1966 Chevrolet El Camino 396/325 - SOLD

[hubleyman]

Here's a pic of the underside of the dash area during the assembly process. The original heater box cleaned up nicely, as well as most of the other OEM parts. Speaker is a correct NOS item. Just wanted to show that hidden items not normally seen turned out pretty nice as well.

[hubleyman]

Finished price has now been reduced to $30K. Please see the original post for other details.

Why spend all your money at the auctions buying an unknown history car that you don't even get to talk to the owner about, when you can buy this nice vehicle for a very fair price. And I don't even charge a buyers premium!

FYI - this car is also currently listed on Ebay:

1966 El Camino

Thanks for taking the time to read my posts. Charlie

[WILMASBOYL78]

This has to be one of the best cars for the money I have seen in a long time...beautiful truck [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

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wilma

[Zedder]

Wow, that seems like a great deal!

[hubleyman]

Hey, what happened to those rally wheels???

Well - they are no longer on the car or included (but can still be purchased as an &quot;extra&quot; cost option).

I'll try to get some good current pics to share later today now that it's not raining and will update some other details as well.

Still hopeful that a SYC member (Tom?) would be able to take advantage of all my efforts (and $$$) that went into this vehicle...

Charlie

[Charley Lillard]

Somebody buy this thing. Charlie has always had neat stuff.

[hubleyman]

Thanks for the kind words Charley. I've been lucky to have owned some pretty cool toys. I just wish they were more valuable when it came time to finally sell them...

Here's a few higher resolution pictures I just took. Taking pics of shiny things is just not very easy. Kudos to you guys who take good pictures!

FYI - just to be clear, the &quot;new&quot; tire/wheel/hubcap combo is included with the car, but the rallies are not. The tires are used generic radials in OK shape. The wheels are stock 14&quot; steel wheels that came off of a 1966 Chevelle and are in decent condition. I did not paint them, they came this way. Apparently the hubcaps are 1967 style, and are in fair condition as well. The combo are NOT restored and would need to be if you wanted to keep them on the car. But for rollers, they look pretty good.













Here are some detailed pics inside the bed. Like I mentioned in my description, the bodyshop did not spend any time restoring the bottom of the bed or the back of the cab (per my instructions). Now I wish they did. The taillight housings and tailgate hardware are original parts, just cleaned and reinstalled.

[hubleyman]

Meant to mention an additional item. A couple months ago I hosted a Certification Camaro-fest at my house. It was actually a lot of fun. During one of the days, I came out of the house and Jerry M. was over at the other garage taking a bunch of photos of the El Camino, especially the engine compartment details.

I went over and asked him what he thought, and he told me that I did a superb job on it and was lucky to find so many correct pieces. I told him most of the stuff was born-with original, and he was even more impressed. Just wanted to share this tidbit to let you know the opinion of someone in the trade who knows what to look for.

One of the days was a blue Camaro day:

[hubleyman]

Making some progress on this project. The interior is basically finished other than a few minor tidbits. Raised the as-is price accordingly, but the finished price is still the same.

Here are some quick pics from inside my garage:

[markinnaples]

Came out nice.