1978 EL CAMINO CODE

A new GM replacement bumper with a Flame Red chin spoiler below leads the way up front with a ribbed chrome grille just above. No chrome trim for body sides, just a thin white pin stripe and larger than life white SS badge attached to the front fenders.

1978 EL CAMINO CODE

***Due to varying emissions control devices being removed, please check with your state, county, local or provincial motor vehicle department to verify the ability to legally register this vehicle in your area***ĭupont Cronar code 81 Flame Red paint coats the side slabbed steel that is rust free but does show with a few areas of orange peel and solvent pop. It runs very well, has a few faults here and there, but a car you can haul hay during the week and take to church on Sunday. A nice red on red exterior and interior, the original 350ci and optioned with the Super Sport package that gave the buyer a fully instrumented dash, bucket seats, the console mounted shifter and plain old good classic hauler looks.

A well kept truck refinished in Flame Red and well taken care of on the inside. This model featured a large hood emblem of two dragons and a knight, and would be reworked and relaunched for 1979 as the Royal Knight option for Super Sport models.įor consignment, a 1978 version of the El Camino. Chevrolet later offered a Black Knight model in 1978 which ended production after only 1,200 examples were produced due to legal problems with the rights holders over the use of the name. The El Camino trims started with the base model, then the Conquista which mainly consisted of a special paint treatment and finally the Super Sport which was the sports model available with six-cylinder and V8 engines. It was not available on Malibu passenger cars, (with exception to coupe and sedan Malibu 9C1 police vehicles). Two upgrades could be ordered: a 305ci V8 with 145 hp, or a 350ci V8 with 170hp that was only available in El Caminos and Malibu station wagons. The base engine was a 200-cubic-inch V6 that developed 95hp except in California where, to meet emissions standards, the 231ci Buick engine was the base engine. The front end featured a new single rectangular headlight design. For the first time, though, the El Camino had a unique chassis – it was shared with no other Chevrolet. The front end sheet metal and doors were shared with the Malibu, and the rear bumper was shared with the Malibu station wagon. A new, trimmer El Camino was unveiled in 1978, adopting the new, more sharp-edged Malibu styling, and a one-inch longer wheelbase of 117.1 inches.

1978 el camino