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Resto-mod 1964 Chevrolet El Camino For Sale ( Body off restoration with many upgrades). 400 cubic cinch V8 engine, beautiful engine bay, 200R overdrive automatic transmission with overdrive, power steering, power disc brakes, tubular control arms, 17� Riddler alloy wheels, custom two tome paint, color matched spray on ben liner, canvas bed cover, dual chrome spot mirrors, tri-color custom bucket seat interior, A/C, tilt steering column, AM/FM radio, custom center console with auxiliary gauges. This El Camino was built to be enjoyed and loaded with features that make owning a classic vehicle fun and enjoyable to drive any time!!! Automotive Facts: Ford Australia was the first company to produce a coup� utility as a result of a 1932 letter from the wife of a farmer in Victoria, Australia, asking for a vehicle to go to church in on a Sunday and which can carry our pigs to market on Mondays. Ford designer Lew Bandt developed a suitable solution, and the first coup� utility model was released in 1934.[1] Bandt went on to manage Ford�s Advanced Design Department, being responsible for the body engineering of the XP, XT, XW, and XA series Ford Falcon utilities. General Motors� Australian subsidiary Holden also produced a Chevrolet coup� utility in 1935, Studebaker produced the Coup� Express from 1937 to 1939. The body style did not reappear on the American market until the release of the 1957 Ford Ranchero. Both the coup� utility and the similar open-topped roadster utility continued in production, but the improving economy of the mid- to late-1930s and the desire for improved comfort saw coup� utility sales climb at the expense of the roadster utility until, by 1939, the latter was all but a fading memory. 1957 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier The mid-1955 introduction of Chevrolets Cameo Carrier pickup truck helped pave the way for the El Camino. Although it was a model variant of Chevrolets Task Force light-duty pickup, the Cameo offered an array of car-like features that included passenger-car styling, fiberglass rear fenders, two-tone paint, a relatively luxurious interior, as well as an optional V8 engine, automatic transmission, and power assists. As always, there was a GMC version offered during the same time, called the GMC Suburban Carrier with the same features offered on the Chevrolet. In 1957 a special version was made for GMC to be shown at national car shows called the Palomino, which had a Pontiac 347 cu in (5.7 L) V8 installed, borrowed from the 1957 Star Chief. Other pickup truck producers, including Dodge, Ford, Studebaker, and International, began to offer flush-side cargo boxes on some of their 1957 models, such as the Dodge C Series, and the Studebaker E-series Deluxe. However, Ford also introduced the 1957 Ranchero, and established a new market segment in the U.S. market of an automobile platform based coup� utility. In 1959, Chevrolet responded with the El Camino to compete with Fords full-sized Ranchero. The original El Camino and Ranchero would compete directly only in the 1959 model year.
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