Off topic Rancheros and Elcaminos

Both nice cars .partial to the gold one just sits perfect looks menacing...

 

^^^^^Acetylene?

 

Cobwebbing I think

 

Sweeeeet!....

 

Well,,,,,,

 

For any who might be interested, cobwebbing was done by shooting unthinned paint from the gun. I only did that with lacquer so I can't say for sure that modern paint will perform the same but with a little exp. I think it will. The 58 looks better than I ever would have guessed.

 

My '67 bought in '96, was my DD for over 25 years, still have it. Factory 396, 4-speed, tilt, tele, A/C, power steering and brakes.

 

Pulled into a tire shop in San Rafael, mine's on the left, wife's vette next to it.

 

All that Ranchero needs is a receiver and a matching speed boat, same engine.

 

Here's a pic of my '64.327/700R4/3.73 12 bolt posi.Factory A/C and power windows.

 

Factory AC and PW? Weird and very cool. California car?

 

Yes sir.

 

Sold it last March.

 

Under hood pic.

 

Video....

 

The only El Camino I had, bought it new in ‘77, this was taken a short time later. Started out as a 305, after trashing the camshaft out of warranty I replaced it with a 350. Started out with 15X7 rally wheels, within two weeks swapped those with a friend to 15X8’s. By the spring of 79 I had a set of Corvette YJ8 aluminum wheels on it.
Had a chance in the late 90’s to get a 76 basket case, should have jumped on it.

 

Here's an interior pic.Put an early '60's Falcon console in it.

 

Haven’t seen one of those air filter housings for a while. Used to be a boat shop in the valley that sold them. Had one painted with Hugger Orange between the fins on my ‘64 chevelle for a while.
Nice Camino!

 

It's a Cal Custom Shaker Scoop.Getting harder to find.

 

I've long lost track of how many El Caminos I've had over the years. I know I've had multiples of '64, '65, '67, '68, '69, and '70s. Here's a couple of '64s I built, and a '67 and '68 I bought as shown for drivers. I have thousands of pictures archived but trying to find them all would takes weeks. I also had a very nice '65 Ranchero. Only Ranchero I ever owned, but honestly I found it lacking in almost every way compared to the El Caminos of the same vintage. I had only the one and was never tempted to get another.

 

My ‘66 ranchero. Owned 30+ years. 289 auto… it’s a great driver

 

My 66

 

my buddy had a 1973 or so Ranchero with wood on the side he referred to as hs "Rancherino" because they were based on the Torino.