New Toy it is a truck

[ole dollor]

well Ole Dollor is going to Houston Texas ,and I now have an El Camino Conquesta , 1983 , been changed from a 305 to a 350 , man its nice. a few wanted me to show some photo's of it so I will post them here, not sure if I could post them on the 67 to 72 message board , so hears a few pic's

[Clyde65]

I used to work for a GMC dealer in the mid 80's and it was unfortunate that a) there wasn't many of the elco\cabelero's to begin with, 2) the dealer couldn't give them away if they had them, which they really did tried to.

I always liked them and thought they were the perfect mix of truck and car. Nice truck..errr car...err truck!

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

I used to work for a GMC dealer in the mid 80's and it was unfortunate that a) there wasn't many of the elco\cabelero's to begin with, 2) the dealer couldn't give them away if they had them, which they really did tried to.

I always liked them and thought they were the perfect mix of truck and car. Nice truck..errr car...err truck!

I know your are right , the chevy el camino and the gmc sprint were cool but not many wanted one , I was in dallas in the early 70's when the Pontiac dealer I worked for has some , I always like and wanted one , but never got one for some reason , found this one and just had to have it . it sure rides and runs good. its also a lot more comfortable for me to drive, a lot more leg room . believe it or not , in Anton with a population of about 1200 people we have 7 el camino's in town.....but mine is the sharpest. Don

[Clyde65]

Wow 7?! that must be the Elco capitol of the world!

[flashed]

Very nice Elky ,I have a 72 SS but would love to have one of those too .

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

Wow 7?! that must be the Elco capitol of the world!

LOL.....yes it may be a Guiness book record ....

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by flashed

Very nice Elky ,I have a 72 SS but would love to have one of those too .

the 72 elk was a nice body style also, I kinda like them all . a 72 ss would be a big plus .

[flashed]

Mine is nothing special really because its a smallblock, most frown on it but Im a smallblock guy anyway .I really like the newer years as they do drive so much better and as you say more roomy.

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by flashed

Mine is nothing special really because its a smallblock, most frown on it but Im a smallblock guy anyway .I really like the newer years as they do drive so much better and as you say more roomy.

I am a small block guy also , ole dollor was a 292 six and the first 6 banger I ever messed with , the 350 is just the best bang for the buck you can buy .

I did have a lot of fun with that truck , but it was hard to stay with the six, but it was cool to mess around with it. Don

[HeavyD]

Really neat car, looks to be in fine shape. Dont know why people frown on small blocks? While I like a bbc as much as the next guy, my old boss bought a 383 built by some shop in the southern US for his 73 Camaro and its just insane. He has taken down all sorts of 496s and 540s mostly because he gets traction and they dont, but hey, a small block propelled him to the line first! Congrats again on the ElCo

[bigblock73]

Nice car.