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1971 el camino ss 454 for sale11/22/2023 Something is up with that black steering wheel, it should be tan like the dash and steering column – it’s probably not original. Minus the carpet, everything, with the exception of the headliner, is there. The carpet is missing which gives prospective buyers a better look at the floors. The interior is a standard bench seat environment and the seating upholstery appears to be in fair condition. This Camino is another example of a vehicle that looks OK but is significantly enhanced by its Torque-Thrust wheels – always a nice addition. There is one image of the cargo bed and it appears to be sound. It is obvious that trim is missing but the seller states that he has most or all of it. The finish is quite worn and showing what looks like rust-through in the lower passenger side fender leg and quarter panel, typical problem areas. Having a big-block engine with an automatic transmission means being equipped with a Turbo-Hydramatic 400, three-speed automatic unit.īesides the non-domed hood, the silver-painted rocker panels give evidence to this non- SS, Malibu-based (model 3680 per the VIN) origin. OK, so this 94K reported mile Chevy has some motivational difficulty. The seller adds, “ Runs and drives, It should load on a trailer“. It was odd-looking because it had not very visible black SS-style stripes placed over a dark green finish, but there was no doomed SS hood, just like this Camino. Someone had ordered the car and then passed on taking delivery and my classmate got it on an end-of-model-year deal. It is rare, I have only seen one other non-SS Chevelle/El Camino with stripes and that was on a ’71 Malibu that a high school classmate of mine acquired new, in the autumn of that year. The seller adds, “ This El Camino has original paint and has original white SS stripes on a non-SS hood, very rare“. Today’s El Camino subject is one of those fairly rare, non-SS El Caminos powered by a 300 gross HP, 400 CI Turbo-Jet (really a 402) big block motor. Confused? I don’t blame you, it was one of Chevrolet’s more mixed-message moments. The 396 moniker, which was marketing gold, continued to be used in certain vehicles, others were referred to as a “400 Turbo-Jet” to distinguish the big-block from the “400 Turbo-Fire” small-block that was based on a similar architecture to the 350 CI engine. 030 of an inch in bore and now displaced 402 CIs. Starting with the ’70 model year, Chevrolet’s 396 V8 grew. From that point forward, the Camino followed the Chevelle’s lead. For the El Camino, it was a rerun as 396 CI V8’s had been allowed in non-SS-equipped vehicles in ’66 and ’67 (primarily because there was no El Camino SS in ’66 and ’67), but that was nixed with the introduction of the ’68 El Camino SS396. But another change also occurred in that a big-block engine was now, for the first time, allowed in a non-SS designated Chevelle. Chevrolet’s assumption was that buyers wanted the look and road handling ability of the SS but maybe not the insurance premium surcharges associated with the bigger engine. All of that changed in 1971 when small-block engines were added to the Chevelle SS arsenal too. Big, as Chevrolet called it, a 454 CI motor for ’70. There is a make an offer option too.įrom 1966 through 1970, a Super Sport (SS) designation on a Chevelle (’68-’70 for the El Camino) meant big block power, a 396 CI engine through ’69, and then the added excitement of Mr. Located in Gentry, Arkansas, this El Camino is available, here on eBay for a BIN price of $10,000. And for that reason, this example is worthy of a closer look. This 1971 El Camino sort of goes in that direction, but not quite. The ease of cloning lesser Chevelles into something beyond their initial station in life has led to a cottage industry. The nearly identical ’71/’72 Chevrolet Chevelle/El Camino SS seem endless in nature, almost as if there are more now than there were 50 years ago.
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