Chevy might just have their own coming along by 2011.

 

Of course.

The one truly unique Pontiac vehicle that comes along every 4 years is cloned by another brand.

Sounds awfully familiar.

 

Well now, that's news to me.

Even so, I think my waiting has gone on long enough - I like Arrowheads as much as Bowties anyway.

So Guy, what color for you?

 

Ak! That's my hometown. I'll have to keep my eyes open the next time I visit mom!

 

Details!

 

Are there any real pics of the Pontiac yet? I am quite surprised that GM is doing this after cancelling the sportwagon. I figured the Ute for NA was deep sixed with the wagon.

 

Give it a V6 turbo desiel a reasonable price tag and I'm in.

 

Took a little searching...



Yeah... not a big fan of this one. Shame I couldn't find a better picture though.

EDIT: Looks better with clearer pictures... figured I'd try "LeMans" and got this.

Check out the other El Camino "mutations". Some pretty decent looking ones on there.

 

That '68 Lemans version was built by a Pontiac dealer to lobby GM for a production version.

These were built by Pontiac:

 

Seeing that article explains it. I knew I'd seen it somewhere, and after seeing that I realize I read the Muscle Car Review article on it. I was devouring that mag in 1987 (the year I got my driver's license) along with Muscle Car, Guide to Muscle Cars, and Muscle Car Mania (hard to believe that there used to be 5 or 6 muscle car magazines not even counting the marque specific ones). I'd forgotten it was dealer made. But that was 21 years ago

 

Remembering trivial El Camino-related stuff requires a complete addict like myself.

Hey, someone has to do it.

I have two slightly better pics of that '68, but they aren't worth posting as they just confirm how ugly the car really is. They would have had a better chance of convincing GM to build it if they had used a '68 GTO instead of a base Lemans.

EDIT: the GP based one I posted is in private hands, but the Grand-Am car is still in the GM historical collection.

 

I remember a peach colored Lumina that ASC turned into an El Camino type vehicle at the Detroit auto show in about 1996.

 

I'd love to replace my Sierra with one of these, but I'm not sure it would be practical enough. My truck doesn’t see the heavy work it used to, but it still gets some and I don’t know if the ute (or G8 ST) would be up to challenge. It would be perfect 90% of the time, but then there’s that 10%, but it would also be so much more fun than my truck.

 

Before the RWD Impala was cancelled, one was in the pipeline for Oshawa. Not decided on, but on the roster.

Though it probally isn't part of Oshawa's plan now, I have reason to believe that it's still being considered.

 

Where can I get a camper shell for it?

Doesn't really do anything for me but congrats to the people who were really hoping for this.