Junkyard Gem: 1973 Chevy El Camino
After noting the strong sales of Ford and Mercury coupe utilities (which came to be known as utes) in Australia, Ford introduced the station-wagon-chassis-based Ranchero to North Americans for the 1957 model year. GM jumped in with the new El Camino for 1959, and— after a dalliance with a Corvair-based cartruck for a few years— sold