Vehicle Description
1976 Chevrolet El Camino
With the success of the Ford Ranchero, Chevrolet had to respond
with a design of their own. What was born was the classic El Camino
that actually outlasted Ford in production. The line was eliminated
from Chevrolet in 1987 but the popularity of these cars continue
and people around the world are still creating custom truck
conversions in its honor even today. This 1976 El Camino Classic
belongs to the fourth generation which continued to base the car
truck combo off of Chevelles with a station wagon chassis. This is
a very nice example of a survivor car as it has only racked up
44,554 original miles in its entire lifetime and has remained in 1
family since new. It was purchased new in Alabama and spent a
majority of its life there until being relocated to Texas.
Everything on the truck has been kept stock with little to no
aftermarket parts added. The only case where a non original part
may have been installed would be something like the hoses or belts
for normal maintenance. A notable change for 76 was that the
Classic edition received the new quad rectangle headlights that
other high end GMs were rolling around with. These were not applied
to the base model. The body of this car is painted Blue and is very
solid as is the floors and trunk pan. All of the factory chrome,
trim, emblems, etc are all still there and mounted in their
original positions. It even still rides on its original wheels and
hubcaps with Chevrolet bowtie centers. One look at the bed and it
is clear it has been taken care of. It is pretty common to look at
an unrestored truck and see all sorts of dings and scratches in the
bed paint because they were typically used for work. That isn't the
case here because the bed is free of all that.
1D80V6D509570
1 = Chevrolet
D = Malibu, Custom El Camino, Concours
80 = 2 dr. Sedan Pick-Up
V = V-8, 350cid, 2-bbl
6 = 1976
D = Doraville, GA
509570 = sequence number
Under the hood is the original 350 motor that starts up and runs
well. It doesn't smoke or have any issues. Everything is very
original under the hood and even still has things like the "Keep
your GM car all GM" sticker holding on the air cleaner which are
cool little features to see. The transmission is the original 3
speed Turbo Hydramatic that shifts smoothly. Other nice features
include the power brakes and power steering which are nice options
to have.
The interior is done in the matching Blue and the upholstery has
held up very well. The seats don't sag, the headliner is tight, the
stitching is good which are all things great to see when looking at
a survivor car like this. The dash has the all original layout with
the stock gauges, push button radio, AC controls, switches and
clock.
This El Camino is being offered up for the very reasonable price of
$12,900.00!
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