My friend found 1968 Chevrolet El Camino from Facebook for sale. The post was made in January of 2021. No Nettiauto.com, no Overdrive.fi listing, no Facebook marketplace post, just a persons personal page post.
I contacted the person and we set up a date when I was supposed to go and take a look at it, which was a week ago, but I had back problems and couldn't sit or stand for long. So long drive was out of the question. Last Sunday I was feeling a lot better and I drove over 160 km to see this El Camino. My hopes weren't up that much since the asking price was kind of mid range, 12500€ and it was the wrong year, 1968. I kind of have set my mind into 1969 El Camino. But at least by checking out this El Camino, I don't have to second guess it in the future.
Weather was sunny and nice all the way there and back. Road were quite empty, not much of traffic, well it was a Sunday after all.
Navigator gave me a shortest path and at the end of the journey it directed me through old and narrow private road. First, I thought that the address is just around the corner, but actually road took me through a small forest and to the back of this industrial lot.
And there it was.
From the outside it was decent. It was shipped to the Finland few years ago. The title was dated 2016.
At least that was left from the butchery. Even though I doubt this was ever true SS, it's still a nice touch.
One nice touch is that fuel tank filler door is changed to round one. I quite like it.
Overall, it's quite good shape, engine starts immediately and runs good and is responsive. Power steering is a bit tough, but it's from the Corvette also and is supposed to be a performance steering. Power brakes are really rough, but nothing to worry about. Paint is decent, no need to do that soon, unless you want it to be show quality, but before you get there, there are others things to address.
The conclusion is that it might be worth the trouble, since the asking price ain't that far off from what you are buying. The problem for me is that it's 1968 and that dash.