Someone Converted This 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Into A Practical Little Pickup
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The Chevrolet El Camino went out of production after the 1987 model year, but there are some GM fans who still seek that combination of passenger car maneuverability and pickup truck practicality. While this 1991 Chevrolet Caprice pickup conversion isn’t the only homemade El Camino-style vehicle we’ve seen, it’s probably one of the better ones. This project car is still a work in progress, but the previous owner has already done most of the hard work in converting the rear end of the sedan into a pickup.
The interior needs finishing and there are a few other spots that may need some work, but other than that, this strange El Camino-inspired Caprice (El Caprice-o?) is pretty much complete. Oddly, the builder has decided to include rear passenger seats in this Chevrolet Caprice-based pickup truck conversion. The rear seats are essentially sitting in the bed of the truck and are preventing the cabin from being completely closed off with a rear wall and window.
If this project was ours, we’d probably remove the rear seats and build some sort of partition between the cabin and the bed. It looks as though the rear passengers’ heads would be sticking up above the roofline, anyways.
Over time, there have always been (mostly unfounded) rumors that General Motors was looking at bringing the El Camino back. The automaker came close to introducing a similar vehicle with the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck concept, which debuted at the 2008 New York International Auto Show, but GM’s eventual bankruptcy put the kibosh on the ute’s arrival. Some have turned to Australia for an answer, shipping the Holden Ute over to the U.S. and converting it to left-hand-drive, whereas others have gotten a bit more creative and built their own.
This custom Chevrolet Caprice pickup is currently for sale at a used car dealership in Pennsylvania for $7,995. Check out the listing at this link for some more photos and information on the world’s only Chevy El Caprice-o.
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El Capricio
The ’91 Caprice was born from a slug. This does nothing to improve it’s looks; now it’s just a plain fugly slug.
Ugliest Car of all time finalist becomes automatically ugliest Truck of All Time Contestant. When will it ever end?
The Concept clay mock up at the GM design Centre was the most beautiful Mercedes like design ,I had every seen designed for Chevrolet , but when finally issued to be build it was big, chubby to satisfy the the design review groups ,I guess ,then I bought a brand new dark blue one and it Road manners were sloppy even with F41 suspension ,but a great highway cruiser In the day !
Had a 1991 Caprice wagon. Huge inside. Great on hughway. Only had 305 so slug around town. Dad had 1995 wagon with 350 and dual exhaust. Much better. Always wanted a Camino but never was right for family. Now that kids are gone they don’t make ’em. Figures. Timing is everything.
The roof line looks like a boil on a behind!
Chevrolet built a prototype El Camino in the 90’s, using an Impala SS. I saw it at GM Carlisle 10 or 15 years ago, and thought it was quite nice looking, especially compared to this example.
https://www.viennaautoshow2018.com/2018/08/12/chevrolet-el-camino-ss-concept-1995-based-on-a-caprice-station/
” LITTLE…” ?????
The sport half A pillar is from the chevrolet avalanche truck! The pair of seats make it look like a low-riding jimmy! 4 what i seen in the pictures; the structural integrity is gone! 2 make it a true ELCO; it might need a 12 point roll-cage: in case it ever flips from taking a corner 2 sharp! If anyone wants a Elco. that bad; Pick a structurly sound sedan!!
Just plain ugly and question why?
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