ElCamino car or truck?

[mike04busa]

I could not even vote on that one. It is close to the same frame as a car. I'am sure you can't haul a ton of brick's in it. I think there just a very handy car. Doesn't El camino satad for "The road" in some language?

 

[Wallie]

pick up

 

[HillbillyTom]

It's a car.
But I love 'em. When I was a kid, there was a guy in our little backwoods burg who had a 69 SS396 4 speed Elky (this was in '70-'71 maybe). It was a beautiful dark green with the classic chrome Crager S/S's on it. I'll never forget that thing sideways in 3rd gear going by what passed for the middle school I went to at the time.

 

[02GTFL]

I have a 73, with the original 454 in it still. It has about 170,000 miles on is and is pretty tired. It is definitely no jewel. It does make a good truck. I only use it when I have to haul something (trash, Home Depot runs, etc.).

It's funny, the Florida DMV office went through this same debate when I went to register it, back in 98'.

I would post up a picture, but I could not find one on this computer.

 

[pbghost]

It's an open station wagon!!!!

Still a very cool "car"!!!!

I have a '70 ranchero...it started out life as a stationwagon before they cut the roof off. ???

 

[SnapAttack]

It's a car with a cargo bed. It's no more a truck than a sport utility is a car.

There is more than one manufacturer that has put their version of the SUV on a car chassis. Take the Toyota Highlander which shares the chassis of the Camry and Avalon. Volvo XC90 I think as well. Trouble is the terms "cross-over" and "SUV" are used loosely.

A suv body on a truck chassis is an suv.
A truck body on a truck chassis is a truck.
A car body on a car chassis is a car.
A suv body on a car chassis is a cross-over.
A truck body on a car chassis is a cross-over IMO.

 

[klatu848]

Hello all!! El Camino? We always called them a "Chevelle with mental problems" because it was a Chevelle that was not all there.

 

[TheAtomicAss]

Im whatching a show on discovery channel called Wrecks to Riches and they are building an ElCamino. They keep calling this thing a "truck". To me its not a truck its a CAR. If ya cant put a 4x8 sheet of plywood flat on the floor of the bed,it aint a truck. Besides the car is built on a car frame and not a truck frame. What do you guys think?

I can't put a 4x8 sheet of ANYTHING flat in the back of a truck smaller than a 1500. It doesn't fit between the wheel wells.

Besides, the El Camino defies categorization.

 

[TheAtomicAss]

I could not even vote on that one. It is close to the same frame as a car. I'am sure you can't haul a ton of brick's in it. I think there just a very handy car. Doesn't El camino satad for "The road" in some language?

You can't haul a ton of bricks in what qualifies as a "light" truck, either.

Though judging from the bed liner in my fathers truck, the previous owner did just that.

 

[Mr Bogus]

Man, the G8 ST was going to be so cool. It's off the table now. I was looking forward to that one. Now Pontiac will be lucky to survive this round of head cutting. Stupid economy.

Holden Utes are fantastic. Just one more example of a fascinating vehicle that America will never get to experience. I hate feeling left out.

now that was a good call.... RIP Poncho power...

 

[Projekt]

It is a vehicle that offers the ride of a passenger car with some versatility taken from a truck. In fact the el camino was built using the station wagon floorpan of the parent platform such as the early impala based example or the later chevelle/malibu. The front most floor panel in the bed conceals the rear passenger footwell. So, it is an open bed pick-up built out of a station wagon platform no a truck. The australian practice of calling it a UTE for utility vehicle seems a more fitting name. And yes, I would love to own the Pontiac G8 branded US market Holden UTE.

 

[djsin]

so then whats the ford ranchero lol

 

[dadofthree]

Voted car, because it's both

 

[Busa Jules]

It's got a bed and a tailgate... it's a TRUCK!

 

[Acehole]

Get a Subaru Brat! or whatever they call them these days!

 

[UncleSteve]

This is a truck

 

[UncleSteve]

This is a pick up

 

[UncleSteve]

If you call for a truck wrecker, something like this will show up.

 

[UncleSteve]

a pickup wrecker will look like this

 

[UncleSteve]

El camino, Ranchero, are cars with a pickup style bed.