I have also discovered doing that, that sometimes what looks good in my head look terrible on the car. If it was my car I would be taping some cardboard up to see what looks right. Welcome to the world's only Pontiac El Camino, better known as 'El Catalina.' And, yes, it was built by Pontiac. This product can be purchased at - if still available. Pontiac's 1960 El Camino-based Prototype Richard Lentinello Comments: 3 In This Article Category: Magazine The front half is your standard, normal-looking Wide-Track 1960 Catalina, but the back end is, well, odd for a Pontiac. Kit contains body, open hood, front & rear bumpers & front valance.
NOTE: this body has the inner fenders from 59 added. This kit uses the AMT 19-59 El Camino kit. I would also take some of the taper out of the rear of the wheel well, not all of it and I think matching the front wheel well is too much so maybe something in between. 60 El Camino - in parts all over the shop 79 El Camino - bench seat and a 4 on the floor 81 El Camino - SS Royal Knight 84 GMC Sierra 07 Solstice GXP 10 GMC Canyon - 5.3. 1960 Chevy El Camino Resin Body Kit by Bandit Resins. I would move the axle back a couple of inches so that the gap at the front of the wheel well matches the gap in front of the front tire. I do like the painted bumpers and I think about a 50 to 70 percent de chrome/stainless trim would strike the right balance of accenting the body lines and moderizing the look.Ĭhip Foose always talks about knocking the ugly out and there is not much to knock out of that car, but I think the rear wheel well needs some attention. Not the highjacker look of the 70's but not a flat rocker either, if that makes sense. I think should be lowered but not on the rockers and have a slight forward rake. Unfortunately, even though I had some ready cash from selling my F100 I didnt find one that ran ok and wasnt a Bondod up rust bucket for big.
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I dont know why but last summer I got the bug and started looking for a driver 60 El Camino. I like the stance on this car, hard to tell exactly because of the angle of the picture. Oh hell yeah, another early El Camino project Cant wait to see this one going together. 02 in here, but I am a firm believer in it's your car make it how you want.
Like many cars of its era, this 1960 El Camino sports the space age, rocket-ship vibe popular in the late ’50s and early ’60s.Ĭheck out the slides above and let us know what you think.OK Ill put my. For our part, we love the 1959-60 (first generation) El Camino, which was based on the Chevrolet Brookwood wagon. In fact, GM even shelved the El Camino for a few years after the 1960 model before reviving the car/truck in 1964. Since no one has made a topic dedicated to the first generation El Caminos, only either 1959 or 1960 El Camino topics, I figured Id make one and unite all.
The Chevrolet El Camino has been based on a number of different GM configurations, including the General’s A-body and B-body platforms, but the numbers suggest the 1960 model was one of the the least popular. The distinctive Elco has made appearances in countless movies, has been featured in many magazines and blogs, including OnAllCylinders, and has been driven by some pretty famous folk -check out this list of famous El Camino owners. Shop Chevrolet El Camino vehicles in Hackensack, NJ for sale at . Dennis Taylor / Booneville, AR The square footage of a shop probably isn't a good indicator of how intense a car crafter you are-but then again, it's not a bad barometer, either. The Chevrolet El Camino wasn’t the first American “utility coupe” vehicle -the Ford Ranchero beat it by two years -but it is arguably the most well known.
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