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October 23, 2009
1985 El Camino Sporting a Caddy Bum on eBay
By Brian Lohnes
BangShift.com
This is a confusing piece. isn’t it? Normally people turn stuff into El Caminos by adding a truck like bed. Few people actually modify the Elky to be more car like. The seller of this creation is one of the few. See the eBay auction here.
Talk about having two faces. Up front there’s the boxy, angular 1980s styling and out back there is the swoopy early 1990s Cadillac bumper, tail lights, and trunk lid. You can open the trunk, which extends all the way to the back of the cab with the press of a button.
We’re not knocking the car when we ask the simple question, why the hell would someone do this? It appears to be done very well, we’re just looking for clarification on the reasons for the mashup. Make a bid on it and we can guarantee that you’ll have the only one on your block!
Thanks to BangShift.com member Mr4Speed for the tip.
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betitotheone
Oct 26, 2009 at 8:19 am
People who do this kind of work are… Different to others.. they might be critized.. and some won´t……. like it others will.. BUT how many of this people do exist? so.. before you drop your opinion realize where are YOU standing at..
TKTHEGREAT
Oct 25, 2009 at 7:13 pm
sweet ride love the mods
bigtaylor8
Oct 25, 2009 at 7:00 am
I would have either picked an older rear, or updated the front.
It is basically a toneau cover.
98malibuguy
Oct 24, 2009 at 10:20 pm
totaly sick job. the craftsmanship is great. i havent seen a build like this in a while
646martin
Oct 24, 2009 at 6:27 pm
amazing work only missing irocs lol
transformdezign
Oct 24, 2009 at 12:14 pm
weird but in sum way bad ass! but still give props they did a great job not no ghetto back yard shit
PIchillin456
Oct 24, 2009 at 11:14 am
If this was my project I’d take parts from a 1998-2004 Cadillac Seville. I would take the front end, doors, dashboard, steering wheel, seats, and engine and from the Seville and install those parts in the El Camino. The engine would be powering the rear wheels unlike the it was when it was in the Caddy. I’d replace the carpeting, add HID headlights, LED tails/license plate lights/gauges, a nice set of rims, rear dual exhaust, wood truck bed, and mesh grille. I’d probably paint it Cobalt Blue and add some red neon underneath. I’d be a lot of work but I think it’d look tight.
road_monster
Oct 24, 2009 at 10:32 am
That wing has got to go…
tysmagic
Oct 24, 2009 at 9:59 am
Really cool, but the interior is not well done at all. Shame the outside is done up so nice and then crap for interior
shelby_2blue
Oct 24, 2009 at 6:33 am
this has really good craftsmanship, just needs to be taken to the next level, give it to barry white for a week!
fredsmailes
Oct 24, 2009 at 4:25 am
Neat! Not a Chevy fan, but happy to see people building different
stuff!
Fred
minihick
Oct 24, 2009 at 3:05 am
Great post,i want to buy this car,its very helpful for a long vacation.
Cleanse ProX
albania_fier
Oct 23, 2009 at 10:24 pm
i love it id love it more without the wing but…nothing you cant remove!
Sparrow2669
Oct 23, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Thats amazing! i absolutly love that idea! gotta be one of the sickest mods ive ever seen!
Metal4TheMasses
Oct 23, 2009 at 5:27 pm
LOL… that’s an awesome coincidence in proportion and shapes that led to this mod. I’m impressed with whoever put these two very different things together to create this. One of the most cool Camino mods I’ve seen.
sarahsmile90
Oct 23, 2009 at 3:28 pm
While I agree that a nice job was done, I am just not a fan of these types of conversions….mashing two cars together, ect.
HotRodJ-Rod
Oct 23, 2009 at 9:18 am
That’s pretty remarkable. Not a big fan of the wheels… but the conversion done looks amazing.
Maybe Caddy should have made a luxury version of the El Camino?
Beasty258
Oct 23, 2009 at 9:00 am
Coming from a fellow Elco owner, the Cadillac tail light conversion/integration is something I would like to do one of these days. The tail lights are much more visible than the OE bumper lights. Which will lessen the chance of getting rear ended by unobservant driver.
This guy just took it a step further and integrated the rear clip of the caddy into a sweet looking tonneau/rear bumper cover.