Who made this 60 El Camino

[Greg Myers]

although that one does look to have power windows

[Greg Myers]

The AMT '59 El Camino is available and has all of the right stuff, hard to beat. Why mess with anything else ?

[Tom Geiger]

How does the 60 size out next to an AMT 59? I seem to remember the 60 looking a bit large 

[High octane]

5 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

The AMT '59 El Camino is available and has all of the right stuff, hard to beat. Why mess with anything else ?

Ditto!

[Bucky]

I have two 1960 rebuilders, and plan to use the '59 kit as a donor to try to get a good '60 out of the lot.

[ChrisBcritter]

The eBay parts guy has a bunch of '60 Chevy wagon bits this week; the front bumper and chassis would work (especially if you don't need to add an engine); rear bumper might work if you saw off the taillight panel:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_odkw=wagon&_ssn=vintagemodelcarparts&_sop=10&_osacat=0&ssPageName=STRK%3Anull%3AMESOI&_from=R40&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313&_nkw=1960+wagon&_sacat=0

[Greg Myers]

On 10/5/2020 at 9:20 AM, Tom Geiger said:

How does the 60 size out next to an AMT 59? I seem to remember the 60 looking a bit large 

 

[Greg Myers]

On 10/3/2020 at 11:23 AM, espo said:

The original '60 El Camino was an SMP/AMT product. As ZTony8 suggested, any body parts and maybe even interior also could come from Revell's '60 Impala kit. The chassis under the AMT '59 El Camino would be very basic compared to the Revell Impala's chassis. I have thought about redoing the one I have so I would be interested in seeing what all you can do with yours. 

AMT '59 El Camino on the left. A little more than the "Basic" SMP on the right

[Greg Myers]

Cutting the hood open would be a pretty straight forward operation. Working in the operating rear tailgate from the ANT '59 El Camino looks like a little more work.

[Tom Geiger]

Thanks for the visual! They are close enough to update the 60 with a 59.

[Greg Myers]

Started out with a 283, 2bbl, 3speed. stock.

tried all kinds of intakes until I GOT HAPPY, Wiend three two set up with Rochester 2Gcs,  four speed, Hooker headers into sidepipes

[espo]

7 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

AMT '59 El Camino on the left. A little more than the "Basic" SMP on the right

This is what I was trying to point out. The '59 El Camino is an improvement over the SMP '60 El Camino as you show it on the right. The later Revell '60 Impala kit was a suggestion as a possible donor since it is somewhat better than the '59 AMT kit's chassis. I will admit the '59 El Camino chassis here looks far better than I recall as it has been a couple of decades since I looked at the AMT '59 El Camino.  The unique shaped gas tank would need to be moved over since it is so visible  on the chassis. 

[espo]

1 hour ago, Greg Myers said:

Started out with a 283, 2bbl, 3speed. stock.

tried all kinds of intakes until I GOT HAPPY, Wiend three two set up with Rochester 2Gcs,  four speed, Hooker headers into sidepipes

Great looking El Camino. I had a friend who had much the same setup and driveline in his '59 El Camino. By the standards of the day the high winding little 283 was a pretty hot little engine. His still had the 3 on the tree and the shift linkage that Chevrolet used wasn't really great for speed shifting. I'll bet the 4 speed would have made a real nice setup. 

[Greg Myers]

4 speed + 3 Twos = Fun all day long ☺️

[junkyardjeff]

Parts arrived today so the build will start soon.

[Greg Myers]

Can't wait to see what you do. Keep us posted, Jeff

 

[junkyardjeff]

It will most likely be when it gets colder before I start on it,I still need to get windows for it.

[Greg Myers]

That AMT "59 El Camino kit can solve a lot of your problems 

[junkyardjeff]

I have the chassis and interior from that 59 kit and just need to get the glass.