#1977 el camino sketch driver

The car’s details also evoke a California lifestyle. Female figures were often included in automotive advertisements, and women were likewise essential figures in dynamic auto show displays.

#1977 el camino sketch driver

His use of figures importantly conveys the easy lifestyle associated with the automobile-the male driver wears a tank top and sunglasses, and his blonde female companion’s swimsuit and bare feet suggest that she could be coming straight from the beach. The graceful form also served as a means to conceal the utilitarian panels of the cargo box.Ĭamp produced this April 1967 drawing as a proposal for a California-inspired El Camino concept to attract interest at touring auto shows.

A key stylist for the El Camino, Camp was especially proud of the 1968–72 models, which were distinguished by the roofline’s broad flowing sail panels trailing back in a tapering line. George Camp was assigned to the Chevrolet El Camino project in 1964, soon after he began his long design career at General Motors. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department. Its medium is color pencil, marker on paper. It is dated 1967 and we acquired it in 2017. 'Drawing from the office of General Motors. Sadly they never did do anything more than stick a tray back on a stock car from the range, but they did think of making a specific El Camino body. Testing the newly restored image upload picture with this GM prototype sketch from the archives for the 1970 El Camino. It'll be in a box somewhere but shifting all my curse word back home from the workshop and trying to find little cubby holes to hide stuff in so it doesn't drive me wife crazy means I now can't bloody find anything. However it (a) started raining and (b) I couldn't find my bloody timing gun anywhere before the rain came. The plan was to run it around for a bit and make sure it was set up nice/good/better and then check/adjust the timing. So much more to learn about compared to the super simple Webers and SUs I'm used to fiddling with. Checked various hoses and made sure everything was nice and tight.

Took the mixtures screws back to base setting and then out again to ensure they're as right as they can be (I've been driving it as they were when I bought the car aside from a bit of a fiddle at the start of winter), and adjusted the idle speed. Accelerator pump mechanism was a bit off and not doing the best job of travelling, so that was adjusted to go from off to on smoothly and effectively. Gave my Holley 750 a bit of mild 'on the car' clean up and service today.