
Powered by a 454 cid engine matched to an automatic transmission, it features PPG Le Mans Blue base/clear paint. This very special truck must be seen to be appreciated.
1968 el camino ss 396 specs plus#
it includes factory air conditioning and heater, plus power disc brakes, power steering, a new exhaust, new tires, new interior, 12-bolt rear end and new wiring harness 1968 is the ONLY year the pickup (El Camino) was offered in the SS396 series. Powered by a 454 cid engine matched to an automatic transmission, it features PPG Le Mans Blue base/clear paint. The base 396 engine was the (元5) 325hp engine with two optional 396 engines, the 元4 350hp version and a L78 375hp version. 1968 El Camino 1969 El Camino 1970 El Camino 1971 El Camino 1972 El Camino 1973 El Camino Categories. Most prized in the latter ranks were the super-rare LS6 version and their 450 wild horses. 68-68 EL CAMINO EMBLEM GRILLE SS 396 68 EMBLEM GRILLE SS 396 69 : EM1302 EL CAMINO 69-69. Again like its passenger-car cousin, the Super Sport El Camino appeared in two forms in 1970: an SS 396 and SS 454.

Like its Malibu-based counterpart, the SS 396 El Camino came standard with a blacked-out grille, bulging hood and a 325-horsepower 396-cid Mk IV V-8. The latter group consisted of the SS 396 rendition, introduced the year before. Make: Chevrolet Model: El Camino Type: TRUCK-MALIBU CHASSIS Trim: SS/396 Year:1968 Mileage:6,000 VIN:138808Z130541 Color:GROTTO BLUE METALLIC.

Popularity of V-8 engines was on the rise, and by 1969, 94 percent of that year's El Camino run was ordered with either a small-block or big-block. Chevrolet produced 60,499 SS 396 sport coupes, 2,286 convertibles, and 5,190 El Caminos 1968 was the only year the El Camino body style would get its own. That record then soared to more than 57,000 in 1972, the last year for the Coke-bottle-shaped Chevelle body that had debuted four years before. Sales went up by 20 percent to 41,791 – a new high for the car. A redesigned A-body platform translated into a longer wheelbase for Chevrolet's 1968 El Camino.
