Has there ever been a "REAL" El Camino racecar?

"El-Verde" (el-verde) 02/05/2015 at 14:29 • Filed to: None

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So, I have a 1970 El Camino. I post photos every chance I get.

See?

It is not a real SS; it is a standard El Camino Custom with a 350 V8 and a 3 speed automatic. I've owned it for over 10 years now, and I love it to death. It's not highly "collectible", but I love it to death and I want to keep it forever. I want to build it into something cool without caring about resale value, but have never been able to decide what to build. Then I came across this awesome !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

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I would love to make my El Camino into something like this. Have any of you heard of/seen any photos of a "real" El Camino racecar before? I could certainly fake something like this, but it would be cool to have some idea of what a real one would look like.

If any of you help, I'll love you forever. Maybe I'll let you drive it one day.

Captain of the Enterprise > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 14:39

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Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Captain of the Enterprise 02/05/2015 at 14:39

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Yesssssss baja truck it.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Captain of the Enterprise 02/05/2015 at 14:42

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Came here to post this.

Baja all the things!

El-Verde > Captain of the Enterprise 02/05/2015 at 14:43

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OMG. I like.

Kind of ugly but I'll blame that on the year. This could be fun.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 14:44

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CKeffer > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 14:44

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Not sure if you consider a drift car a race car though.

El-Verde > CKeffer 02/05/2015 at 14:49

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I do, but not what I'm really looking for. "Vintage Racer" is kind of what is turning me on right now.

El-Verde > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 02/05/2015 at 14:51

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I don't even know how to get any front suspension to work for that.

Captain of the Enterprise > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow 02/05/2015 at 14:52

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Do you know what it's from specifically? I googled until I found this on a forum, so I don't know what it's from or what team its was for.

Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Captain of the Enterprise 02/05/2015 at 14:56

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No, I just know I'd seen pictures of it before. I'd love to learn more about it though.

CKeffer > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 14:59

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Ah well, this was all that came to mind.

Captain of the Enterprise > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 15:05

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I'd guess removing the body and putting it on a truck frame and going from there

El-Verde > Captain of the Enterprise 02/05/2015 at 15:24

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Yeah... I'm not willing to go that far.

El-Verde > CKeffer 02/05/2015 at 15:25

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It's seeming more and more like I'm going to have to make a "artists" representation of what an El Camino racecar would look like.

Nonster > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 15:27

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I'd go for something inspired by vintage trans-am race cars. 70 Mustang Boss or Camaro RS. Or maybe classic Nascar style.

I'd just make it low and wide. Flare the fenders if you can, and put a square set of good, wide, meaty tires under it.

I know this is a chevelle, but you get the idea.

camaroboy68ss > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 15:41

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in terms of true vintage race cars being el caminos, I don't think there were any. Chevelles were really only used in NASCAR untill 1970 then they went to Monte Carlos. Closest thing to being a race car would be like a vintage drag car or a push car for a dragster.

Bird > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 15:41

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While not exactly a race car, this elky does have a NASCAR style tube frame chassis and was built for Days of Thunder. Its my all time favorite camera car. It was also used on Talladega Nights and for countles NASCAR commercials. In this photo we were using it to shoot running footage on a mountain road for a Dodge commercial.

El-Verde > Nonster 02/05/2015 at 15:46

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Classic NASCAR style would be fun. I think you have the right idea.

Block's AWD mustang is actually something I really liked (minus the goofy vinyl wrap) because of the low/wide/fender flares.

A vintange style NASCAR scheme would go pretty well w/ that.

CKeffer > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 15:48

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Go for it!

El-Verde > Bird 02/05/2015 at 16:24

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Whoa. That thing would be awesome in a figure 8 race!

El-Verde > camaroboy68ss 02/05/2015 at 16:25

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Yeah...and a drag racer doesn't appeal to me at all.

Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 16:34

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I know it's not El Caminos as such, but you could always do a Brute Ute tribute

El-Verde > Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen 02/05/2015 at 16:43

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That's good.

camaroboy68ss > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 17:23

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I'm not a fan of pro street but with muscle caes I like the looks of the late 60s super stocks and match cars like Grumpy Jenkins Camaros.

472CID > El-Verde 02/05/2015 at 17:30

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I'm sure there's been lots of drag racing 'minos.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > El-Verde 12/01/2015 at 22:26

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I’ll have to look in my older pictures, because I know I have one of it...

The first HPDE I went to, at BIR (Brainerd International Raceway, in Minnesota) there was an El Camino there. It was also a 1970. Black, with white stripes, and it looked rather wonderful. It was an SS396, and a real one. The story that I heard was, the owner had restored it, and was driving it to car shows every so infrequently, and became bored with that scene. So he looked into how to have fun with the classic that he had restored... and turned it into a track toy. As I remember, it had a custom suspension setup with coil-overs, a digital gauge cluster (Motec? or something similar) and a T56. It definitely wasn’t slow, nor was it a typical El Camino, or typical restomod for that matter.

El-Verde > jdrgoat - Ponticrack? 12/01/2015 at 23:44

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OMG...I would be forever grateful if you could find any information.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > El-Verde 12/02/2015 at 22:05

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I couldn’t find too much, but he does have a youtube...

And I have 22 pictures of the El Camino from when I was also at BIR in 2006... I don’t think there’s room for all of them here.

El-Verde > jdrgoat - Ponticrack? 12/02/2015 at 23:27

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Funny...I feel like I’ve seen this car before. Thank you for sharing.

jdrgoat - Ponticrack? > El-Verde 12/03/2015 at 15:03

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If you happen to find any more information on it, I would be curious to read or see that myself... I would be a little bit surprised if there is no more web presence of it!

August Feldner > El-Verde 06/16/2016 at 22:55

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Curious to see if you ended up turning it into a racer or did you leave it as is? I’m sure it goes without saying but you’ve got a beautiful car.

El-Verde > August Feldner 06/17/2016 at 08:38

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Due to indecision it has remained unchanged. In the process of rolling a 49 Willys into the garage that will be the next project...so this is on the back burner.

August Feldner > El-Verde 06/17/2016 at 10:36

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You’ve got a fun garage. At least in this case indecision still looks good. Good luck on the Willys.