Design And Restoration Shop Creates Chevy Camaro Ute
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Production of the Chevrolet El Camino ended in 1987, but even today, fans of the muscle car pickup can’t help but imagine what a modern version might offer. Now, one intrepid design and restoration shop is adding a bed to a fifth-generation Chevy Camaro, something El Camino lovers will no doubt take great interest in.
Recently posted to social media by the Casados Design Instagram feed (@carrozzeriacasados), the builders classify this custom Chevy Camaro as a “ute,” giving a nod to utility vehicles like the Holden VF Commodore Ute. However, here in the U.S., seeing this two-door Chevy muscle car with a big bed in back gives us some pretty strong El Camino vibes.
Casados Design is based out of Alabaster, Alabama, and specializes in building hot rods and pro-touring muscle cars, as well as offers vehicle restoration services. The shop has some lovely builds under its belt, but this custom Chevy Camaro Ute looks to be one of the most ambitious projects to date.
Per the recent social media posts, this custom Chevy Camaro ute looks as though its coming together nicely, with the new B pillar longitudinal section, inner bed sides, bulkhead panel, quarter end caps, and tailgate skin recently added. The bed extends the rear end of the muscle car by a huge amount, giving the bespoke Bowtie an eye-widening profile view. The metal flows nicely from the roofline, ending in a squared-off rear end.
Casados Design utilizes traditional metal shaping techniques to get the custom panels looking as intended, which means that in addition to the custom rear bed, this Chevy Camaro ute also has a hand-built aesthetic to it that simply begs for attention.
We can’t wait to see what this thing will look like when it’s complete with paint and all the trimmings. It looks like it’s a ton of work, but the payoff should be huge.
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Good idea, iffy execution. Should be done by gm to keep Camaro sales up. Would be nice with awd option, too.
It is probably a better idea to just import a shell of the Holden Ute and swap the internals with a Chevrolet SS/Pontiac G8
Unfortunately, all those vehicles are out of production. Holden no longer exists.
Makings for a great desert racer!
That Ute would be a beast with the ZL-1 Package.
The El Camino (if returned) would have to be Camaro based, a Nomad would be awesome too.
Stop trying to be hipster by importing unnecessary foreign jargon. It’s cringe. This is not Australia, those vehicles called “coupe utility” since the beginning or nowadays basically pick-up. After all boundaries between utility, sport, and unibody, and body on frame vehicle completely erased. While the original el camino and Australian variants were body-on-frame ,currently you can buy unibody utility vehicles(CUV/SUV). As a matter of fact unibody pick-ups are coming to market from Ford and Hyundai.
Nice idea, to small, use something else.
Go ahead and kill Camaro sales even more. I won’t buy a UTE ever!
Too square in the back. It doesn’t fit in with the front.
Cool AF.
It’s? Really? I’m Lakota Sioux. You would think that even after the Washington Football Organization changed their name, it was a start! The. You get idiots like GM who throw a wrench in the system again with this!! Not Cool!👎👎