What Is It? - The Augusta Chronicle
Like the Ford, Chevy’s pickup carried a Spanish name, and that led to our hint last week: “With this vehicle, you’re always in the road. ” The term el camino means “the road (or path or way)” and so we were telling you that the driver would be in El Camino. Whereas the first El Camino was based on the big Chevrolet – which was about all they had – later versions drew on the Chevelle midsize line, as was the near-identical GMC Sprint (later changed to Caballero, another Spanish term). If you guessed any of those models and circa 1970, we tossed your name into the hat with other correct guesses. Chosen randomly from the correct entries was Glenn Widner, of Keysville, Ga. , who told us:. “It looks like a 1970 Chevrolet El Camino or GMC Sprint. AUGUSTA: Rick Farris wrote: “This is a 1970 El Camino. Chevy built these from 1959-60 and 1964-87, and initially built on a full-size Chevy platform, designed to compete with Ford’s Ranchero. The later models were on the new-for-1964 Chevelle platform. “By the way, el camino is Spanish for ‘the path,’ although I’m not really sure why Chevy chose that. Source: chronicle.augusta.com
