Is this vehicle covered by the site???

[Chevyland]

Hmm...

[greentruck]

That's a truck load of firewood.

[Boog]

Thats an awful big load of wood for the truck to not even be squatting a little bit. Not even the tires.

[truckster]

Originally Posted by bbrriiaann1973

It's sad because people are trying to validate a truck that's made primarily with car parts and there for should be called a car not a truck! There are smart intelligent people out there but its getting harder and harder to find them!

Differences of opinion are fine. Insulting people who disagree with you is not.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by special-K

Flexibility is a sure sign of intelligence. Rigidity is just the opposite. Take a look around. I've changed my thinking on many things over the years once I took in all the facts I had gathered. We have agreed with all your points about what parts the El Caminos were built from. Good points, nothing I didn't already know in my consideration. Shows that these pickup trucks were built from a car platform. Shows they are both in their entirety. Shows they began as cars but ended up as trucks. I don't need to insult people who disagree with me. I am too intelligent for that. I also don't find this thread sad, or even your posts to be sad. I find it all to be good healthy conversation with a seasoning of debate sprinkled on. I never found this very topic, discussed many times over, to go in any direction but the one this one has taken. It's all good, but I'm done. I am intelligent enough to know when to walk away. Just too cocky to roll over or run from a good debate. This merry-go-round is making me dizzy anyway

It seems to me every point you have made is pretty definitive and I completely agree. If it's designed to be used as a truck, and the manufacturer calls it a truck, and some states title it as a truck, then it's a truck. Seems kind of hard to argue that.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by truckster

Differences of opinion are fine. Insulting people who disagree with you is not.

Yeah, definitely not cool.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by Boog

Thats an awful big load of wood for the truck to not even be squatting a little bit. Not even the tires.

That's exactly what I was thinking! Optional heavy duty rear springs...and solid tires?

[greentruck]

This one didn't have the heavy duty spring option.

[Knight72]

That's just a budget low rider.

[1968 baby blue C10]

Originally Posted by greentruck

This one didn't have the heavy duty spring option.

HOLY CRAP that is awesome!

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by greentruck

This one didn't have the heavy duty spring option.

But,

It
Looks more like a truck than this one

[GASoline71]

I had a 1971 El Camino SS... It hauled nothing but a$$. LOL!

I never considered it a truck, and having the stock 4 link in the back was a bonus to set up for drag racing. Even though I think El Caminos are cool as all get out, I think they are just a modified A-body station wagon.

Here is a shot of my '71 Elco on the trailer before heading out to the races one chilly late spring day about 1993. Being pulled by my '79 K25 High Sierra.

Gary

[greentruck]

This one or that one?

[7 Devils]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

I had a 1971 El Camino SS... It hauled nothing but a$$. LOL!

I never considered it a truck, and having the stock 4 link in the back was a bonus to set up for drag racing. Even though I think El Caminos are cool as all get out, I think they are just a modified A-body station wagon.

Here is a shot of my '71 Elco on the trailer before heading out to the races one chilly late spring day about 1993. Being pulled by my '79 K25 High Sierra.

Gary

Your thinking is correct, that is exactly what they are with some upgrades over the coupes and sedans.

Dan

[7 Devils]

So I'm the original poster on the thread.
Note to self: next time you are bored and thinking of asking questions out of curiosity....STFU!

Sorry for any "overly spirited" debate I've caused. I bought mine for muscle car use, rarely used it as a truck, and love cruising in it.

Dan

[truckster]

Originally Posted by 7 Devils

So I'm the original poster on the thread.
Note to self: next time you are bored and thinking of asking questions out of curiosity....STFU!

Sorry for any "overly spirited" debate I've caused. I bought mine for muscle car use, rarely used it as a truck, and love cruising in it.

Dan

No way! I think this is a great thread.

[Steeveedee]

Yeah, it swerved around and bounced off a couple of curbs, but didn't roll over or spin out, so it's all good.

[Killer Bee]

[RDrancher]

Car, truck? I don't know. I do know that the 80's models are starting to grow on me...even the ones with oversize bumpers. Weird.

[yuccales]

Call it what you want, but this Cad is bad a$$! I'd make those side pipes longer, fill that tank, and go cruise my Cadamino.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by truckster

Hold on there a second, Special-K. I agree with everything you said so far, except...

If it ain't beef it ain't meat. Sorry, man, that's just how it is in my book.

But that is a really cool truck. I would love to tool around in something like that.

Doggonit! I wanted you to agree 100%. I guess you're right, though. I'm having a vegetarian meal tonight... slow cooked pork butt with Scott's sauce, slow cooked collard greens (well seasoned) and beans done up royal.... burp! Do vegetables have butts anyway?

Beef is beef and it's meat, just like the El Camino is a car and it's a truck
https://youtu.be/xvhWORwQiNg

[dmjlambert]

Originally Posted by 7 Devils

So I'm the original poster on the thread.
Note to self: next time you are bored and thinking of asking questions out of curiosity....STFU!

Sorry for any "overly spirited" debate I've caused. I bought mine for muscle car use, rarely used it as a truck, and love cruising in it.

Dan

If not for your fantastic topic, we would not get to see all the fantastic pictures and spirited debate. I think we still need to see some pictures of yours, even in its current condition would be good. I especially like this picture from greentruck

[Steeveedee]

He!! Camino. One cool video. I was going to do this to my '68 Skylark California GS but after getting the truck I wanted only one money pit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu23Yg_JKVQ

[RustyBucket]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Call it what you want, but this Cad is bad a$$! I'd make those side pipes longer, fill that tank, and go cruise my Cadamino.

I'll admit it, I was drawn back to this thread 'cause of that sharky looking CADILLAC. I'm pretty sure it's a funeral home flower car. If you google images for funeral home flower car.... there's a variety different makes old and new.

[Chevyland]

I’m pretty sure uPs
Only
Uses trucks ?