Seeing these ground-pounding big-block cars all lined up as they once prowled the streets and participated in the night drags might recreate some more history and great memories.Īlyn Edwards is a classic car enthusiast and partner in Peak Communicators, a Vancouver-based public relations company. The 1968 Chevrolet El Camino was entirely restyled and featured more of a fastback design. He is starting to organize a show involving these cars. ‘Calling all Mander and Conroy cars!’ read the online ads placed by Wright. But he knows some of the cars still exist. all (PARTS LOT) 1968-72 CHEVY MALIBU/CHEVELLE SUPER SPORT PARTS. It has also rekindled Wright’s interest in the long list of high-horsepower El Camino, Chevelle and Corvette cars delivered by Mander Chev Olds and the custom-built Cheetah performance Beaumont cars put together by Conroy Motors.īoth dealerships are long gone. Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu El Camino Core Support 1966 Parts. Steve Wright and son Evan like to share some ‘seat time’ with his 1968 El Camino SS396, equipped with the rare L78 engine.
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” Wright notes about his son’s interest in classic muscle and hot rods. Son Evan is also enjoying some “seat time” in the big-block bruiser. “It’s extremely fast,” he says with a grin. big block 396cid/325hp motor mated to a TH400 automatic-transmission. 1968 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 powered by an 8-cyl. The El Camino was based around a Chevrolet station wagon or sedan delivery and featured an integrated cab and bed, unlike a conventional pickup. Save this search Get results matching '1968-1972 Chevrolet El Camino' delivered right to your inbox ' Photo: Year : Make/Model : Price : Distance : 1968 Chevrolet El Camino SS 396 Truck. His newly acquired high-horsepower El Camino is recreating history in the garage at his south Surrey home. The Chevrolet El Camino was a car-based light truck that Chevrolet offered from 1959’1987. Both his ’68s were unofficially raced at the quarter-mile white markers on North Vancouver’s Upper Levels Highway, with other races chosen at the White Spot restaurant in West Vancouver, Dog and Sud’s on Marine and the King’s Drive-In in North Vancouver. Wright later bought a black 1968 El Camino with a 427-cubic-inch engine and an M22 four-speed transmission. Article content The beefy 375 horsepower 396 cubic inch engine is the most muscle you could order with this 1968 Chevrolet El Camino.
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