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1967 Chevrolet El Camino 396- DRAGMASTER Dode Martin's personal daily driver shop truck from 1970-1995. Dode bought this factory 396 4 Speed Marina Blue with Black bench seat interior El Camino in 1970 less engine and trans. There just happened to be a nasty 440 Chrysler engine with a 727 automatic sitting in his shop, so Dode decided to fit it into the El Camino. A lot of parts custom worked by Dode back in 1970 are still on it, however the 440 and 727 were removed back in the late 1990's for a SBC conversion. The GM rally wheels were widened by Dode with chrome centers and gold rims. The rear trailing arms were boxed by Dode. Dode stitched up the door panels after personally painting the truck in traditional Dragmaster gold. Dode told me the gold paint is 1956 Chevrolet Grecian Gold and the red he used on his DART dragsters and the famous TWO THING twin supercharged SBC front engine rail is 1957 Chevrolet Matador Red. I obtained permission from Dode to place the DRAGMASTER decals on the doors and I planned to do a frame up build and incorporate more DRAGMASTER style to the El Camino with the red. I pulled the SBC and auto trans out and located a date matching fresh .040 over 396 block to match the truck. The block is included with the Camino. No trans. The original 12 bolt posi rear axle is still in it. The El Camino has never been wrecked, however the hood has some filler in the front peak due to Dode moving the truck in his shop while sitting on a bucket and tapping a work bench in front of him when he fell off the bucket. That happened before the Camino was painted gold. Dode told me the first paint he put on it was solid black around 1970 or so. The fenders, doors and rest of the body are original sheetmetal. There is very little rust in this El Camino- there is a little in the lower back window jamb.
There is a State of California label in the left door jamb that confirms a 440 Chrysler and Automatic were in it up to 1995, when the the truck was required to pass a smog check in order to sell it. Dode swapped out the 12:1 compression 440 for a more stock version. Dode told me the nasty 440 was sold to a MOPAR guy for a race car restoration. That 440 was likely part of the Dodge Chargers effort from the early 1960's. The next owner had a hot rod shop (Hot Rods and Custom Stuff; Escondido, CA) swap in a SBC and 700R4 for daily driving. I bought the El Camino in 2012 with intentions to keep it, however that was 2 weeks prior to my daughter being born and I have had zero time to work on it. I paid four thousand more for it then than I am asking for it here, so my listing price is absolutely as low as I am willing to sell it for. Last 2 pics were scans of prints Dode let me borrow from his personal files- they show the Camino as it was about 25 years ago. The black license plates were changed out by the DMV around 1995 based on documentation I have. The El Camino is also listed for sale locally therefore I retain the right to end the auction if no bids have been placed. |
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