Even though we keep being reminded of El Camino's SS versions that are easy to spot in movies, music videos, and on TV, the El Camino ended up a relatively short-lived car compared to other Chevrolet models of that time.

the El Camino is sort of a combination passenger car and pickup truck. This assembly used an 8.2-inch ring gear diameter and 28-spline axles for Camaros, Chevelles, Impalas and even the early Chevy IIвЂ™s. Reverse gear is very much like first, giving about the same ratio and using the. Performance wise, it is a 350 small block factory rated at 300hp with a Muncie M21 close ratio 4 speed and has a factory 12 bolt positraction rear end wth 3.73 gearing. She handles like a Chevelle and hauls like a half ton truck. The 10-bolt was used in all the low performance applications. 12-bolt gear ratios 3961409 (41/10T) (3862526/3862514), 4.10:1 - 41/10, 65-69 All, 70 Chevelle, Camaro, 71 Malibu (Spt Cpe, Conv, El Camino Custom 8-cyl). I love the looks of my 1969 El Camino Custom. The control arm-mounting ears on top of this 7.5 rearend denotes it is usable for any 1978-вЂ™88 GM A or G-body intermediate like a Cutlass, Monte Carlo, El Camino, Malibu, Regal, or Grand Prix. Jeff Smith: When Chevrolet built the first Camaros in 1967, they were already in production of both 10- and 12-bolt rear-end housings. With someone else having tested the waters and gained success, introducing this oddball wasn't a high-risk move for Chevrolet. The 7.5 rearend uses an oval cover and the housing has two small cast-in protrusions near two of the bottom cover bolts. Ford Australia had already made 'utes' - short for utility coupes - popular with Australian farmers back in the '30s, but none existed in the US.Д¬hevy's El Camino wasn't the first ute in the US the Ford Ranchero, introduced in 1957, was. It was designed to feel as comfortable as a coupe for couples going to church on Sunday and still be capable of carrying farm products to markets during weekdays - a perfect mashup for practicality at that time.

Was the El Camino a car? A pick-up truck? Well, it combined the best of both worlds.

1968 el camino differential ratios