1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396

The Chevrolet El Camino is a coupé utility vehicle that was produced by Chevrolet between 1959–60 and 1964–1987. Unlike a standard pickup truck, the El Camino was adapted from the standard two-door Chevrolet station wagon platform and integrated the cab and cargo bed into the body.

This 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS benefits from a great provenance and its important part in Chevrolet’s muscle-car history. Chevrolet had to play catch-up with the competition more than once through the 1950s, but it almost always answered with a better idea. Perhaps most famously, the Corvette was still a rather spartan machine when Ford introduced the much more well-appointed Thunderbird for 1955; by 1957, the Thunderbird was repositioned into the personal-car category, and Corvette was basking in international racing glory. When Ford’s Falcon-based 1957 Ranchero beat Chevrolet into the dual-purpose car/truck segment, Chevy introduced the full-size El Camino in 1959. The El Camino migrated to the Chevelle platform in 1964, where it remained until it was discontinued in 1988.

The 1970 Chevrolet El Camino was in the United States and Canada that the passion for collecting and restoring pick-ups began.  This is not surprising really, as they are utility vehicles more suited to use by farmers, ranchers and contractors because of their versatility and durability.

The interior of this Chevrolet El Camino has received the same exacting attention as the exterior. Carpet, headliner, door panels, armrests, and visors are all new. The seats have been rebuilt and recovered. The dashboard is showroom fresh, and everything functions as intended. It is heavily optioned with AM-FM radio, power windows, remote mirror, tilt wheels, bucket seats, factory gauges, and console.

Capable of 350 horsepower at 5,200 rpm and 415 pound-feet (563 Nm) at 3,400 rpm, the 6.5-liter big block is joined by a cowled hood with a flapper door and hood pins. “Laser straight everywhere” , the Fathom Blue truck is rocking the Muncie M20 four-speed manual box.

Dark, powerful, and iconic, it’s hard to resist this 1970 Chevrolet El Camino SS like this. So it’s time to get this stick-shift El Camino in your dream.