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I went to the VIN breakdown site and it says on a 1970 year model the number 36 stands for a Malibu, Custom El Camino 8 Cyl.
What is a Malibu Custom El Camino?? I thought all 1970 El Caminos were known as a Chevelle style El Camino.
Necoa #: 11413
Location: 13(TX)
Joined: Mar 31, 2008
Posts: 3
Year: 1970
Model: El Camino
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:00 am Post subject: VIN decoding
THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE! You have been so helpful! Please forgive me for asking such a dumb question. I'm 72 years old and I don't know very much about the El Camino, but I'm learning.
I just bought the car last March from a classic car dealership in AZ. It's really a nice looking car and I get compliments on it every day.
The only problem is I think it's a "Heinze 57" if you know what I mean.
It looks just like a 1970 SS but it's a clone. I really think it's a 1971 year model that someone put a 70 front on and changed the VIN. They also removed the body ID tag.
It had a 71 owners manuel in the glove box and other things like the headlight switch and radio switch knobs are from a 71 year model.
I don't know if the 350 engine is original to the car or not. I can't see the numbers on the engine.
Anyway I love the car... or truck....it seems more like a car..drives like a car. I wanted a classic car and also needed a truck to haul my Cushman motorscooter with.
Thanks again for your help.....Pete in Corpus Christi, Texas
I had new; 1966 Impala SS396, 1970 SS 454 Chevelle, 1972 El Camino SS350, 1973 Chevelle SS350. 77 Monte Carlo and so on. _________________ Mike
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