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Started by Paul G, December 11, 2011, 11:17:51 AM

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Paul G

December 11, 2011, 11:17:51 AM
They have been catching my attention lately. I have been looking around on Craigslist. Yesterday I took the Charger out for a drive in to Phoenix to go see a 77. Nice day to take the Charger out for a ride. Any El Camino owners on here?
1972 Charger Topper Special, 360ci, 46RH OD trans, 8 3/4 sure grip with 3.91 gear, 14.93@92 mph.
1973 Charger Rallye, 4 speed, muscle rat. Whatever engine right now?

Mopars Unlimited of Arizona

http://www.moparsaz.com/#

TK73

#1
December 11, 2011, 11:22:54 AM
NO

Is it a car, truck? caruck, truar?

They only got attention 'cause Chevelles got too expensive...
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

ACUDANUT

#2
December 11, 2011, 11:44:31 AM
I had a 72 Ranchero GT...Loved it.

Paul G

#3
December 11, 2011, 11:53:54 AM
Quote from: ACUDANUT on December 11, 2011, 11:44:31 AM
I had a 72 Ranchero GT...Loved it.

I had a 74 Ranchero long ago. I dont think I want to own an old Ford now. I like Ranchero's, just think the up keep and parts finding will be horible. The Charger is expensive enough to up keep. Ford is almost as bad. I think parts finding for a Chevy will be a whole lot less expensive. If I get lucky I may find one that needs very little. 
1972 Charger Topper Special, 360ci, 46RH OD trans, 8 3/4 sure grip with 3.91 gear, 14.93@92 mph.
1973 Charger Rallye, 4 speed, muscle rat. Whatever engine right now?

Mopars Unlimited of Arizona

http://www.moparsaz.com/#

rt green

#4
December 11, 2011, 11:59:23 AM
an old classmate had a 69 red big block one. sharp car. i thought it looked mean. i guess i could say i was jealous
third string oil changer

69 OUR/TEA

#5
December 11, 2011, 12:54:39 PM
Like these ?????

elacruze

#6
December 11, 2011, 02:27:30 PM
I like them up to '72, then lose interest.
1968 505" EFI 4-speed
1968 D200 Camper Special, 318/2bbl/4spd/4.10
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Torque converters are for construction equipment.

miller

#7
December 11, 2011, 02:44:00 PM
I have a 1980 el camino that was given to me by my ex girlfriends father. I like it but just don't have the time to restore it right now.
1959-1972 are cool, and I like the 1978-1987 when the choo choo conversion is done to them.

2005 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster Custom - Maggie
2012 370Z NISMO - Courtney
1979 Corvette L-82 - Lilly
1969 Dodge Charger R/T Clone - Vanessa

Nacho-RT74

#8
December 11, 2011, 03:24:59 PM
what about EL CHARGINO ?




SORRY, IS THE ONLY PIC
Venezuelan RT 74 400 4bbl, 727, 8.75 3.23 open. Now stroked with 440 crank and 3.55 SG. Here is the History and how is actually: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,7603.0/all.html
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,25060.0.html

Paul G

#9
December 11, 2011, 04:22:31 PM
Geez Nacho, that is just sick!  :lol:

See now I like the big ones. 73 to 77. Bigger is better in everything but women. Uhh, unless you like big women.  :D
1972 Charger Topper Special, 360ci, 46RH OD trans, 8 3/4 sure grip with 3.91 gear, 14.93@92 mph.
1973 Charger Rallye, 4 speed, muscle rat. Whatever engine right now?

Mopars Unlimited of Arizona

http://www.moparsaz.com/#

bobs66440

#10
December 11, 2011, 04:58:04 PM
I had a '71. It was actually a GMC Sprint. Also had a really clean '77. Loved them both but the '77 was more of a luxury boat...a slow luxury boat with an anemic 305  :lol:.  

'68-'69's are cool too.

XS29L9Bxxxxxx

#11
December 11, 2011, 06:04:09 PM
I like El Caminos and Rancheros however, I like being married a bit more, so I don't have one...  :brickwall:

Fred

#12
December 11, 2011, 10:19:18 PM
Quote from: elacruze on December 11, 2011, 02:27:30 PM
I like them up to '72, then lose interest.

Same goes for me.


Tomorrow is promised to no one.......drive your Charger today.

Paul G

#13
December 12, 2011, 05:52:37 PM
I got my eye on this one.



Or maybe this one.

1972 Charger Topper Special, 360ci, 46RH OD trans, 8 3/4 sure grip with 3.91 gear, 14.93@92 mph.
1973 Charger Rallye, 4 speed, muscle rat. Whatever engine right now?

Mopars Unlimited of Arizona

http://www.moparsaz.com/#

resq302

#14
December 12, 2011, 10:01:29 PM
I do.  Dad and I have a 44,000 mile triple black fully loaded 70 el camino SS 396.  All original interior except the door panels.
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

aussiemuscle

#15
December 18, 2011, 07:31:59 PM
i like the el camino, i'd have a 73 if i had a choice of one.


Quote from: TK73 on December 11, 2011, 11:22:54 AMIs it a car, truck? caruck, truar?
the correct term is 'utility' sedan, which is why in australia they are called UTEs

resq302

#16
December 18, 2011, 07:38:04 PM
el Camino...... the ORIGINAL SUV!   :lol:
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

TK73

#17
December 18, 2011, 07:54:34 PM
Quote from: resq302 on December 18, 2011, 07:38:04 PM
el Camino...... the ORIGINAL SUV!   :lol:

Camino can't even claim that... Suburban...
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

TK73

#18
December 18, 2011, 07:56:01 PM
Quote from: aussiemuscle on December 18, 2011, 07:31:59 PM
i like the el camino, i'd have a 73 if i had a choice of one.


Quote from: TK73 on December 11, 2011, 11:22:54 AMIs it a car, truck? caruck, truar?
the correct term is 'utility' sedan, which is why in australia they are called UTEs


Thought UTE was for Ugly to The End...

:icon_smile_big:
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

resq302

#19
December 18, 2011, 07:56:43 PM
I wouldn't consider suburbans "sporty"
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

TK73

#20
December 18, 2011, 08:01:21 PM
Quote from: resq302 on December 18, 2011, 07:56:43 PM
I wouldn't consider suburbans "sporty"

Not in today's context, they WERE used for sport; boating, hunting, camping, etc...
Now they just end up at the mall with some 5'4" mom driving 'em
1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

resq302

#21
December 18, 2011, 08:03:46 PM
im thinking sport as in terms of muscle.  high horse power big cubic tire roasting  gas sucking engines!    :2thumbs:
Brian
1969 Dodge Charger (factory 4 speed, H code 383 engine,  AACA Senior winner, 2008 Concours d'Elegance participant, 2009 Concours d'Elegance award winner)
1970 Challenger Convert. factory #'s matching red inter. w/ white body.  318 car built 9/28/69 (AACA Senior winner)
1969 Plymough GTX convertible - original sheet metal, #'s matching drivetrain, T3 Honey Bronze, 1 of 701 produced, 1 of 362 with 440 4 bbl - auto

TK73

#22
December 18, 2011, 08:12:02 PM
Quote from: resq302 on December 18, 2011, 08:03:46 PM
im thinking sport as in terms of muscle.  high horse power big cubic tire roasting  gas sucking engines!    :2thumbs:

That's the right way to think!!   :drive:

1973 Charger : 440cid - 727 - 8.75/3.55


Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
      a liberal, oh fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
      acceptable, respectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!

ACUDANUT

#23
December 18, 2011, 11:38:25 PM
Quote from: TK73 on December 18, 2011, 08:01:21 PM
Quote from: resq302 on December 18, 2011, 07:56:43 PM
I wouldn't consider suburbans "sporty"

Not in today's context, they WERE used for sport; boating, hunting, camping, etc...
Now they just end up at the mall with some 5'4" mom driving 'em

Ain't that the truth. :2thumbs:

Ghoste

#24
December 18, 2011, 11:41:48 PM
I love them.  My first car was a 72 Ranchero that my dad swapped a 351 Boss into and turned me loose.

1969chargerrtse

#25
December 19, 2011, 06:14:11 AM
Quote from: elacruze on December 11, 2011, 02:27:30 PM
I like them up to '72, then lose interest.
:iagree:
This car was sold many years ago to somebody in Wisconsin. I now am retired and living in Florida.

440

#26
December 19, 2011, 07:30:05 AM
I have a 71 El Camino - The coupe version :D

Fun car, and a dime a dozen really ....  

Budnicks

#27
December 19, 2011, 05:22:39 PM
I've had 2 in the late 70's early 80's, both daily driven, a 69 w/bucket seats, with a 67 425hp 396ci iron head solid lifter engine with th400 & 12 bolt rear Centerline wheels, also a 72 split bench seat car with a GM crate HO-454/450hp short block with full roller valve-train & Aluminum head {rectangle ports} with Muncie 4spd & 12 bolt rear Crager S/S wheels, both very fun to drive & could still haul my golf clubs, dogs, crap to the dumps or construction tools/materials etc... The 72 was a mid 11 second ET car with 29"x10.5" Hoosier slicks, at Freemont/Baylands Raceway, never took the 69 down the strip...
"fill your library before you fill your garage"   Budnicks

jaak

#28
December 20, 2011, 01:36:41 PM
My cousin had a 64 (I believe) back when I was a kid, always sorta liked it.

Jason

flyinlow

#29
December 20, 2011, 02:20:27 PM
I got a '80 project truck a couple years ago.Thought my wife would like it to haul antiques (junk) home in. Built a Vortac headed 350/turbo 350 set up and got it on the road. The 79-87 El Caminos are really light, so it performs ok. Gets worse gas milage then my 440 Charger, but being a chevy its cheap to play with. It's sitting in the shed with the front clip off now, lost interest.

Benji

#30
December 20, 2011, 05:14:44 PM
My youngest son and I bought a stone stock 1980 El Camino with the aluminum Buick V6 engine and then the magic began. We bought the 49TH Street IROC/SS conversion package and put in a fuel injected 350 from a Corvette complete with the four speed tranny and a posi differential from a 1988 Monte Carlo SS.  We also put a dash, seats, tires and wheels from a 1978 IROC Camaro.

Benji

Charger RT

#31
December 20, 2011, 08:32:32 PM
El Camino's are like a mullet business up front, party in the back.
Tim

Budnicks

#32
December 21, 2011, 07:08:56 PM
Too bad Chrysler never made a version  :brickwall: like Ford's Ranchero & GM's El Camino, To me it would have been a great idea at the time, I guess maybe the lack of a full frame in their cars, because of all the cars were uni-bodies or something along those line...
"fill your library before you fill your garage"   Budnicks

dodgeboy67

#33
December 21, 2011, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Budnicks on December 21, 2011, 07:08:56 PM
Too bad Chrysler never made a version  :brickwall: like Ford's Ranchero & GM's El Camino, To me it would have been a great idea at the time, I guess maybe the lack of a full frame in their cars, because of all the cars were uni-bodies or something along those line...

they made the rampage.... that was super cool :rofl:

Budnicks

#34
December 21, 2011, 08:00:08 PM
Quote from: dodgeboy67 on December 21, 2011, 07:55:21 PM
Quote from: Budnicks on December 21, 2011, 07:08:56 PM
Too bad Chrysler never made a version  :brickwall: like Ford's Ranchero & GM's El Camino, To me it would have been a great idea at the time, I guess maybe the lack of a full frame in their cars, because of all the cars were uni-bodies or something along those line...

they made the rampage.... that was super cool :rofl:
That's right, I forgot about that one, but it was a compact front wheel drive 4 banger version, but was a car/truck of sorts, my old neighbor had 1 come to think of it, it would have been nice to have a full size version back in the day late 60-70's...
"fill your library before you fill your garage"   Budnicks

Brock Samson

#35
December 22, 2011, 11:57:40 AM
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,36310.0.html

one of the most viewed of all the threads on this web site..  :2thumbs:
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