Is a lipstick red 1969 Chevrolet El Camino 396 CID V8 Muncie 4 speed manual on your Christmas list? If so, your shopping just got a lot easier! Complete with a 12 bolt rear, tonneau cover and all the SS badges where they should be. Goodyear Eagle ST’s at every corner keeping you on all fours. This 1969 Chevrolet El Camino is just how it would have been done the first time around. Saying old school is too easy but certainly applies here as original features are still intact. It’s not often you see an original bench seat and Delco AM/FM radio. Usually you’ll find updates or personal changes that may or may not be appealing to others. Not here. Under the hood the entrée is simple; a 396 big block! Power steering and power brakes add as the sides and that’s it. Simple and pure, a well balance diet without the frivolous additions. That is the theme for this unique El Camino – purity, the way the El Camino was designed, to be a car with truck like cargo ability where you gave up 4x4 for high performance.
The 396 big block roars with life and growls the way it should running through the Muncie four speed which handles the power with ease. Suspension feels good with control handled well from behind the Grant GT steering wheel. Column mounted tach and oil, water, volt gauges mounted right where you’d want them aid in monitoring vitals. Turning heads is bound to happen as this beast roars down through town but that’s not why you bought it. You bought for you. It fits, simple, pure beast with utilitarian abilities and enough horsepower to flex your muscle when you want but refined enough to keep it under control. Plenty of room to add your own touch or keep it just as it is, pure 1969 Chevrolet El Camino.