Is This a Car or a Truck? It's HOOVIE’S 1986 Chevy Grand Camino!

The photos show the car was built out of two cars, a Regal and an El Camino. A significant difference between the two cars is the wheelbase- 108.1" for the Regal, and 117.1" for the El Camino. Since this car has a long wheelbase and has a Chevy dash, I'd say the Regal front clip, doors, roof and body panels were transferred onto the El Camino platform and frame. That's why there are not cut and paste welds on the floorpan and frame, and the air shock lines use factory El Camino parts (Most El Caminos of this vintage came with air shocks from the factory). BTW, the background art and letter font used on the Chevy Gauges indicate the donor El Camino was built in either '86 or '87.

I would totally take out the 305 and put an actual Grand National engine inside that's just me. Beautiful car!

I’m from Cuba, came to this great nation back in ‘94. My dad’s first car was an ‘81 Buick Regal which he bought for a whopping $300 in great condition. I loved that car..

Definitely not ruined on this one. They took two cars that most people don't care too much about and made something unique and cool.

How dare you??!! It's not Hoovie's, it's April's Grand Camino!! 🤣

Perfect funeral flower car

I think what they did with this is to chop back the roof of an '87 Regal, remove the rear seats and trunk lid, then weld in an El Camino bed and fabricate a tonneau cover. I doubt that is the original engine, as these came with either the 3.8 V6 or the 307 Olds V8. Great video!

Grandfather had a early late 60’s/70’s Camino.. I always wanted one.. Not a car fan, but the only car i ever wanted

Every El Camino has the air shock option! It was from the factory on all El Caminos.

In Australia it's a UTE It's cool

I absolutely love this vehicle. If I owned it, I would never sell it.

JESUS MURPHY !! I DREW THAT EXACT CAR IN KINDYGARDEN

I had two Caprice Classics in the 1980's and 90's and the 305 is not an exceptional engine and that is what makes them so incredibly reliable. They are so detuned and so over engineered for their power that they are almost bullet proof. The cars were so solid with these engines that Saudi Arabia bought these in droves in the 90's and demolition car teams bought these old 305 cid v-8 because they were like zombies. They were immortal in their reliability. As a footnote I asked my wife about what she thought about April's new ride and her opinion was almost identical to Aprils. She loves the idea of the super trunk being covered and the engine being so super reliable. I have heard stories about those old 305 running low on oil and neglected to the point of absurdity and the engines still will run smooth and faithfully. Keep the 305 and drive it, just don't park it without having a place for the oil to collect. a small bathmat might be the secret sauce for this very capable exotic American car. It might be a hooptie but April likes hoopties.

Interior is definitely a hodge podge of parts. El Camino dash. Regal door panels and wheel.

With no floor or frame seams, that has to be an El Camino frame and shell from the firewall back with the Regal upper A/B/C posts, roof and glass. Good looking vehicle with a nice airy cabin and no loss of bed space. You can tell it's an El Camino body from the back wall in the cabin... The EC glass is curved out and back along the line of the top of the panel at the back of the cabin.

This is the coolest Grand El Regamino I've ever seen!! LOL

Go to Speedway and look at their collection of G-body parts. I looked at a dirt track racer in Texas. The car had multiple factory-made braces and steering stiffeners. My dream car is a 1985 G-body wagon, slightly lifted with some 17" mud grips and an Eaton locker rear end. A 6.2 LS and a 4L80. No trim, white with minimal blacked out grill. Bull bars on the front and rear and an expedition kit on the roof. <-- I am not a sophisticated individual, obviously.

If the wizard can not find the seam then that would be a good indicator that the people that made the modifications cared about the result.

Being a G-body fan & an El Camino fan, I really like it.

Who ever built it has some serious body work skills it looks awsome