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1966 El Camino (2012) Sema Show Car Build on 2040-cars

US $45,000.00
Year:1966 Mileage:300
Location:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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2012 SEMA Show Build; Ebay Motors Challenge; 1966 Chevy El Camino underwent a complete Rotisserie Resto-Modification; Work done by Duran's Quality Paint of Baldwin Park, CA; This car is comprised of mostly brand new equipment; Special Features of this vehicle include:  14 coats of House of Colors Candy Apple Red and 4 coats of Clear; Custom hand painted striping done in gold leaf; Dakota Digital Dash Gauges, Front Disk Brakes/ Cross Driller Rotors, Highway 24 Wiring Kit, GM 350 Crate Motor, 700R Automatic Transmission, Front and Rear Shocks & Springs, New Windows, Felt and Rubber Weather Strips, Custom Ash Wood Bed Kit with Stainless Steel Hardware, Boss 17" Chrome 5-Spoke Wheels on Goodyear Eagle Tires, 3-Core Aluminum Radiator, Optima Red Top Battery, Retro-Sound Radio with MP3 &iPOD Hook up, Kenwood 4" Speakers in Dash, Kenwood 6x9" Rear Speakers, "I Did It" Chrome Tilt Column, Custom 14" Chrome Billet Steering Wheel, Glass Pack Dual Exhaust, Billet Specialities Window Cranks and Door Handles, Rebuilt Wiper Motor, Heater Blower Motor, New Chrome Front and Rear Bumpers, Grill, Window Trim, Rocker Panel Trim and Wheel Well Mouldings, Edelbrock 4bl Carb and Intake, MSD Ignition, New GM Alternator, Power Steering Pump, Water Pump, Fueld Pump, Serpentine Pulley Kit, Tail Lights, HID Conversion Headlights, Red City underdash lights, Custom Camel with Red Piping Interior, New Gas Tank, Trim, Emblems and Window Regulators.
This choice El Camino was the Low Rider Magazine People's Choice Winner and was featured in the centerfold of Low Rider Magazine.  There is countless documentation of this build on You Tube and Ebay Motors.  
(Note:  This El Camino originally was lowered in the rear and sported Dayton 100 Spoke Wire Wheels.  The vehicle was returned to standard ride hide with new GM Springs and outfitted with Boss 17" Chrome 5-Spoke Rims on Goodyear Eagle Tires.)

This 1966 El Camino is a magnificent Cruiser and Show Car recently winning a First Place Trophy at the Sagebrush Community Father's Day Car Show.  A remarkable amount of work went into this car and it is deserving of a true car enthusiast or someone who just appreciates a well built machine.  There are only 300 miles on the speedometer!  Bid High and Bid Often if you want this car in your collection.

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Junkyard Gem: 1986 Chevrolet Sprint Plus

Fri, Jun 16 2023

General Motors sold second- and third-generation Suzuki Cultuses with Geo or Chevrolet Metro badging in the United States from 1989 through 2001 model years, and we've all seen plenty of those cars on the street over the years. The first-generation Cultus was sold here as well, with Chevrolet Sprint badges, and I've found a rare example of the Sprint five-door hatchback in a Northern California car graveyard. The Chevy Sprint first appeared on the West Coast as a 1985 model, then became available everywhere in the United States for the 1986 through 1988 model years (in Canada, it was sold as the Pontiac Firefly). It was available here as a hatchback with three or five doors; for 1986 only, the five-door was badged as the Sprint Plus. Soon enough, The General would be selling many more Asian-built cars with Detroit badges here. Isuzu I-Marks were sold as Chevrolet/Geo Spectrums starting in the 1986 model year, while Daewoo provided the Pontiac LeMans two years later. Under the hood, a 1.0-liter three-cylinder rated at 48 horsepower. The five-door Sprint cost $5,580 in 1986, which was $200 more than the three-door (those prices would be $15,445 and $14,891 in 2023 dollars). I've documented seven discarded Sprints prior to this one (including an extremely rare Turbo Sprint), and all of them were three-doors; we can assume that price was the most important factor for Sprint buyers. Gasoline prices were crashing hard during the middle 1980s, but memories of gas lines and odd-even-day fuel rationing from 1979 remained strong. What cars competed with the '86 Sprint on sticker price? Well, there was no way to undercut the hilariously affordable (and terrible) Yugo GV, which cost $3,990. The much bigger (but still pretty bad) Hyundai Excel listed at $4,995, while Toyota would sell you a sturdy (but zero-fun) Tercel starting at $5,448. Even the wretched Chevy Chevette — yes, it was still available in 1986 — cost $5,645. The original buyer of this car was willing to shell out an extra $395 to get an automatic instead of the base five-speed manual. That's about $1,093 in today's money. This car must have been slow. By the end, the doors were held shut with duct tape, but it still stayed alive until age 37. 53 miles per gallon on the highway! It does everything. The camels of the highway.

2014 Chevy Cruze Diesel destined for Chicago debut

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It's been a little over a year and a half since General Motors first confirmed plans to offer a diesel-powered Chevrolet Cruze here in the United States, and we've now learned that the oil-burning compact will debut under the lights of the Chicago Auto Show in February. According to GM Authority, the Cruze Eco-D will be introduced as part of the entire 2014 model year Cruze range, set to go on sale in the second quarter of this year.
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