The last El Caminos weren't built in the US at all — GM moved production to Mexico in 1985, the same year a fuel-injected 4.3L V6 became the base engine.
Median 96 hp across 55 similar cars
Lead trim: 2WD · 3-spd auto · 3.8L · up to 150 hp
Chevrolet El Camino Pickup1984–1987
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FactThe last El Caminos weren't built in the US at all — GM moved production to Mexico in 1985, the same year a fuel-injected 4.3L V6 became the base engine.
Collectors Spotted in the Chevrolet El Camino Pickup Lineage
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Trims & Figures
10 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2WD · 3-spd auto · 3.8L | 1984–1984 | 3.8 L V6 | 110 hp | 190 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| 2WD · 3-spd auto · 4.3L · RWD | 1985–1987 | 4.3 L 6-cyl | 140 hp | — | — | RWD | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| 2WD · 3-spd auto · 5.0L | 1984–1984 | 5.0 L 8-cyl | 150 hp | — | — | — | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| 2WD · 3-spd auto · 5.0L · RWD | 1985–1987 | 5.0 L 8-cyl | 150 hp | 240 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| 2WD · 3-spd auto · 5.7L | 1984–1984 | 5.7 L 8-cyl | 105 hp | 200 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 3-spd | — |
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 3.8L | 1984–1984 | 3.8 L V6 | 110 hp | 190 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 4.3L · RWD | 1985–1987 | 4.3 L 6-cyl | 140 hp | 225 lb-ft | — | RWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 5.0L | 1984–1984 | 5.0 L 8-cyl | 150 hp | 240 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 5.0L · RWD | 1985–1987 | 5.0 L 8-cyl | 150 hp | — | — | RWD | Automatic 4-spd | — |
| 2WD · 4-spd auto · 5.7L | 1984–1984 | 5.7 L 8-cyl | 105 hp | 205 lb-ft | — | — | Automatic 4-spd | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the 2WD · 3-spd auto · 5.7L trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The last El Caminos weren't built in the US at all — GM moved production to Mexico in 1985, the same year a fuel-injected 4.3L V6 became the base engine.
GMC sold this same truck as the Caballero, built at five plants before the line ended at Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, in 1987.
Chevrolet picked each 1973 El Camino's coil springs by computer, matched to that individual car's weight.
A utility vehicle with a drag-strip resume: the 450 hp LS6 454 turned this El Camino into a 13-second quarter-mile machine, as quick as the muscle cars it hauled parts for.
In 1967, Chevy restricted its 396/325hp L35 big-block to just two places: the Chevelle SS396 — and the El Camino. Only 2,565 El Caminos got it.
Chevy showed up two years after Ford's Ranchero invented the car-pickup segment and immediately dominated it: the 1959 El Camino outsold the Ranchero roughly 22,000 to 14,000.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
The GMT400 split the twins for good: 1988 was the year "C/K" became Chevrolet-only badging, while GMC's version of the very same truck became the Sierra.
GMC found 10 extra horsepower in the Sierra All Terrain X's 5.3L V8 with nothing more than a performance exhaust, no other changes needed to go from 355 to 365 hp.
This Sierra kept rolling off the line for a full extra year after its replacement arrived - badged "Classic" in 2007 just to tell the two generations apart on dealer lots.
When this GMT900 Sierra launched for 2007, GM kept selling the outgoing truck alongside it, badged "Classic," so buyers could choose old or new side by side on the same lot.
Toyota showed it as the T150 until Ford sued over the likeness to the F-150, and the production truck was renamed Tundra.
A Louisiana owner put over a million miles on his 2007 Tundra in eight years; Toyota gave him a new truck and took his apart to study it.
Toyota's Texas Tundra plant sits on land bought from the state's oldest working cattle ranch, and the 1794 Edition is named for the year that ranch was founded.
Its launch colours had pun names such as "Anti-Establish Mint" and "Freudian Gilt", sent to Lee Iacocca by a friend.