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Another Ford Fairmont Durango For Sale, Can You Resist The Foxchero?

Whereas many of the El Camino-ized vehicles we share with you, like the Volvo XC70chero, are unique custom jobs of varying degrees of quality, the Ford Fairmont Durango was actually built in a factory. The history is muddy, but after the demise of the Ranchero, Ford worked with National Coach Products in some capacity to help the company produce somewhere in the neighborhood of 212 of these 5.0-powered, Fox-bodied trucks. What it lacks in details it more than makes up for in style and power, and all for just $24,500. Details below the jump.

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9:20 AM on Thu May 15 2008
By Matt Hardigree
880 views, 31 comments

Latest by Galaxie500: Swap a 5.0 drivetrain in it and put a mustang front clip on it, then you would have a Mustang-whatever... more »

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The Volvo XC70chero Brings The Dream To Sweden

There's a stanza in a Stephen Malkmus song that goes "And the trashed young Scandi mistook me for a Swede. her slurred medieval accent was like a puddle at my feet. You could see chopped tobacco in her teeth." This made us wonder if Swedish people actually were into chewing tobacco and, by extension, if there were Swedish rednecks... because where there are rednecks there are El Caminos. Did this mean that there were Swedish El Caminos? Indeed. Here's a prime example of an XC70chero (owned by Ford) looking awesome outside the Volvo Museum. To make it better, it's being pulled by a six-wheel XC90chero. Pinch us.

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12:05 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,805 views, 34 comments

Latest by RobertRyan1: Someone at Volvo has been looking at Australian cars and getting ideas. This is the second "Ute" from Volvo as far as 6 x6 goes they are reasonably common here. [www.4wdaction.com.au] [www.fwdqld.com.au] more »

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El Camino Nameplate Probably Dead

Friend, Romans, Cotomer Sevis Representatives, lend me your ears; I come to bury the El Camino badge, not to praise it. The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their frames; so let it be with the El Camino. The noble Bob Lutz hath told you El Camino hath instant name recognition, if it were so, it was a grievous fault, and grievously hath Lutz answer'd it. Here, under leave of Lutz and the rest — for Lutz is an honorable man. So they are all honorable men.

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1:00 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,108 views, 71 comments

Latest by beercheck: Still, I don't like this "most likely" crap. C'mon, kill this lame brained idea! Put a stake thought its heart! Or a steak though its gullet. Whatever it takes. Let's just get this dark period more »

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Corvettamino ZR-1 Is Pulling Our Leg, Still Awesome

Who needs a Pontiac G8 ST when you can have a bitchin' camino-ized C4 Corvette ZR-1? Nobody that's who. Fortunately for our still beating hearts, this is not really a ZR-1 turned truck/car — it's an '84 Vette smooshed together with a '91 with custom molds and bodywork to create that smooth Vettamino effect. According to ClassyAuto (misnomer?) this was the brainchild of the original owner of Bayliner Boats and took over $115K to create. Wow, that's camino love right there. We have no idea how up to date their website is, but the sale price at one time at least was a steal at $35,000... cough, cough, choke.... WHAT!

[ClassyAuto]

11:20 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
3,347 views, 28 comments

Latest by CorvetteBlogger: I like it but I think it needs a topper. more »

alternative energy

Electric "It" Spotted Down On The Ann Arbor Street; Where's The It-amino?

Contrary to popular belief, you can in fact own a real full electric car. As proof, we found this thing parked on the street in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Made by the Dynasty Electric Car Corporation, they call it the, err... It. Now, while it may only be classified as a Low Speed Vehicle, meaning you can only drive it on roads with up to a 35 MPH speed limit, there's one version of the It that's got us particularly excited.

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4:20 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By marnold
1,308 views, 26 comments

Latest by toyotaboy: reminds me of that SNL skit commercial parody of the "adobe" car where if you get into an accident, in 5 minutes you just reshape the bumper back to it's original shape more »

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1970 Chevrolet El Camino 454 Super Sport

Though many have been entered and some have been trimmed, we have only one space left in the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage. One more bay into which we may slide any dream machine we can think of. To this point it has been a journey of discovery, history, humor, debate, outrage and delight, but still there remains only one spot. This final place has been reserved in our plans for a long time though. Despite the stereotypes held in the public eye about this car, we could choose no other to cap off this endeavor and we therefore humbly submit for your approval — the 1970 Chevrolet El Camino 454 Super Sport. More »

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12:40 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,223 views, 188 comments

Latest by thatguy01: @thunder: You can't have a bigger garage as long as the 928 and the 6.9 are in it. more »

found on ebay

Europe Fires Caminoization Salvo: 500SEpage, Silver Shadowamino!

The Murfreesboro Vanden Plaschero inspired a lot of discussion about the pros/cons of Americans hacking up fine European machinery in order to add pick-em-up truck beds. Don't forget, though, that Europe itself has a fine tradition of Caminoization stretching back for many decades. Take, for example, this pair of fine Old World cartrucks. We've got a 1982 Mercedes-Benz 500SE with pickup bed from Germany and a 1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow on a Dodge truck chassis from the Netherlands. Which would you drive? Make the jump and do the voting thing! Thanks to Martjin and Sasho for the tips.

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8:00 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,536 views, 68 comments

Latest by cats4rent: you could pick up three or four fat chicks at a time with the rolls. i wonder if they could ship it in time for the state fair? more »

found on craigslist

Don't Have Time To Build Your Own Jaguar Vanden Plaschero?

Let's say you saw the PCH Jaguar XJ-Schero the other day and said to yourself: "Damn, I sure would like to have a Jaguar with a truck bed to haul parts, but my ZIS 112 project takes all my time!" We understand your dilemma, and that's why we've found this 1986 Jaguar Vanden Plas with a very nice pickup bed conversion for you. The seller wants a cool 13 Gs for it, but not to worry- he or she will take your unwanted pontoon boat in trade! Thanks to splacid for the tip.

[Craigslist Nashville, go here if ad disappears]

7:30 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,668 views, 58 comments

Latest by Jeb_Hoge: Ohhh, I would buy this thing in a heartbeat, maybe even plan a swap from the 305 to something with some more balls. I might even pay asking, if I had the scratch and it was a properly sorted conversion. more »

choose your eternity

PCH, Superpower Showdown: V12 Jagchero or Electric Renault?

We took a break from the PCH Superpowers and watched the Rotary Honda 600 pound on the Rotary Starlet in yesterday's all-Japanese Choose Your Eternity poll. However, Britain's defeat of Italy last week can mean only one thing: Britain must now take on PCH SuperGigaPower France in an attempt to claim the rusty, oil-leaking PCH Intergalactic Superchampion crown!
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5:30 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,766 views, 71 comments

Latest by bd_juju: @slantsick: @P161911: Thanks, folks.. I knew there must have been some..just couldn't come up with. Scampage? That sounds pretty good... more »

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Wrecked Civic + Drag Bike = El Civico!

When we had the Favorite Example of Caminoization poll, reader Buckyworld stunned us all with his description of El Civico, a 1999 Honda Civic converted to motorcycle-haulin' cartruck. Well, anything that cool is sure to trigger weeks of relentless hounding from us for the whole story, and Buckyworld was kind enough to oblige. Make the jump for the astounding saga of the mighty El Civico!

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10:00 AM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Murilee Martin
5,418 views, 41 comments

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El Camino + Le Car = Le Carmino

We had a debate going on whether we should call this Le Car the Le Carmino or the El Carmino, seeing as Le and El carry the same meaning. No matter, this French fry is a dreamy vehicle no matter how you slice the name. For reasons that we have no explanation for, this particular Camino has been outfitted not only with a truck bed, but also with enough Ford, Mazda and assorted other logos to fill the bed of a, well, Le Car truck. The report from STORC on the madness below the jump. More »

5:00 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,147 views, 17 comments

Latest by Dave7: Haha - good stuff. Gotta love the three bolt wheels too. more »

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South Africa Gets Opel Corsaminos!


Let's say you're in South Africa and you just can't get your hands on a good vintage 1956 Mercedes-Benzamino (or, in the local parlance, a Mercedes-Benz Bakkie). Fortunately, The General sells a Gamma-platform-based bakkie known as the Opel Corsa Utility. Sure, it's front-wheel-drive, but it's a factory-built car with a truck bed nonetheless. Thanks to Franzouse for the tip! [GM South Africa]

8:00 AM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Murilee Martin
962 views, 38 comments

2010 pontiac g8 st

The Problem With The Pontiac G8 El Camino

We love the idea of the 2010 Pontiac G8 El Camino, this much goes without saying, but there's been a lot of hemming and hawing about the long term viability of the product from a business perspective. Motor City Blog Man Todd Lassa has a theory on the General's strategy and it kind of makes sense to us. Remember when we all went a little batty at the prospect of a G8 Wagon and then it got canned — kind of? Well Todd got to thinking about the wagon and the El Camino, and mixed in a little marketing strategy from GM's cross town rivals at Ford and came up with an idea: More »

3:30 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
4,265 views, 63 comments

Latest by carless: Falcon Utes have leaf springs. Oh, and a bench seat. Win! more »

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Wards Ignores Jalopnik At Epicenter Of El Camino Campaign

Seems Wards Auto noticed our little campaign to resurrect the El Camino moniker for the 2010 Pontiac G8 sport truck, even going to far as to quote Bob Lutz's response to our question at the New York Auto Show. But when it came time to assign a location from which the hootin', hollerin' and shoutin' was emanating from, the best they could come up with was a vague pointing in a direction other than them. Although they were able to see the tens of dozens of press walking through the show wearing our "Vote El Camino Today!" pins, they apparently missed the name Jalopnik printed right underneath it. But at the very least they think our campaign has been "skillful":

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10:45 AM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
746 views, 27 comments

Latest by Mark Arnold: @Unevolved: Um.. It's not German... [jalopnik.com] more »

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50 Cent Thinks "El Camino" Isn't Cool, Will Cheat To Elect Pontiac G8 "Curtis"

Continuing our coverage of the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck ballot bowl naming contest, 50 Cent has announced that he is officially endorsing his own name, "Curtis," for the name of the new ute. This comes as no surprise to our best political team on television hack team of — well, hacks — despite Bob Lutz's unofficial endorsement of "El Camino." Remember, if you haven't already, vote "El Camino" today!

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6:15 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By marnold
2,332 views, 48 comments

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Commenter Of The Day: Page Six Edition

They say you haven't really arrived in New York until you've made it into a certain tabloid. Which sells for less than a buck. And was founded by Alexander Hamilton. And is at least glanced at by just about everyone in town. And likes big headlines. Big loud headlines. This publication is fun, more fun much of the time that the Big Apple's more reputable "paper of record." The Jalopnik commentariat knows this. Which brings us to our COTD. More »

6:00 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Matthew DeBord
1,785 views, 21 comments

Latest by halfshafter: Me i'd like some kind of medallion for coming up with "colossal asshole" more »

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New York Times Goes Negative On Jalopnik El Camino Campaign

The New York Times's Lawrence "Lars" Ulrich took a swing at pithy commentary on the 2010 Pontiac G8 "El Camino" sport truck today, deciding to heap the bed full of liver-lilied liberalism and haterade. To wit:
"Who exactly was clamoring for a two-seat, gas-guzzling pickup with the cheapest-looking interior this side of a Motel 6?"
Who? Well, us for one. But we wouldn't expect Ulrich to understand anything about a vehicle... More »

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Ray Wert
3,176 views, 91 comments

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Bob Lutz Is On Our Side! Thinks 'Pontiac G8 El Camino' Name Is Great Idea

As you know we were just present for the live reveal of the 2010 Pontiac G8 El Camino here at the New York Auto Show. After diving into the press scrum that surrounded Bob Lutz after the unveil, we managed to ask him the most important question of the day - What do you think about naming the the car the "El Camino". After handing out dozens and dozens of "Vote El Camino" buttons today, including to the live band the "Young Lords", various press and peeps, and to Mr. Lutz himself, we just had to know the answer. Maximum Bob's response both surprised and delighted us.

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12:21 PM on Wed Mar 19 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,926 views, 52 comments

Latest by null: Comment on Bob Lutz Is On Our Side! Thinks 'Pontiac G8 El Camino' Name Is Great Idea My vote would be for Catalina or Caballero. more »