A 10-bolt differential takes the power from the mill/transmission setup and puts it to the rear wheels. It sports electronic fuel injection and has a TH350 3-speed automatic transmission attached to the rear. The original to the car 305ci V8 sits within the original but very clean engine bay. Red carpet floods the floors, and a red headliner floats above the seats. Iconic square design for the dash, with major usage of rectangles and squares, holding the gauges, knobs, and radio, and is making use of some rag rolled brown appliqué. A large comfortable split bench also in red and maroon broadcloth, and a ultra puffy center armrest that folds up and down. Nicely preserved maroon vinyl adorns the doors, along with a bottom panel of red carpet, and fine cranks and handles. Interesting the Conquista badge on the rear tailgate which gave the customer the two-tone paint, and extra trim on this car.uh truck.uh car! Bed is black and shows usage with scratching and a nice patina…this is good! Chevy 14 inch honeycomb mag wheels are on all 4 corners and are wrapped with BF Goodrich T/A's. Also, some nifty bars in chrome to grab on to on the top of the bed sides. Some chrome trim for the lower rockers, wheel wells, and the delineation between the silver and black. Dual usage for this cat will definitely show you “the way”.īlack side slabbed steel fairly straight, no rust, and retains its shine, is peppered with silver rockers, topping the bed and roof. Runs well, a few faults here and there, but a car you can haul hay during the week and take to church on Sunday. Nice two-tone color combo exterior and interior. And the rest, as they say is history.įor consignment a 1985 version of the El Camino. In fact, Elliot was so impressed by Bradley's custom El Camino, he insisted that Mattel use it as a model for the first line of Hot Wheels toy cars (The Fleetside). Rumor has it that Mattel's Elliot Handler (the 'el' in Mattel), spotted designer Harry Bradley's El Camino in the Mattel HQ parking lot and commented, “Those are some hot wheels,” coining the new name for Mattel's line of toy cars, Hot Wheels.
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