My dad took the rear bumper off one of these and were able to put it on our 78’ Tradesman conversion van back in the 80’s. Lights worked and everything.
Whoa Nelley, 1978 and used to be great. No, this is an "A" body, not a "G" body, but we get it as I've explained before. We (barely) got the VIN, we win: 1 for Chevrolet, W for El Camino, 80 for pickup/delivery body style, L for 350 CID V8 with four barrel, aka RPO code "LM1", 8 for 1978 model year, Z for Fremont, CA assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Fremont plant, aka "Freaky Fremont" was a problem for GM and operated from 1963 to 1982. It then became NUMMI from 1984 to 2010 as a joint venture between GM and Toyota and today Tesla assembles vehicles at that site. Peak employment under GM at Fremont came in about 1978. No tag, can't brag, but can be figured out, no doubt: ST78 for 1978 model year, 1AW80 for Chevrolet (1) El Camino (AW) pickup/delivery (80), Z for Fremont, CA assembly, maybe 21L and 21U for Light Blue lower and upper exterior paint, some sort of 24 code for Blue interior, maybe A52 for bench seat, and other possible codes. Whoa Nelley, "pickup truck" is out of luck. That's it, time to quit. "A" body is a bit shoddy. The mud makes it a dud. Going to be flat and that's that. No tag, can't brag, and the Google Man is sad. Soon to be flat and leave the chat. Please don't get squished because all of the "A" body faithful, many here, maybe Benny and for sure the Google Man are all going to be very, very, very pissed.
It looks like someone hit something in the front. The hood is bent, and front fenders out of line. My father had a 1980 Malibu Wagon that the El Camino was based on. Front body work can get pricy on these, and finding parts is getting harder. Back in the early 1980's a hood grille, grill assembly, and one front fender cost over $4,000.00 back then. It was the radiator and front cross beam that ran from fender to fender that had to be replaced because it was bent.
Benny and the jets looks like some of those cars get junked because of the drive train which is the easiest to replace. I would have liked to have those radio knobs.
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : One more example of a waste of a good vehicle in the wrong hand . I stated in the pass these vehicles have so much support . 🧽🧼🛻⚰️
Looks like it can be saved.
That doesn't deserve to be crushed, it's still worth fixing up
Good find. Thanks Benny
My dad took the rear bumper off one of these and were able to put it on our 78’ Tradesman conversion van back in the 80’s. Lights worked and everything.
I've seen them on a handful of hot rods and trucks since the 90s!
Didn't know that El Camino had a 350. I thought by 1978 they downsized to the 305 only
hey benny , thanks for another junkyard crawl!
That's a very loaded up El Camino with many options. Should have been saved or at least sold complete by the junkyard.
I need that cluster !
Whoa Nelley, 1978 and used to be great. No, this is an "A" body, not a "G" body, but we get it as I've explained before.
We (barely) got the VIN, we win: 1 for Chevrolet, W for El Camino, 80 for pickup/delivery body style, L for 350 CID V8 with four barrel, aka RPO code "LM1", 8 for 1978 model year, Z for Fremont, CA assembly and the rest is the production sequence. The Fremont plant, aka "Freaky Fremont" was a problem for GM and operated from 1963 to 1982. It then became NUMMI from 1984 to 2010 as a joint venture between GM and Toyota and today Tesla assembles vehicles at that site. Peak employment under GM at Fremont came in about 1978.
No tag, can't brag, but can be figured out, no doubt: ST78 for 1978 model year, 1AW80 for Chevrolet (1) El Camino (AW) pickup/delivery (80), Z for Fremont, CA assembly, maybe 21L and 21U for Light Blue lower and upper exterior paint, some sort of 24 code for Blue interior, maybe A52 for bench seat, and other possible codes.
Whoa Nelley, "pickup truck" is out of luck. That's it, time to quit. "A" body is a bit shoddy. The mud makes it a dud. Going to be flat and that's that. No tag, can't brag, and the Google Man is sad. Soon to be flat and leave the chat. Please don't get squished because all of the "A" body faithful, many here, maybe Benny and for sure the Google Man are all going to be very, very, very pissed.
Was the 87 l had a G body? Never knew much about GM body letters.
@@garymckee63Yes that would be a G body in 1987.
@@garymckee63 Correct, 1987 would be a "G" body. They would have been assembled in Mexico.
Nice Bro!
I remember those sun shades 😂
I will give this car a 3 out 0f 10 !
El-cram-in-o!
Missing the chrome pieces I need 😩
It looks like someone hit something in the front. The hood is bent, and front fenders out of line. My father had a 1980 Malibu Wagon that the El Camino was based on. Front body work can get pricy on these, and finding parts is getting harder. Back in the early 1980's a hood grille, grill assembly, and one front fender cost over $4,000.00 back then. It was the radiator and front cross beam that ran from fender to fender that had to be replaced because it was bent.
Seen worse. Surprised the yard didnt try to sell that 78 El Camino whole. They were nice back in the day.
Benny and the jets looks like some of those cars get junked because of the drive train which is the easiest to replace. I would have liked to have those radio knobs.
it looks like a GMC Caballero Benny👍
It's not. It has a "1" for the first digit of the VIN which is the Chevrolet division. A GMC Caballero would have a "5" as the first VIN digit.
Yey flex duct !!! Yeah heating and air-conditioning guy lol 😂
💯💯💯💯✌👍
Yeee Yeee
Your videos seem to be getting shorter?
Not a whole lot to see here, and he missed getting the trim tag.
Car wash, cowl hood, fix her up!
No cowl hood put a ss front end on it.
Not duct board, flex 🙂🙃
Mr. B. Here ! 🍩☕️👀😎👍 : One more example of a waste of a good vehicle in the wrong hand . I stated in the pass these vehicles have so much support . 🧽🧼🛻⚰️