![]() ![]() The seller adds, “ This El Camino has original paint and has original white SS stripes on a non-SS hood, very rare“. Today’s El Camino subject is one of those fairly rare, non-SS El Caminos powered by a 300 gross HP, 400 CI Turbo-Jet (really a 402) big block motor. Confused? I don’t blame you, it was one of Chevrolet’s more mixed-message moments. The 396 moniker, which was marketing gold, continued to be used in certain vehicles, others were referred to as a “400 Turbo-Jet” to distinguish the big-block from the “400 Turbo-Fire” small-block that was based on a similar architecture to the 350 CI engine. 030 of an inch in bore and now displaced 402 CIs. Starting with the ’70 model year, Chevrolet’s 396 V8 grew. From that point forward, the Camino followed the Chevelle’s lead. For the El Camino, it was a rerun as 396 CI V8’s had been allowed in non-SS-equipped vehicles in ’66 and ’67 (primarily because there was no El Camino SS in ’66 and ’67), but that was nixed with the introduction of the ’68 El Camino SS396. But another change also occurred in that a big-block engine was now, for the first time, allowed in a non-SS designated Chevelle. Chevrolet’s assumption was that buyers wanted the look and road handling ability of the SS but maybe not the insurance premium surcharges associated with the bigger engine. ![]() All of that changed in 1971 when small-block engines were added to the Chevelle SS arsenal too. Big, as Chevrolet called it, a 454 CI motor for ’70. There is a make an offer option too.įrom 1966 through 1970, a Super Sport (SS) designation on a Chevelle (’68-’70 for the El Camino) meant big block power, a 396 CI engine through ’69, and then the added excitement of Mr. Located in Gentry, Arkansas, this El Camino is available, here on eBay for a BIN price of $10,000. And for that reason, this example is worthy of a closer look. This 1971 El Camino sort of goes in that direction, but not quite. The ease of cloning lesser Chevelles into something beyond their initial station in life has led to a cottage industry. The nearly identical ’71/’72 Chevrolet Chevelle/El Camino SS seem endless in nature, almost as if there are more now than there were 50 years ago. ![]()
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