Camino LS6

Food for thought.

That might be true, but I'm just not feeling the rant at the moment. Plenty of stuff still sucks, but I'm just not too fired up about it.

Yes, thanks! I had forgotten the Cheyenne...

I feel left out - I don't have a rant at the moment.

Hey, BV! Good to see you around here again! My condolences on the Toyota - I know times are tough.

I definitely would have kept that '64 Camino stock in all ways but one - so that brake system would have stayed.

Does "High Sierra" equal "Scottsdale" with "Sierra Grande" equaling "Silverado"? If so, that may solve the mystery - GM has always featured loaded examples in the brochures.

"Custom Deluxe" models didn't get the trim at all, not sure about "Scottsdale", and "Silverado" always got the trim - but narrow or wide I can't say for sure. I know that Silverado got the big panel from '81 on up, not sure about earlier. "Scottsdale" was a pretty common trim level back then - maybe it got the narrow trim? On the 400s, Scottsdale had a black "Chevrolet" panel on the gate while Silverado got aluminum, and the base just got lettering.

I haven't really had any complaints about the brakes on cars I've owned in recent years - all of them seemed good to excellent. The last real issue I remember were the front brakes on my '87 El Camino - they performed just fine but wore out incredibly fast. That ticked me off as I'm pretty easy on brakes. I think the brake manufacturers were fumbling around with new materials at the time. My 2001 and 2005 Silverado 2500HDs both had about 50k miles of hauling, plowing, and towing on them when I sold them - I never had any brake issues and never had to replace any parts. The Firehawk and the GTO both had very capable braking systems (the Hawk was the better of the two).

Me too... This is a mystery.

That brochure shows both!

Strange. Maybe it's a GMC thing, but the only early trucks of this bodystyle I've ever seen with the full insert had newer tailgates. Maybe it depended on which plant built them? I do know that the later trucks did not use the narrow trim (at least at Chevy, if not at GMC).

Woodgrain trim! Haven't seen one like that in ages. Looks like it used the full insert in the tailgate with that trim - that's a bit odd.

Oh, and I might have the radio knob it needs.

The narrow tailgate trim is early, not late (I think it looks much better than the later one that fills the whole cove). This truck reminds me of my '79 GMC, that interior is quite familiar. Even the color is the same - except that mine had the two-tone with white as the secondary color. I couldn't see the bedsides well enough to tell if the bed is original or not (should have a round gas filler without a door if it is.) The truck seems to have no mirrors, but they should be the big, ugly ones, not the tidy stainless ones that GM used from '81-'91. Either that or the small, passenger car style would be correct. The hood is rotted junk - I remember that look well. Otherwise, it looks to be a fairly solid and well-equipped High Sierra. Without more pics and info, I'd say this is a decent buy at a grand (if you can get it with the 454 at that price).

If I had sprung for that '64 El Camino, I would have faced the decision about the disc changeover and the master cylinder as well. Likely, I would have left it alone as the brakes are power-assisted from the factory and that was one of the unusual option that make the car interesting.

Real solid project.

CAFE is a stupid approach to the problem, we need to develop a diversified range of fuels, not hamstring the manufacturers. Cafe is a poor band aid with bad side effects.

That sort of crap just ticks me off. CAFE is a menace that needs to be expunged.

Saw a whole parade of antiques and classics headed up RT. 252 this morning. First up was a big Healey in black moving right along with the top down. Next was a '70-'72 Cutlass convertible with a 442 hood. That was followed by a whole group of cars including a '55-'57 T-bird, a '67 Cutlass convertible (might have been a 442) and a slew of 30s and 40s cars. Must have been an event nearby.

Have a great on, Horse!

Hideous, just hideous.

I'll find out once I get it apart - I want to get the tank sealed and painted while I'm at it since it isn't available either.

That thought crossed my mind - maybe modify a coupe or Camino version...