#chevy ii

[thetkconspiracy]

Just a couple more of my favorites from the big Putnam, CT car show this past Sunday. The gmc made my soul hurt…. A glimpse of what my truck could be if I had time & money 😅

[nsdclassic]

1962 Chevy II wagon

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[stone-cold-groove]

From the car files: the 1968 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova.

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Another Bow-Tie Never-Was: A 1962 Chevy II El Camino

1962 Chevy II El Camino

General Motors has experimented with the El Camino theme in nearly endless ways through the years. For example, check out this proposed 1962 Chevy II-based pickup. 

1962 Chevy II El Camino

For the product planners at the Chevrolet Motor Division, an El Camino-style pickup based on the 1962 Chevy II surely made all the sense in the world. After all, Ford had successfully launched a Ranchero pickup based on its Falcon platform in 1960, and the Chevy II was essentially a clone of the popular Ford compact. (See our feature on the ’62 Chevy II here.) So a full-sized clay model, presumably based on the same 110-inch unit construction platform as the Chevy II passenger car, was prepared for display on the styling court at the GM Technical Center. Rolled out for the GM brass at some point in 1961, the clay model proudly wears El Camino badges, as shown in the photos above.

The Chevy II pickup was as cute as a bug and, just like the Falcon Ranchero, would have made a nice little hauler for civilian or commercial delivery use. But as we have seen, Chevrolet soon developed other plans for the El Camino franchise. By November of 1962 (below) Bill Mitchell’s GM styling studios had worked up a handsome pickup proposal based on the larger Chevelle platform, and the production version was introduced to the public along with the rest of the GM A-Body cars for the 1964 model year. This intermediate-sized El Camino with body-on-frame construction would remain in the Chevrolet product line through 1987.

1962 Chevy II El Camino

[misforgotten2]

"$20, same as in town. Oh, you're talking about the car. Never mind"

Look - November 16th 1965

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Chevy II

[neapolitanthrill]

1966 Chevy II

[whereifindsanity]

1966 Pontiac Acadian Canso Sport Deluxe 2 Door Hardtop Eh.

[cooterxp]

So cool... snow tires and all..!

[nsdclassic]

Chevy II

[naturalbornworldshakers]

LEGENDARY CHEVY II FIBERGLASS FASTBACK | BILL THOMAS' BADASS BUILD FOR CKC RACING

[biggreenhouse]

'68-'69 Nova

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From the car files: the 1977 Chevrolet Camaro.

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1968 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova