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William C. Smith's 1952 Chevrolet El Camino

Ed Biggs' 1959 Chevrolet El Camino of Davenport, Iowa. Ed was a member of the Idlers of Davenport car club and he ran Biggs Automotive Service with his father. In the Summer of 1959, Ed decided to turn a brand new El Camino into a shop truck and rolling advertisement. He wanted to give it a custom paint job, so he ordered the car and had it delivered to a Gardena, California dealer so Joe Andersen of Joe Andersen's Custom Shop could pick it up and give it a panel paint job. Ed joined the US Air Force in September of 1959. He was stationed at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, and decided to have his custom shipped with him to Europe.
Dave Wright's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino of Poole, United Kingdom is a distinctive custom that originated from Wright's admiration for Gene Winfield and Larry Watson. Named The Golden Idol, Wright's El Camino manifests his vision and the expertise of these celebrated car customizers. He purchased the car in 1989. In 1994, he decided to turn it into a 1960s show car. After restyling the body, Wright flew Gene Winfield in from Mojave, California to have him lay down one of his famous fade paint jobs. The build was completed two years later, in 2009.

El Camino Customs

Fort Wayne's 1952 Chevrolet "El Camino"
William C. Smith's 1952 Chevrolet El Camino
Dave Wright's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino - The Golden Idol
Ed Biggs' 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Fred LeFevre's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Jim Seaton's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Paul Cepeda's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino
Richie Valles' 1959 Chevrolet El Camino




 

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