#1968 el camino specs manual

All new sheet metal and more aggressive looking, forward-styling, enhanced the performance look and sporty feel of the new models. The вЂњThird GenerationвЂќ Chevrolet El Camino was produced from 1968 through 1972 and featured a completely new, longer, Chevelle-based chassis and body re-design. An energy-absorbing steering column and dual-reservoir, brake master-cylinder were now standard equipment due to federal mandates. A new TH400, 3-speed Turbo-Hydromatic, automatic transmission for the 396-cid engines was also available.

Air-shocks were still standard equipment in order to compensate for load weight and disc brakes were now an available option. And finally, an optional 396-cid V8 (big-block) was offered, in several variations from 325 to 375 hp.ДЇor 1967, the El Camino again carried the features of the Chevelle forward of the B pillars and was given a more pronounced grille area, front bumper and available trim work (an optional vinyl roof was even offered). The interior was freshened-up, including a horizontally sweeping speedometer and instrument cluster. The 1966 El Camino received another minor facelift with some massaged sheet metal and slant-cut front fenders where they mated, at the more aggressively angled, grille area. An even more powerful 327-cid V8 rated at 350 hp was an option as well as all the engine offerings for 1964.

#1968 el camino specs manual

Later in the production run for 1964 was a 327-cid V8 rated at either 250 hp or 300 hp depending on option package and again, coupled to manual (3 or 4 speed) and automatic transmissions.ДЇor 1965, a minor facelift was given to the front end (with a VвЂ™d grille shape similar to the newly designed, full-sized Chevrolets). Available engines were a 194-cid L6 with 120 hp, a 230-cid L6 with 155 hp and a 283-cid V8 with 2-barrel carburetor and rated at 195 hp, and a 4-barrel version (complete with dual exhaust) rated at 220 hp.

The вЂњSecond GenerationвЂќ Chevrolet El Camino was produced from 1964 through 1967 and, as mentioned, was based on the all new Chevrolet Chevelle chassis as a mid-sized, coupe/pickup, type vehicle. Maybe, a concept ahead of its time (as a crossover type vehicle), the Chevrolet El Camino would leave the scene for a few short years and re-emerge in 1964 based on the new, mid-sized Chevelle platform. Initially, sales were good, then fell off by nearly 1/ (producing just over 14,000 units), possibly due to the fact that the cab only held up to 3 persons (at a time when the country was experiencing a major growth spurt due to the baby-boomer era). A 235-cid L6, 283-cid V8 (in several variations and hp ratings) and even a 348-cid V8 (also a few variations) were available and all were offered with either a manual (3 or 4 speed) or 2-speed, Powerglide, automatic transmission. The El Caminos also featured the first Chevrolet built pick-up, with an all-steel (sheet metal, instead of wood) corrugated bed floor.

These creature comforts and more plush interiors were not yet available on the full-sized truck models of the day (other than the short-lived, 1955 through 1958 Chevrolet вЂњCameo CarrierвЂќ full-sized pick-up models) and were very well received by the public. Since the вЂњFirst GenerationвЂќ Chevrolet El Camino was based on a car chassis (as opposed to a truck chassis) all the trim options available in the corresponding model, Impala, Bel Air, Brookwood, Biscayne, etc. The El Camino name is of Spanish origin meaning вЂњthe roadвЂќ. GMвЂ™s Chief Designer, Harley Earl, actually suggested a вЂњcoupe-pickupвЂќ designed vehicle as early as 1952, but GMвЂ™s top brass did not act on that idea until Ford came out with the Ranchero in 1957. It re-emerged in 1964 based on a new, mid-sized Chevelle chassis and remain in production until 1987. Browse the worldвЂ™s largest online marketplace for classic and collector vehicles.Д¬hevrolet would drop the full-sized El Camino from their line-up for 1961 to 1963.