It’s cleaned up pretty nicely from the state pictured above, although the vinyl top is a bit rough and there are dings here and there-overall, it presents as a nicely equipped, honest, honestly used truck. ![]() Records with the car apparently indicate that it hasn’t really been driven since 1975, and it hasn’t been registered since the original owner, like the El Camino itself, died in 1987. Useful, indeed: this El Camino is being sold by the son of the original owner, who used it mainly to tow his boat. I’m afraid, though, that the $15,000 ask is too steep for the preservationist buyer, but let’s take a look. So I was pleased to see this untouched ’70 El Camino here on craigslist in Riverside, California, and a little dismayed to read the final line of the ad: “Enormous potential as a restoration or modified muscle car.” Please, the world doesn’t need another ridiculous modded El Camino. ![]() The one that bugs me the most might be the El Camino of the ’60s and ’70s, 99% of which seem to have magically become big-block SS sport machines-not that there’s anything wrong with an El Camino SS, which is a cool variation on the muscle car theme, but the lack of representation for “cooking” models makes us forget how fun and useful this type of vehicle can be, even in its basic form. ![]() It’s an old but trenchant joke that there are more ’57 Chevys now than there were in 1957, and the same could probably be said of most popular muscle cars.
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