1970 CHEVY EL CAMINO SS 396 - SUPER SWEET !

Chevrolet El Camino is a coupé utility vehicle that was produced by Chevrolet between 1959–60 and 1964–1987. Unlike a pickup truck, the El Camino was adapted from a two-door station wagon platform that integrated the cab and cargo bed into the body. Introduced in the 1959 model year in response to the success of the Ford Ranchero coupé utility, its first run lasted only two years. Production resumed for the 1964–1977 model years based on the Chevelle platform, and continued for the 1978–1987 model years based on the GM G-body platform. The El Camino was introduced for the 1959 model year two years after the Ford Ranchero. According to Chevrolet stylist Chuck Jordan, GM Harley Earl had suggested a coupé pickup in 1952. The 1970 models received sheet metal revisions that gave the bodies a more squared-up stance, and interiors were also redesigned. The new SS 396, which actually displaced 402 cubic inches, although all emblems read 396, was available. Chevrolet&largest and most-powerful engine of the time was also put into a select few El Camino&The LS6 454 cubic engine, rated at 450 horsepower and 500 lb⋅ft. of torque, gave the El Camino 1/4-mile times in the lower 13-second range at around 108 mph. There were 47,707 El Camino&built in 1970 . Optional equipment for the &SS included 4-speed manual transmission, air conditioner, AM/FM radio, bucket seats, cruise control, power brakes, power steering, power windows, speed control, tilt steering wheel, and a...