He quickly discovered that the old `67 El Camino frame and suspension weren't designed for warp drive. Four years after he'd put the nitrous setup on it, Chris found himself shoehorning a big block 427ci into the frame, making around 600 HP and using a TH400 transmission. Chris Decker had taken that small block 350 about as far as he'd wanted. If your definition of "quenched" is "hell no," you're correct. I'll give you three guesses as to whether or not that quenched the need for speed. That was fun for a while and he'd occasionally race his El Camino at the dragstrip his best time being 13.2 in the quarter mile. At this point he brought a nitrous system to the mix. Right now, you should be seeing a pattern forming.
Chris quickly outgrew that stock 350 and changed the cam, intake, carb, and headers all to satisfy his growing speed habit. They can't always handle it, but they do love the ponies. Kids, especially gearhead kids, love themselves some power. It wasn't the hottest car around but it was perfect for a kid cutting his teeth in his first car: cheap and reliable.Ī powerhouse it wasn't, though. Years in the sun hadn't been kind and gentle the old red paint was tired and faded, as were the vinyl top and matching bed cover. The drivetrain was decent but the same can't be said for the finish. I generally like having things that don’t blend in with the masses and this car was the perfect choice for me." The car sported a mild Chevy a small block 350 with a TH350 automatic transmission and a 10-bolt posi rearend. When I had a chance to buy one from a friend of a friend, I could not pass up the opportunity. It also helped that he already knew what he wanted: "As a kid, a family friend had a 1960 El Camino and I feel in love with El Caminos after seeing his car. Lots of his classmates drove Camaros, Mustangs, and old Novas. Right now it morphs from drag machine to daily rider to bulletproof road tripper thanks to smart parts choices that allow just that.īack in 1998, though, the El Camino was just the first car for 16 year old Chris to putt around with in high school. In the 22 years he's owned it, the car has known a few configurations: teenager's first car, drag racer, and versatile custom ride among them. But seeing demand for a more aggressive looking El Camino, Chevy had its dealers offer the Choo Choo Customs SS Body Kit as an appearance package.Chris Decker's `67 El Camino doesn't pack rockets or laser weapons but it is a bit of a Transformer. See, while the early El Caminos offered full-fledged SS variants, the fifth-generation model never got a true Super Sports version. What makes it weird, though, is that this body kit wasn't some one-off custom job. Combined with the gold paint and the SS decals, this is one of the more visually ambitious El Camino's I've seen. The customized front end had a nose that resembled the Monte Carlo stock car more than it did the standard El Camino.
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SS, as Chevy fans know, stands for "Super Sports." This wasn't a full SS treatment, though.
Welcome to You Must Buy, our daily look at the cars you really should be buying instead of that boring commuter sedan. Like this, a Chevy El Camino with a Choo Choo Customs SS body kit. Above all, though, writing this column has amplified my appreciation for cars that are just totally strange. Often times they're rare cars you might not have heard of or underrated performance gems that slipped off the radar. You Must Buy is about getting you to look at cars you might not consider otherwise.
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