No you will get a electric pod for $45,000 that the controllers can turn off with a push of a button.

1980 was the last year for the 4 speed and it had to be ordered.

Mine are both automatics and still original, just change fluid and filter every 50k miles!

Your first car was a truck? Just say yes.

@@leadfoot1892 make El caminos great again

@@94TahoeDude check out Lt1 El Camino test drive the brown one is mine.

I have the 1979 GM Caballero. It's the California edition v6, but no factory AC but will install an after market from Amazon. I bought it 2 years ago nicely running but it's been slow work in process. Almost done with the body work but overall it only had minor dents. Ready for painting by end of the month. I go back & forth between my Caballero & my 89 Mustang GT, convertible with an engine I rebuilt myself & is also ready to install. I'll be driving 2 American classics this summer here in Southern California.

Why not go for a 770hp LSX?

They only made about 170hp in 1977 I believe?

Can I have your sisters phone number?

But it's "double walled" so it doesn't show through! 😂

Hey man, hope you're doing well!

Auto trader.

You mean truck!

The springs are variable rate (the more you squeeze them the stiffer they get). The air shocks keep it level for handling and ad load capacity. The truck is a full size short bed( 6 foot bed), bigger than your best ute. All at a car ride height. Plus they handle curves great. A 350 small block V8 drops right in to crush Mustangs at will. Try one you'll love it!

It's a half ton truck. (Over 1,000 pounds). Tow's over 5,000 pounds. Get real! Talking bad about shit you know nothing about!

@@leadfoot1892 What are you getting all bent outta shape about, Matey? 'Half Ton Truck' - as if that means anything...just look at the trim when it gets loaded: the huge overhanging arse of it is dragging on the ground - cue the air compressor and tyre nozzle. I hardly 'spoke bad' about it...the El Camino is simply more about style than hauling loads - even the maker subtly admits that in this presentation. The bed of a 1977 Holden ute is shorter, has less overhang and is much more stiffly sprung than the Chevrolet - fact. Such a layout is better for hard work (bags of cement, bricks, firewood) - fact. No offence intended.

@@saxongreen78 they said it's a truck with style and comfort. The air shocks, which GM underrated to save from having to get weight class stickers that some states require, allow you to adjust the suspension for the load. The rear bumper never drags or sags. Empty your Holden rides stiff because of stiffer springs. Meaning the rear bounces more without a load. Just a facts of stiffer springs. Americans have loaded these trucks down and used them for work while loading them with bags of concrete, brick and even their Harleys. Then washing them off to go to dine. Style and comfort in a truck with room for tools and luggage behind the seats while still having a bed to fill. "Means nothing" to you because you don't understand our measuring systems. Your Holden has nothing special over an El Camino. Hell doesn't even have the space. We didn't even get to the handling part yet. I personally have loaded one down to twice the manufacturers weight capacity with no bumper drag. So yea when people run their mouth about stuff they have no idea about it upsets me. Mine has hauled 2 engines and a heavy 4L60E transmission with only 55 psi in the shocks (Because somebody figures that's enough air pressure for a quick fill air compressor). It corners unbelievable for a car let alone a truck. P.S. the shocks max at 100 psi.

The had the coil springs. Same as the Malibu that was a sedan version of this car.

Bias play were still in use by factories.

Yes

Because guys wanted a truck to do work with and had ground clearance women wanted a family car The combined result was a suburban.

Sounds a little like Led Zeppelin No Quarter with a little "riders on the storm" thrown in!

Not even close. Way too small to compare.

More or less, only the El Camino quickly became less of a pickup, and instead became a hot rod classic

@@F3ST3Rfilms the El Camino was built as and will always be a half ton truck. Although it is easily hot rodded or suped up. Don't knock what you don't know.

This was body on frame like a real truck

Yes, it's really is the same concept (minus the unibody construction) with a modern day twist, it's more or less a SUV/PICKUP.

Mine's plenty fast for me, runs smooth as a watch.

What???does that mean?