Steve Castaneda's 1978 El Camino

Steve Castaneda 1978 El Camino

I originally purchased the car in 1993, it had a 305, 350 trans, 2.28:1 rear end with a topper on the back, looked like an old man’s fishing car, saggy springs and all.

The car now has a 350 sb bored .040, Edelbrock performer intake, aluminum heads, holley 750cfm, crane cam, headers, dual exhaust, three chamber flowmasters, 3000 stall converter, 3.23:1 Positraction, it’s approx. 325 hp.

It’s color is candy apple red, with the bed having a sprayed on bed liner (same color), interior is camel or tan, whatever was considered factory in that year. The interior has new carpet and a new headliner, the bench seat has been rolled and pleated, the door panels have been redone as well as the sunvisors

In the near future I would like to install a 700 R4 trans. with a lower geared rear end