1965 Chevrolet El Camino

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Say it with me, El Camino. Doesn't it just roll off your tongue? It's hard not to say it with some Latin flavor with images of blasting down a two-lane dirt road along the coast of Mexico. After looking at Travis Reif's jaw-dropping orange '65 Elco however, it may be hard to speak at all. This 10-year project was the brainchild of a man enveloped in custom cars and trucks since birth. Travis tells us, "I've been involved in this sport for a lifetime-I really was born and bred to do this." Spending a decade on and off building one truck shows dedication, but Travis told us why he stuck it out, "I wanted something different from the norm that looked super low and super bad without a body drop." We're still having a hard time speaking after seeing his El Camino in person, but thankfully we can still type-here are the details of this unmatched '65. After scrapping his first '65 Elco because, as he described, "It got so far out of hand that I got frustrated with it," Travis found this straight example and began the decade-long journey. As the owner of The Custom Shop in Las Vegas, Travis knows what it takes to build a show-winning custom, so he and his crew immediately got to work on the El Camino's foundation. Using 2-inch drop spindles, Hotchkis upper control arms, Ride Tech airbags, QA1 shocks, and Hotchkis tie-rod ends, the front end was dumped in the weeds. Out back, The Custom Shop team used Hotchkis boxed trailing arms, Ride Tech airbags, and QA1 shocks to bring the <b>...</b>

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1965, chevrolet, el, camino

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