[MikeNoun]

Chevy made the El Camino, and now we've seen a Pontiac Judge Camino, and an Olds 442 Camino.

Can't let this thread die without seeing a Buick GSX-Camino.

[muscle_collector]

that is just too cool. it is a shame that they didnt offer them like that new.

[strato gto]

The Buick version looks the best.The transition from the doors to the quarters are the most natural IMHO.

[The Boss]

Very cool now, not sure how many of them they would have sold back in the day.

[muscle_collector]

i am not so sure they wouldnt have done well with them. they sold a buttload of elcaminos over the years.

[JLHarper]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

i am not so sure they wouldnt have done well with them. they sold a buttload of elcaminos over the years.

For sure...a twenty year run isnt shabby.

I used to see these everywhere around where I grew up.

Pickups werent really needed in suburban areas but these gave the haul space with a car cab.

[muscle_collector]

i drove as a daily driver and collected elcaminos / gmc sprints for several years. i always said they were the best all round vehicle ever made. many times, i would have given anything to have had a 4wd version. it was amazing how much they would haul and tow. i always had a dually and a 1/2 or 3/4 ton 4wd sitting in the driveway, but 5 out of 7 days would go out and get in one of my elcaminos or my favorite, a 78 gmc caballero dealer converted trans am truck.

[The Boss]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

but 5 out of 7 days would go out and get in one of my elcaminos or my favorite, a 78 gmc caballero dealer converted trans am truck.

We're going to need a picture of that one!

[muscle_collector]

i will have to dig some up. they featured it in smoke signals around 11 or 12 years ago or right when they took on gmc as a member of the club.

it was built by ernie miller pontiac gmc (where steved works). they built 10 of them. some had a few different items than others, but all got the t/a hood scoop, fender extractors, and a special paint and stripe job with a modified t/a bird on the hood and on the sides and either snowflake or aftermarket wheels. mine is white with red interior and red accents. they put a formula wheel off of a red bird on it. it is red with the gold spokes and has the firebird emblem on the center cap. it has the 8" snowflake wheels and t/a exhaust splitters. i test drove it when it was new and just couldnt force myself to pay the price they wanted for it. however a guy i went to church with bought it and he sold it to me a few years later when it had 36k on it. i had intended on putting a complete t/a-6.6 and a 4-speed in it back then and pulled one out of a wrecked t/a. i never did do it however.
after they built them, the local chevy dealer did the same thing with the elcaminos and used the z-28 items. i havent seen another caballero or elcamino done this way in many years. they have all seemed to disappear. i have the letter from the dealer documenting mine was done by the dealer.

[OVERULD]

Originally Posted by The Boss

We're going to need a picture of that one!

X2 !

[muscle_collector]

i said 11 or 12 years ago, but it might not have been that long ago. when did poci start accepting the gmc line??? it was around that time. who here has there smoke signals in chronilogical order????? you could scan and post them. ( i am not trying to be lazy, but i got a new computer and my scanner is not compatible with it for some reason)

[Pontimaniac]

Well I guess this means I can come out of the closet now! I had a 69 elCamino SS396 somewhere along the way of my 30 year love affair with GTOs. I loved it. I could haul all kinds of stuff for my Pontiac projects, it would run 14s on street tires and it had a great ride. I used to dream of having Pontiac torque under the hood and started secretly thinking about what it would take to convert a camino into a Pontiac. The 69 was what I thought would be the easiest if it were done like the car at the begining of the thread....but I have forever loved the 70. I bought my first one at 18 and now have an Orbit Orange Judge. I have attached a sketch I drew many years ago that kinda captures what I had in mind. If I were to build it now it would be big cubes with a blower on top and 22.5 mickeys out back.....fun thoughts...thanks for the topic!

[OVERULD]

Awesome sketch! I'd love to see one like that get built!

BJ

[70Steve]

Originally Posted by The Boss

We're going to need a picture of that one!

x3 please muscle collector, when you get a chance.

Originally Posted by Pontimaniac

Well I guess this means I can come out of the closet now! I had a 69 elCamino SS396 somewhere along the way of my 30 year love affair with GTOs. I loved it. I could haul all kinds of stuff for my Pontiac projects, it would run 14s on street tires and it had a great ride. I used to dream of having Pontiac torque under the hood and started secretly thinking about what it would take to convert a camino into a Pontiac. The 69 was what I thought would be the easiest if it were done like the car at the begining of the thread....but I have forever loved the 70. I bought my first one at 18 and now have an Orbit Orange Judge. I have attached a sketch I drew many years ago that kinda captures what I had in mind. If I were to build it now it would be big cubes with a blower on top and 22.5 mickeys out back.....fun thoughts...thanks for the topic!

I drew one too, but mine looks like a 7 yo drew it... in fact it was so bad I came up with the brainwave of parking my 70 GTO across the street, taking a few photos, then carefully tried to park my 70 El Camino in the exact same spot. I then went and stood in the exact same spot and fired off a few more shots. I rushed upto the 1 hour photo store, asked for several copies and rushed home and started cutting and shutting the pics to suit! It turned out pretty good...or atleast alot better than my crap drawing.

[muscle_collector]

right now without a scanner it is going to be hard to do. where it is stored it is not very photographable (is that a word???). who on here keeps all their old smoke signals magazines? if so, maybe you could scan the article and pics and post it.

[MikeNoun]

A few more interesting Pontiac pickups....