among the performance
engines offered were a 283-cid Turbo-jet V-8 with two- or
four-barrel carburetion, several Turbo-Thrust 348-cid V-8s with
four-barrel or triple two-barrel carburetors and two 283-cube
Ramjet Fuel Injection V-8s. Hot Rod�Magazine conducted a test of an
El Camino equipped with the hottest powertrain combination
available in early 1959�a 315 horsepower triple-carb, solid-lifter
348 V-8 mated to a four-speed. Staff testers clocked 0-60�mph times
of around seven seconds, estimated top speed at 130�mph and
predicted 14-second/100-mph quarter-mile performance with a
rear-axle ratio suitable for drag racing installed. A total of
22,246 El Caminos were produced for 1959. That bested the count of
21,706 first-year Rancheros made in 1957 and the 14,169 Ford sedan
pickups built in direct competition for the 1959 model year. If
you're looking for a classic coupe pickup with style, look no
further than this El Camino. From its bat-wing and cat's eye rear
to its quad headlights and chrome grille, it is drenched in late
1950s motifs and character. Stop by MotoeXotica Classic Cars and
see it for yourself. VIN: H59L209642 This truck is currently
located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on
the odometer shows 76,756 miles. It is sold as is, where is, on a
clean and clear, actual mileage Arizona title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!
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