Features EL Camino and Ranchero picture thread

Back in the late 70's- 65 Camino-327-P.G.- color me gone! Brought East from Seal Beach Calif.

 

Danshotrod - Good thing I didn't know you were sellin' that '60 so close to me! I would have sold something to buy that one .

 

my daily driver

 

here is one Ive always dug.....one big reason why I have radirs on mine....

 

I was wondering the same, I saw it for sale in Pa. and when I called the guy who posted the ad last month a few days ago he said he sold it.

 

Yaril did you sell that one recently? If not it's exact twin is in KC now. Jimmy owns it now.

 

I took this pic at a show last year. Before the previous owner bought it. It's black primer with www's and red steelies on it now.

 

This is what it looks like now...

 

....narrowed thru the middle...

 

061215 Cruisin' Grand 033 by Dave Lindsay, on Flickr

 

020115 Hillco Fastener Supercruise 416 by Dave Lindsay, on Flickr

 

here is mine...been working on her for about 2 years now...getting real close....just got back from tubular automotive. I think they made some of the prettiest headers Ive ever seen.....all bent, tuned headers...

 

If Ford had slanted the back of the door to match slant of the glass front and rear it would have certainly made a much sleeker look. That straight line blows the flow.

 

From a design standpoint, I agree that the cab profile would have had a nicer flow - as demonstrated by the cab of the green Chevy pickup in the background. I have to wonder, since the Ranchero was such a low volume model, as was the ElCo, if something like redesigning the door top would have been the difference between profitability or not. Both of these vehicles were designed from a standpoint of using parts already in the pipeline for the wagons or other higher volume models, while minimizing the number of parts that were used on that one model. To think that a single "design line" could have killed off something like this before it got made.... K6

 

Yeah, cost is a factor.

 

WOW! Me likee!

 

That looks spectacular. Where would a fellow get one of those?
Any pictures of the rest of the car to go along with that roof?

 

Woah. I love "outside the box" thinking. One question; is this car driveable?

 

Call Keith @ 951-634-3736 and let us know what you find out....

 

I saw it at KKOA this year. I was standing there speechless with a dumb grin on my face. I don't know how many times I walked around it.

 

Built in the early 60's by Tom Holden in Detroit.Bubble by Cadillac Classics...$500 back in the day!

 

Mine.

 

A friends 1964 with factory 283/4bbl/4 speed/posi........................

 

My "58" with a "57" front end. Should have never gotten rid of it.

 

I posted this link in the 5 songs you need on your garage soundtrack thread but afterseeing your thread I thought you guys needed it more
https://bigmonti.bandcamp.com/track/big-block-rock

 

Here is mine, did everything in our home garage but the paint, which my buddy sprayed. S old about 10 years ago.