Chevrolet El Camino History

The chevrolet el camino is a pickup coupé utility vehicle that was produced by chevrolet between 1959 60 and 1964 1987.

Chevrolet el camino history. The car that thought it was a truck by amanda silva on april 14 2015 among the first hybrid vehicles in the history of the automotive industry the chevrolet el camino a combination car truck featured the practicality of a pickup truck while maintaining performance car status. 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. On october 16 1958 chevrolet begins to sell a car truck hybrid that it calls the el camino. The el camino was a direct challenge ford s ranchero a utility coupe dominating a previously untapped market.

El camino history 1959 60 1964 1973 envious of the success that ford was having with its car truck ranchero that debuted in 1957 chevrolet struck back with its new el camino model in 1959. Originally based on the impala the half car half truck el camino survived for only two years but reappeared in 1964 based on the chevelle. History of the chevy el camino.