03-18-2017, 10:59 PM | #51 |
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Re: El Camino a truck?
I've always thought of them as a crossover. Neither car nor truck. They are built on a Chevelle station wagon frame. They have a longer wheelbase than the coupes and the front fenders (on 70-72 at least) are different as well.
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03-18-2017, 11:26 PM | #52 |
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My dad would be 94 now, and to him pickups came in two sizes, 1/2, 3/4, ton.
A 1 ton is a 1 ton, flatbed or pickup bed, it's a 1 ton. Trucks were 1 1/2 ton and larger. All pickups and trucks had a bowtie or GMC on the grill or a Detroit Diesel under the hood. Being the utilitarian he was, everything else was a waste of money.
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Re: El Camino a truck?
I never knew that! Never owned one though, either.
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When you lift it up the station wagon rear seat foot well are is still there.
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Seat belt holes are there too.
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So the entire floor pan from the station wagon was used, but covered up with the bed?
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Correct.....
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Re: El Camino a truck?
We've got a section for s-10s, Luvs, and Colorados on here.
If those are trucks... Why wouldn't an El Camino be a truck??? We have sections on here for Blazers and Suburbans. If those are trucks... Why wouldn't an El Camino be a truck???
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depends on what the state licenses them as. Most say trucks. so I'll stay with truck that rides like a car.
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Whether you consider them trucks or not I love them and consider them Cool . I love my Orange Flame 72 El Camino SS .
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I love mine too. But I'm not real sure we need a sub forum for them here.
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I had a 72 elky, used it as a truck, with air shocks i hauled a lot of weight.I called it my truck. I don't remember what Arizona MVD called it , but looking at my suburban license plate renewal i see MVD says body style is SW, if i recall correct the title or bill of sale said station wagon. Maybe my burb isn't a truck?
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yup
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I'm not sure I believe this. Every one I've ever seen had a big hole surrounded by rusty sheet metal under that cover.
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They probably never drained their ice chest.....
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Fact. Mine did too when I got it last year. First thing I did was cut out that whole section and weld in a new one.
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I owned a 1976 back in the day and always called it a truck.
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The 68-72 can be used as a truck. Just have to beef up a few things.
I have a 68, and knew I would use it for light towing, so built a high torque 350 (.020 over) with a 4L660E out of a Suburban for the trans withy a stand alone controller. Has a 3.36 ten bolt in it right now, but I recently bought a 3.31 12 bolt to put it. Plan to upgrade the rear brakes to 11 inch drums before installing the 12 bolt. Put big brakes on the front using Corvette rotors, a modified 69 and later caliper bracket, 76 truck calipers and re-using the old drum brake spindles (modified). Secondly, put the air shocks back on (came with them from the factory). I just got a vintage "JacPac" set up so that I can raise and lower the rear from inside the cab. BTW, I will be selling the rear air shocks that came with the kit, as I believe they fit a 67-72 Chevy C10. Third, install cargo coils in the rear. Lastly, boxed in the rear frame rails and installrf a hidden trailer hitch. Short write up on the hitch here: http://www.chevelles.com/forums/43-e...ler-hitch.html I hauled a 7800 pound load with this set up without any issues. Didn't have enough air in the rear shocks, so the rear sat down just a bit. That issue will be resolved when I install the JacPac kit. Even with the rear down a bit, it drove perfectly. |
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I owned a 1971 El Camino SS back in the day. Always called it a car.
Here it is early one morning loaded on the trailer headed to the drag strip at Bremerton, WA. Gary
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Semi comes from the fact that a portion (semi=partial) of the load (weight) is carried by the pulling unit, and a portion of the load is carried by the trailer. Most of my knowledge is useless, btw.
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If your friends want you to help them move. It's a truck.
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