Motorama was General Motors’ annual promotional extravaganza. That said we have reason to believe that David French’s ’59 El Camino is not the ’59 El Camino that saw production, but rather the ’59 El Camino its designers had in mind-a prototype if you will-perhaps the celebrated Concept ‘Camino, which likely graced the turntable at the General Motors Motorama in late-1958. So, we’re lackin’ the conclusive documentation necessary to corroborate the rest o’ the story-and y’all are goin’ to have to just take our word for certain things. Now I’m tryin’ to remember how it went for sure, but I seem to sort o’ recall that the billion-dollar build sheet crumbled and vaporized into thin air when it was disturbed in the upholstery department. Okay, y’all grab your hankies ‘cause this next part’s kind o’ sad. That build sheet may have listed options which were absolutely unheard of at the time of the El Camino’s manufacture, like a fuel-injected 327 (rather than a 283 or 235), 4-wheel-power-disc-brakes, micro-computer-controlled pushbutton emergency brake, automatic/overdrive transmission and so on. Upon further investigation, a weathered assembly line build sheet was thought to have been discovered-still wedged ‘tween the springs ‘n’ stuffin’s of the El Camino’s ‘lectric headrest-equipped seat cushion. When a 3M Clean & Strip Disc-equipped die grinder revealed (roughly) the characters: H590000000, suspicions were raised. The rust-encrusted VIN number was like none we’d ever seen. ![]() French’s planned, subtle modifications could begin-and from that point, there’s been no turnin’ back.ĭuring the disassembly of this seemingly-ordinary, production El Camino, the keen eyes o’ the crew picked up a clue or two, which indicated that this particular El Camino may not be so ordinary after all. Serious reconstructive surgery would be required before any of Mr. Once the El Camino was stripped of its multiple layers o’ deceptive sin, you could say we were in deep. The ugly truth was first uncovered by HR&CS media blaster, Zach. Here in fact, an excellent cover-up job had been done. In certain instances well-hidden issues can escape even the well-trained buyer’s eye. Those who’re familiar with the earliest of El Caminos already know they’re vulnerable to rust, especially so in their floor pans and bed floors-and ‘the one’ that made the cut was no exception. After a thorough scouring of the greater United States area, the search concluded in Wisconsin-not in a dilapidated barn at an old abandoned dairy, not on the front line at Honest Guido’s abused car lot, but maybe, just maybe, buried at the bottom of a stack o’ soon-to-be-crushed salvage at Junkyard Johnny’s-as this version of the story goes. For the final five of the aforementioned fifteen or more, the search was serious. QuietRIDE products are licensed by General Motors.Hot Rods & Custom Stuff customer, David French had been desirous of a ’59 El Camino for fifteen or more years. These are durable light weight floor covers that show and protect well. ![]() The ShowBedder Truck floor bed cover will hide all of these imperfections and give the vehicle a crisp, clean finished look with a vehicle brand name and/or logo 3-D molded into the back section of the cover. The ShowBedder will protect your expensive and pristinely restored bed surface while on your way to and from car shows, carrying items like lawn chairs, ice chests assorted what-nots that can damage the surface. They are year-make-model specific and constructed with a vinyl rubber mat material, pre-cut and ready to roll out. The ShowBedder by QuietRIDE is a protective bed floor cover custom made for your El Camino. The El Camino Store is pleased to offer the all new Showbedder bed floor mat from QuietRIDE Solutions.
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