Much thought, time and consideration went into the build and it shows. This is a rust free car, including the bed, doors, window channels and floor pans. The front fender rockets are original GM new old stock. The front and rear bumpers have both been re-chromed. The paint job is a clean, respectable 10 footer, the rear tailgate has the emblem deleted for a cleaner look. It has the original glass all around in it, the original stainless trim is presentable. The bench seat was recovered and a/c was added. The carpet is replaced, as well as the door panels, and retractable shoulder seat belts were added for safety. The interior was all re-done, I added stainless trim to the interior, as well as Impala armrests. Custom made bullet windshield wiper arm covers were added to give it that clean wiper arm delete look. but looks clean and doesn't take away from the dash appearance. The original radio was upgraded with a digital MP3 stereo and power antenna. The gauges all work, and a 15" Impala steering wheel swapped out the original one. I tastefully upgraded the interior from a plain truck to more of an Impala interior and it looks great. The vintage Air Conditioner was added this year. I went full power on this as I added power steering, power windows, a power seat from an Impala and a power antenna. The front brakes have been upgraded to disc brakes, and the whole brake system was rebuilt with upgraded power brake booster and master cyl. The Cragar wheels and tires are new also. The rear end was rebuilt at that time also. I recently added a 700r4 over drive trans and it only has 2k miles on that. It has a chevy 350 cubic inch, high nickel 010 block, with 6k miles on the rebuild. I looked for several years for a rust free '59 that I could build to my liking and here is the end result. 1959 Chevrolet El Camino Additional Info:įor sale is my cherished 59 el camino.
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