Throughout this week, General Motors has unveiled some of the best cars from its afterlife as part of its online event for enthusiasts ‘Cruisin’ the USA in Your Chevrolet, which it presented with the aim of entertaining car enthusiasts in the middle of COVID. 19 pandemic.
Among the cars that the automaker caught the eye this week for the online birthday party of everything related to Chevy is the Chevrolet El Camino, especially the 1959 Chevrolet El Camino Custom. Many GM enthusiasts already know that 1959 was the first year of the genre for the somewhat automobile/pick-up hybrid that was El Camino. At the time, GM advertised El Camino as “more than a car, more than a pickup” because it blended the overall flavor of 1959 Chevrolet passenger cars with a convenient 34 cubic-inch pickup truck box segment and a respectable 1,150 pounds. Automobilego. Capacity. The El Camino 59 bed segment also had a double wall design for durability with integrated metal protective strips.
By 1959, El Camino was presented in 13 forged color combinations and ten bicolor color combinations. The cheapest 283-inch TurboFire V8 V8 cubes, with two- or four-body carburetion. GM also introduced a 348 cubic inch V8 with two- or four-cylinder carburetors and a 282-cubic-inch Ramjet fuel injection V8. The fundamental models had a 235 cubic-inch six-cylinder line. Three- and four-speed manual transmissions were also proposed in 1959. Prices started at $2,352 in new conditions, which equates to around $20,941 today, according to our calculations. GM sold just over 306,000 copies of El Camino in its first full year of sales.
The vehicle in the recent 1959 Chevrolet El Camino video is Aspen’s two-tone green/white example lately at the GM Heritage Center in Michigan. This car, which came out of the factory with the 282 cubic inch V8 and available automatic transmission, also has a two-tone green interior to match the external tone.
Hear what GM has to say about the first-generation Chevrolet El Camino in the video below.
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What 282? There’s only one 283.
The video also has a 238.
You’re right, the small block 59 is a 283, not a 282, and the 348 is only taken with a 4bbl or 3-2, not a single 2bbl.
The 59 Chevrolet line of engines included the 6-cylinder base, the 283 V8 in a 2bbl, 4bbl and 2 fuel injection version, and the 348 V8 in 2 single 4bbl and 2 3-2 single versions. There is also a 3-speed manual, a 3-speed manual over-frame, a 4-speed, 2-automatic manual, a 2-speed Powerglide and a 3-speed Turboglide. As soon as I know, all those locomotives and trans must be in El Camino.
There is only one El Camino Model at 59, El Camino, there is no El Camino “Custom”. Finally, Chevrolet has never sold nearly 306,000 El Camino. 59 El Camino production exceeds 22,000 units.
I love El Caminos and have had several, adding a 71 that I have since. The 59 were the most attractive, but they’re still among my favorites.
Plus, a cubic 34-inch pickup truck is small!
While I like the Chevrolet 59 or the app as we call it the Australians, it’s vital to mention that 1959 was not the first year for this exclusive design. Chevrolet, through General Motors – Holdens produced a passenger car at the front. Application of cars founded in a sedan in the 1930s.
In fact, the 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952 versions used a fully imported American front plate, which GM-H then combined with an Australian-designed application backsheet. The latest design of a passenger car/truck (application). GM Australia continued to build many other car-based utilities and came very close to providing a Pontiac Utility G8.
Then, 20 smart years before the release of this 1959 version, this picture flavor was noticed on Australian roads. I enjoyed the video anyway.
Not to mention that on American soil, Ford beat Chevy with the Rancher.
The 409 was not released until 1961. The 348 the most productive dog in its 58 and 60 years.
Is this a GM compatible site? You can hardly make more mistakes in an item of this size. Pathetic. He likes to think that certain ratings would guarantee credible facts. I guess not. Offer me an editing task and I, without having a training day in edition, promise that this type of blood will never be shown again.
Can you explain these “pathetic mistakes” to make them understandable? At least one?
As for your inquiry as to whether or not it is a “GM-compliant arrangement”, I have read repeated assurances that GMauthority is absolutely independent of any business.
But let editors speak for themselves, if you care. I’m also a reader of this site.
What a crazy, even crazy vehicle!
When loading and unloading, there is the threat of scratching the brilliant paint of the sculpted frame time.
In addition, being parked with such an open safe, you can take out what’s inside or throw away any trash can.
Bettter has a genuine van or genuine passenger car, but such a crazy mix.
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