What a great video and car! Your honesty is much appreciated and very refreshing. I am looking to get an El Camino to use as a daily when my current daily goes out. I'm in Dallas, TX and I was not interested in long distance shipping, but seeing the honesty from the guys at Maple Motors is making me rethink that. Keep up the great work, I can tell this is a passion of yours and it shows.
That's beautiful and reasonably priced as always. No one beats Maple Motor's. She needs a little TLC but still a great car. Would tub that baby out and take it to the track to rip up some tires.
El Caminos are my dream vehicles. I'm 41 now and have loved them since I was 7 yrs old, when my Dad started teaching me to drive in one (1979 El Camino). I almost had one for my 16th birthday (same one I learned to drive in), but a week before I turned 16, my older sister blew holes in the engine and ruined it. 😭
I'm 20. Grew up working on old gms a. 66 wildcat, and a 72 camino ss. Still in the family! Except not mine. I'm saving my pennies to get a el camino like this or better. I'm gon be learning to engine swap with my old man a brand new 350 anyway.
If that is truly a 350, then the motor is not the one that came with the car. In 1985, the only two engine options were the 4.3-liter V6 and the 5.0 V8; that remained true throughout the end of their production run in 1987. I know this to be true, as I sold Chevrolets for a couple of decades. When we were down to just TWO El Camino's left on the lot in 1987, we had guys calling from all over to ask about inventory (pre-Internet). I took a call from a guy about our V8, and he didn't like something about it (options ?) and hung up. Three days later he called asking if it was still available, and I told him no, that we only had the V6 left in stock. He didn't really like the idea of the 4.3, but got po'd when he asked the color and I told him that it was Brown. He hung up. Two days later he called back to buy it, and we had just sold that one, as well !!! If financial times were better right now, I'd take that blue '85 off your hands STAT !!!
@@prettydog37072 I am in the auto industry in a specialized position. Business was booming up until about 2 months ago. Stores that were selling 750 per month are barely breaking 400; a lot of people have been let go. Disney World just terminated thousands upon thousands of people, and that is having an effect, as well. But, I believe that it will soon turn around.
im trying to understand the 1985 El Camino. I understand in 1985 the production was moved to mexico, and there was there was a fuel injected V6. I have one for sale near my house with a 4.4L V8 was this a thing for the 1985 model?
The price is right on for this nice Elcamino, I would do a custom paint of black cherry and lower the car by an inch. put a New Corvette engine in it. Truck frame adds to the over all perfect weight. Great buy. I give it 5 out of 5 stars.
Saving my pennies for one. 3-5 more grand and I got one. In nice body shape like this I'm doing a 400hp 350 swap to make her my daily with a nice interior oh yeah I'm avoiding leather mostly because leather interiors are over priced and trash year round. Seude or Alcantara all the way.
