The second generation Ford Taurus (1992-1995) was a cool sleeper back in the day — under the hood was a bundle-of-snakes manifold equipped Super High Output V6 that carried over from the previous generation SHO. Ford pushed a surprising level of performance into their family sedan with a Yamaha built V6 and a 5-speed manual […]
The 5-door Honda Civic Shuttle (previously called the Wagovan) was a crossover before there was such a thing as crossovers, but it competed with Toyota’s Tercel Wagon and Subaru’s Wagon thing in the small 4X4 wagon segment. Powering the Civic Shuttle is a 4-cylinder 109 horsepower 1.6 liter D16A6 that was mated to a 6 […]
There is something in the air. Is it spring? No, the chill of winter lingers yet. What is this song in the breeze that I hear? Is that the sound of sawzalls and Coors light? Alas, the customized JEtta Camino saw its shadow and drove back into the garage. Four more weeks of winter. Find […]
The Sprint was released in 1971 as the GMC-branded (GMC was formerly the Grabowsky Motor Company, then General Motors Truck Company, and later GMC Truck & Coach Division) version of the Chevrolet El Camino, and it survived through the 1977 model year when it was rebranded as the Caballero. Nobody really knows why GM created […]
At first glance this car appears to be a 2-door Chevelle wagon, which Chevrolet did make available from the factory, but the seller describes it as a customized El Camino. But that isn’t the strangest part…because this thing has 4cyl powertrain and most interior bits from a Toyota Truck from the late 1990s. I don’t […]
The first generation Oldsmobile Toronado (1966-1970) was the first front-wheel drive ‘Murican car since the 1936 Cord and it also had sweet hidden headlights and a wicked body shape that was NOT El Camino in any form. But today, we’ve got a customized Toronado that was given the El Camino treatment a few years ago […]
The Japanese N600 was the export version of the N360 kei car, a small city car designed to meet Japanese Keijidosha (light cars) regulations, which gave buyers a significant tax break and more straightforward license/registration requirements. The N600 was Honda’s first car to be offered in the US market way back in 1969, and was […]
This isn’t the first Dodge Charger El Camino we’ve featured on this site. Not quite. Somehow we’ve found at least 3 or 4 previous El Chargerminos and I’m proud of that fact. However, today’s custom Caminoization started with the fire-breathing SRT-8 version of the Charger and should be a proper burnout machine. El Burnout Machine. […]
This next car is confusing. At first glance, it looks like a 1970s custom Ford or Chevy truck/van, but it has a VIN plate from a 1986 Toyota and what appears to be a transverse longitudinally mounted Yota engine under the passenger seat. This is the automotive equivalent of the curse that goes something like […]
This next car is a Florida built custom that combines the chassis from an 80s Caprice, front end styling from a Viper, and rear end styling from the legendary El Camino. Everything is better once Camino’d…but this car seems oddly familiar. How are there two of these? Find this 1989 Chevrolet El Capricamino offered for […]